2021–22 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner ; As of December 23, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll;

2021–22 Washington Huskies men's basketball
2021–22 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2021–22 record	4–4 (0–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Hopkins (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Will Conroy (7th season); Wyking Jones (1st season); Quincy Pondexter (1st season);
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represent the University of Washington in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fifth-year head coach Mike Hopkins, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season[]

The Huskies finished the 2020–21 season 5–21, 4–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in twelfth place. The Huskies as the 12th seed lost to Utah in a first round game of the Pac-12 Tournament.^[1] Assistant coaches Cameron Dollar and Dave Rice left the program after the season ended.^[2]

Offseason[]

Departures[]

Washington Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Erik Stevenson	10	G	6'3"	198	Senior	Lacey, WA	Transferred to South Carolina
Marcus Tsohonis	0	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Portland, OR	Transferred to VCU
Nate Pryor	4	G	6'4"	175	Junior	Seattle, WA	Transferred to New Mexico State
RaeQuan Battle	21	G	6'5"	175	Senior	Marysville, WA	Transferred to Montana State
J’Raan Brooks	33	F	6'9"	220	Junior	Seattle, WA	Transferred to UC San Diego
Hameir Wright	13	F	6'9"	220	Senior	Albany, NY	Transferred to North Texas
Quade Green	55	G	6'0"	170	Senior	Philadelphia, PA	Graduated
Travis Rice	30	G	6'2"	185	Senior	Las Vegas, NV	Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers[]

Washington Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Years Remaining	Date Eligible
Emmitt Matthews Jr.	0	F	6'7"	215	Senior	Tacoma, WA	West Virginia	2	October 1, 2021
PJ Fuller	4	G	6'4"	175	Junior	Seattle, WA	TCU	3	October 1, 2021
Daejon Davis	11	G	6'3"	190	Graduate Student	Seattle, WA	Stanford	1	October 1, 2021
Langston Wilson	13	F	6'9"	200	Junior	Philadelphia, PA	Georgia Highlands	3	October 1, 2021
Terrell Brown Jr.	23	G	6'3"	185	Graduate Student	Seattle, WA	Arizona	1	October 1, 2021

2021 Recruiting class[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jackson Grant C	Olympia, WA	Olympia High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Nov 9, 2019
Jackson Grant C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 86
Dominiq Penn G	Dublin, OH	Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jan 5, 2021
Dominiq Penn G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 79
Samuel Ariyibi F	Lagos, Nigeria	NBA Africa Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Mar 25, 2021
Samuel Ariyibi F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 38 247Sports: 46
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Washington Commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 2, 2021. "ESPN- Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 2, 2021. "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 2, 2021.

Roster[]

2021–22 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Emmitt Matthews Jr.	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	West Virginia	Tacoma, WA
F	1	Nate Roberts	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	RS Jr	Brewster Academy (NH)	Washington, D.C.
G	4	PJ Fuller	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	TCU	Seattle, WA
G	5	Jamal Bey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Bishop Gorman	Las Vegas, NV
G	10	Dominiq Penn	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Sunrise Christian Academy (KS)	Columbus, OH
G	11	Daejon Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Stanford	Seattle, WA
C	12	Jackson Grant	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Olympia	Olympia, WA
G	13	Langston Wilson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Georgia Highlands College (GA)	Upper Darby, PA
G	14	Kyle Luttinen	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Roosevelt	Seattle, WA
G	15	Griff Hopkins (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Bellevue (WA)	Syracuse, NY
F	21	Samuel Ariyibi	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	NBA Africa Academy	Lagos, Nigeria
G	22	Cole Bajema	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Michigan	Lynden, WA
G	23	Terrell Brown Jr.	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	GS	Arizona	Seattle, WA
G	24	Jonah Geron (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	San Joaquin Memorial	Fresno, CA
G	30	Anthony Iglesia (W)	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Jr	Skagit Valley College	Syracuse, NY
G	32	Noah Neubauer (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Garfield	Seattle, WA
F	34	Regan Lundeen (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Mater Dei	Santa Ana, CA
C	52	Riley Sorn	7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	RS Jr	Richland	Richland, WA

Head coach

Mike Hopkins (Syracuse)

Assistant coach(es)

Will Conroy (Washington)
Wyking Jones (Loyola Marymount)
Quincy Pondexter (Washington)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 2, 2021

