Tuesday, November 6
Seattle, WA
7:30 PM
University of Washington
vs
Western Kentucky
Dawgs Open 2018-19 Season Hosting Western Kentucky Tuesday
November 05, 2018 | Men's Basketball
#25/24 UW vs. Western Kentucky
UW opens the 2018-19 season facing off against Conference USA preseason favorite Western Kentucky on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised on ESPNU with Eric Rothman and Corey Williams on the call. Fans can also tune into 570 KVI AM/97.7 FM to listen to the official Husky Radio Broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Washington has faced Western Kentucky just once in program history, taking an 86-47 victory two seasons ago in a neutral site win in Las Vegas.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his second year at Washington, and second as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. After spending 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins oversaw teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times including the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights and 10 Sweet 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never dipped below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff. In his first year at UW, Hopkins earned the 2018 Pac-12 Coach of the Year Award while leading the Huskies to a 21-13 record ending in the second round of the NIT.
Quick Hitters
• Washington enters the season with two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 85 points away. Only three rosters in UW history have had three 1,000 point scorers at the same time, 2008-09 (NCAA Round of 32) and 1998-99 (NCAA Round of 64). Noah Dickerson currently has 1,165 career points which ranks 29th while David Crisp has 1,067 career points which ranks 34th.
• Seniors Matisse Thybulle and David Crisp will be playing in their 100th career games on Tuesday, it will also be Thybulle's 100th career start as he has started every game of his career.
• UW has representatives on three of the Naismith Starting Five National Award Watch Lists in sophomore Jaylen Nowell (Jerry West Shooting Guard Award), senior Matisse Thybulle (Julius Erving Small Forward Award) and senior Noah Dickerson (Karl Malone Power Forward Award). UW is one of 11 schools nationally to have representatives on three of the 11 awards joining Kentucky, Duke, Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas, Nevada, Auburn, Oregon and Gonzaga.
• The Huskies boast the highest percentage of returning minutes and scoring (95.9%) among Power 5 programs. ... UW returns all five starters and better than 95 percent of its rebounding, assists, threes, blocks and steals as well ... amongst active career leaders in the Pac-12 Conference, UW leads in rebounds (Noah Dickerson – 709), three-point field goals (David Crisp – 182), steals (Matisse Thybulle – 205) and blocks (Matisse Thybulle – 103)
• With 291 boards this year, Noah Dickerson can become only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who enters 2018-19 with 709 caroms, grabbed 284 boards as a junior in 2017-18.
• With another 100-steal season, Matisse Thybulle could become only the second member of the Pac-12's 300 career steals club. Thybulle, who has 205 career thefts following 101 as a junior in 2017-18, would join OSU's Gary Payton (321) as the lone members.
• Washington's 2018-19 schedule features two non-conference road tests against teams ranked in the AP preseason top 25 (at Auburn, at Gonzaga). Additionally, Washington will face eight teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
• UW's senior class of Dominic Green, David Crisp, Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle have combined to play in 388 career games including 251 career starts which is the most by any four seniors at a Power 5 school
• With his 106 assists a year ago, junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season … he is 58 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 259 total assists
• Washington posted its first 20-win season since 2011-12 with its 21-13 record last season ... it was the biggest jump win jump between seasons since 1936-37 to 1937-38 after UW went 9-22 the season prior (2016-17) ... it was also the biggest jump (eight wins more) in conference play in UW history as UW went from 2-16 to 10-8 a year ago
• Out of his UW-record 205 career steals, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 55.1 percent of the direct next possessions ... last season that number was 57.4 (58 of 101)
• Thybulle is the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both blocks (103) and steals (205)
UW opens the 2018-19 season facing off against Conference USA preseason favorite Western Kentucky on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. The game will be televised on ESPNU with Eric Rothman and Corey Williams on the call. Fans can also tune into 570 KVI AM/97.7 FM to listen to the official Husky Radio Broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Washington has faced Western Kentucky just once in program history, taking an 86-47 victory two seasons ago in a neutral site win in Las Vegas.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his second year at Washington, and second as a head coach after becoming the 19th head coach in UW history. After spending 22 years as an assistant at Syracuse, Hopkins oversaw teams that reached the NCAA Tournament 16 times including the 2003 National Championship, four Final Fours, five Elite Eights and 10 Sweet 16s along with four NIT berths. Syracuse never dipped below a 55.0 percent record while Hopkins was on staff. In his first year at UW, Hopkins earned the 2018 Pac-12 Coach of the Year Award while leading the Huskies to a 21-13 record ending in the second round of the NIT.
Quick Hitters
• Washington enters the season with two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 85 points away. Only three rosters in UW history have had three 1,000 point scorers at the same time, 2008-09 (NCAA Round of 32) and 1998-99 (NCAA Round of 64). Noah Dickerson currently has 1,165 career points which ranks 29th while David Crisp has 1,067 career points which ranks 34th.
• Seniors Matisse Thybulle and David Crisp will be playing in their 100th career games on Tuesday, it will also be Thybulle's 100th career start as he has started every game of his career.
• UW has representatives on three of the Naismith Starting Five National Award Watch Lists in sophomore Jaylen Nowell (Jerry West Shooting Guard Award), senior Matisse Thybulle (Julius Erving Small Forward Award) and senior Noah Dickerson (Karl Malone Power Forward Award). UW is one of 11 schools nationally to have representatives on three of the 11 awards joining Kentucky, Duke, Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas, Nevada, Auburn, Oregon and Gonzaga.
• The Huskies boast the highest percentage of returning minutes and scoring (95.9%) among Power 5 programs. ... UW returns all five starters and better than 95 percent of its rebounding, assists, threes, blocks and steals as well ... amongst active career leaders in the Pac-12 Conference, UW leads in rebounds (Noah Dickerson – 709), three-point field goals (David Crisp – 182), steals (Matisse Thybulle – 205) and blocks (Matisse Thybulle – 103)
• With 291 boards this year, Noah Dickerson can become only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who enters 2018-19 with 709 caroms, grabbed 284 boards as a junior in 2017-18.
• With another 100-steal season, Matisse Thybulle could become only the second member of the Pac-12's 300 career steals club. Thybulle, who has 205 career thefts following 101 as a junior in 2017-18, would join OSU's Gary Payton (321) as the lone members.
• Washington's 2018-19 schedule features two non-conference road tests against teams ranked in the AP preseason top 25 (at Auburn, at Gonzaga). Additionally, Washington will face eight teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago.
• UW's senior class of Dominic Green, David Crisp, Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle have combined to play in 388 career games including 251 career starts which is the most by any four seniors at a Power 5 school
• With his 106 assists a year ago, junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season … he is 58 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 259 total assists
• Washington posted its first 20-win season since 2011-12 with its 21-13 record last season ... it was the biggest jump win jump between seasons since 1936-37 to 1937-38 after UW went 9-22 the season prior (2016-17) ... it was also the biggest jump (eight wins more) in conference play in UW history as UW went from 2-16 to 10-8 a year ago
• Out of his UW-record 205 career steals, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 55.1 percent of the direct next possessions ... last season that number was 57.4 (58 of 101)
• Thybulle is the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both blocks (103) and steals (205)
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