Friday, November 9
Auburn, AL
6:30 PM
University of Washington
at
#11 Auburn
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No. 25 Huskies to Face No. 11 Auburn Friday in Road Test
November 08, 2018 | Men's Basketball
#25/24 UW (1-0) at No. 11/12 Auburn (1-0)
UW hits the road for its first true road contest of the season this Friday, November 9 as it faces preseason No. 11/12 Auburn in Alabama at Auburn Arena. The game will be televised by SEC Network at 6:30 p.m. PT with Richard Cross and Daymeon Fishback on the call. Fans can also tune into 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM to listen to the official Husky Radio Broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. This is the first meeting between the two programs.
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
• UW opened the season with an 18-point victory over Conference-USA preseason favorite Western Kentucky which saw the Hilltoppers score just 19 points in the second half and 55 overall
• Matisse Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 206, has now recorded at least one steal in 47-straight games
• Thybulle's six blocks against WKU tied his career high and were the most by a Husky since he had six inthe season opener against Yale on Nov. 13, 2016
• This will be the first non-conference meeting for a ranked UW team against a ranked opponent since Dec. 20, 2014 when the No. 16 Huskies defeated No. 15 Oklahoma, 69-67, in Las Veags.
• Washington currently has two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 74 points away. Only two 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 1,183 career points which ranks 27th while David Crisp has 1,080 career points which ranks 33rd.
• Seniors Matisse Thybulle and David Crisp played in their 100th career games on against WKU and it was also Thybulle's 100th career start as he has started every game of his career ... against Auburn, senior Noah Dickerson will be playing in his 100th career game
• 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.
• With 285 boards this year, Noah Dickerson can become only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 715 boards in his career, 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 206 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 392 career games including 254 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 51 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 266 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
UW hits the road for its first true road contest of the season this Friday, November 9 as it faces preseason No. 11/12 Auburn in Alabama at Auburn Arena. The game will be televised by SEC Network at 6:30 p.m. PT with Richard Cross and Daymeon Fishback on the call. Fans can also tune into 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM to listen to the official Husky Radio Broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. This is the first meeting between the two programs.
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
• UW opened the season with an 18-point victory over Conference-USA preseason favorite Western Kentucky which saw the Hilltoppers score just 19 points in the second half and 55 overall
• Matisse Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 206, has now recorded at least one steal in 47-straight games
• Thybulle's six blocks against WKU tied his career high and were the most by a Husky since he had six inthe season opener against Yale on Nov. 13, 2016
• This will be the first non-conference meeting for a ranked UW team against a ranked opponent since Dec. 20, 2014 when the No. 16 Huskies defeated No. 15 Oklahoma, 69-67, in Las Veags.
• Washington currently has two 1,000 point scorers on the team with the potential to add a third as Matisse Thybulle is 74 points away. Only two 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 1,183 career points which ranks 27th while David Crisp has 1,080 career points which ranks 33rd.
• Seniors Matisse Thybulle and David Crisp played in their 100th career games on against WKU and it was also Thybulle's 100th career start as he has started every game of his career ... against Auburn, senior Noah Dickerson will be playing in his 100th career game
• 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.
• With 285 boards this year, Noah Dickerson can become only the 15th member of the Pac-12's 1,000 career rebounds club. Dickerson, who has 715 boards in his career, 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 206 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 392 career games including 254 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 51 away from entering UW's career top 10 list as he has 266 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
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