Schedule and results[]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	Central Washington	W 83–50	–	17 – Brown	12 – Roberts	4 – Bey	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,864) Seattle, WA
Regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 p.m., P12N	Northern Illinois	L 64–71	0–1	22 – Brown	19 – Roberts	3 – Brown	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,356) Seattle, WA
November 11, 2021* 7:30 p.m., P12N	Northern Arizona	W 73–62	1–1	21 – Matthews	9 – Matthews	2 – Davis	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,297) Seattle, WA
November 15, 2021* 6:00 p.m., P12N	Texas Southern	W 72–65	2–1	20 – Brown	7 – Tied	9 – Brown	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,315) Seattle, WA
November 18, 2021* 8:00 p.m., P12N	Wyoming	L 72–77 ^OT	2–2	30 – Brown	12 – Wilson	3 – Brown	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,670) Seattle, WA
November 22, 2021* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	vs. George Mason Crossover Classic	W 77–74	3–2	23 – Brown	8 – Brown	4 – Tied	Sanford Pentagon (1,822) Sioux Falls, SD
November 23, 2021* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	vs. South Dakota State Crossover Classic	W 87–76	4–2	32 – Brown	8 – Roberts	5 – Davis	Sanford Pentagon (1,600) Sioux Falls, SD
November 24, 2021* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Nevada Crossover Classic	L 62–81	4–3	19 – Brown	5 – Tied	4 – Brown	Sanford Pentagon (1,239) Sioux Falls, SD
November 27, 2021* 7:00 p.m., P12N	Winthrop	L 74–82	4–4	21 – Davis	6 – Matthews	6 – Brown	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,703) Seattle, WA
December 5, 2021 12:00 p.m., P12N	No. 5 UCLA	Postponed due to Covid-19 at Washington					Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
December 12, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN	at No. 5 Gonzaga Rivalry	Canceled due to COVID-19 protocols from Washington					McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
December 18, 2021* 7:00 p.m., P12N	Seattle	W 64–56	5–4	17 – Matthews	11 – Matthews	5 – Davis	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,084) Seattle, WA
December 21, 2021* 6:00 p.m., P12N	Utah Valley	L 52–68	5–5	23 – Brown	6 – Tied	2 – Brown	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,618) Seattle, WA
December 29, 2021 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Washington State Rivalry						Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
January 3, 2022 5:00 p.m.	at Arizona						McKale Center Tucson, AZ
January 6, 2022 6:30 p.m., P12N	at Utah						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
January 9, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	at Colorado						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., P12N	California						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
January 15, 2022 3:00 p.m., P12N	Stanford						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
January 20, 2022 8:30 p.m., P12N	at Oregon State						Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR
January 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., FS1	at Oregon						Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR
January 27, 2022 8:00 p.m., P12N	Colorado						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., P12N	Utah						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
February 3, 2022 8:00 p.m., P12N	at California						Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA
February 6, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Stanford						Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 10, 2022 8:00 p.m., FS1	Arizona State						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
February 12, 2022 3:00 p.m., P12N	Arizona						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
February 17, 2022 8:30 p.m., P12N	at USC						Galen Center Los Angeles, CA
February 19, 2022 7:00 p.m., FS1	at UCLA						Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
February 26, 2022 3:00 p.m., P12N	Washington State Rivalry						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
March 3, 2022 7:00 p.m., P12N	Oregon						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
March 5, 2022 4:30 p.m., P12N	Oregon State						Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA
PAC-12 Tournament
March 9-12, 2022 P12N/FS1	vs. TBD First round/Quarterfinals						T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR												Not released
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References[]

^ Allen, Percy. "Husky men's disappointing season draws to close with loss to Utah in opening round of Pac-12 tournament". Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ Hanson, Scott. "Assistant coach Dave Rice and UW men's basketball part ways". Seattle Times. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[1] Allen, Percy. "Husky men's disappointing season draws to close with loss to Utah in opening round of Pac-12 tournament". Seattle Times. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

[2] Hanson, Scott. "Assistant coach Dave Rice and UW men's basketball part ways". Seattle Times. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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v t Washington Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (1927–present)
Rivalries	Gonzaga Washington State
Culture & lore	Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington" The 6th Man
People	Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895–96 1896–98 1898–99 1899–1901 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1905–08 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

2021–22 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 USC	2	–	0	1.000	12	–	0	1.000
No. 9 Arizona	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	1	.917
No. 5 UCLA	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	1	.889
Colorado	1	–	1	.500	9	–	3	.750
Stanford	1	–	1	.500	8	–	4	.667
Utah	1	–	1	.500	8	–	4	.667
California	1	–	1	.500	8	–	5	.615
Washington State	1	–	1	.500	8	–	5	.615
Arizona State	1	–	1	.500	5	–	7	.417
Washington	0	–	0	–	5	–	5	.500
Oregon	0	–	2	.000	7	–	6	.538
Oregon State	0	–	2	.000	2	–	10	.167

† 2022 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of December 23, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll