Saturday, December 15
Atlantic City, NJ
4:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Boardwalk Classic - #13 Virginia Tech
Dawgs Face No. 13 Virginia Tech in Atlantic City Saturday
December 14, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Washington (7-3) vs. Virginia Tech (8-1)
UW heads to Atlantic City to take on its third top 15 opponent of the season as it will face Virginia Tech in the inaugural Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Boardwalk Classic. The game will be played Saturday, Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. PT at Boardwalk Hall. It will be televised by ESPNU with Dave Leno and Jordan Cornette on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the Official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies and Hokies are facing off for the third time in program history with Virginia Tech owning a 2-0 mark including a 103-79 victory a year ago in New York City.
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
• The Huskies are facing their third top 15 team of the season on Saturday, all of which have been away from home with two true road contests at No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 11 Auburn and this matchup with No. 13 Virginia Tech being the first neutral site for a contest against a ranked team
• UW will be one of three teams nationally to play one three top 15 teams away from home on Saturday joining Duke (all three neutral site) and Gonzaga (two neutral, one true road)
• Nowell became the first Husky underclassman to earn multiple Pac-12 Player of the Week Awards as he picked up his second of the season on Dec. 10 after averaging 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists against No. 1 Gonzaga and Seattle U
• Both Dominic Green (7) and Jaylen Nowell (9) tied their career highs in rebounding against Seattle U
• Nowell has upped his assists average this season to 3.4 from 2.7 a year ago ... additionally, he is averaging six assists over the last three outings
• Over UW's last three games, the Huskies have four averaging double figures in Nowell (17.0), Dickerson (14.0), Thybulle (13.0) and Green (11.3)
• The Huskies are one of 12 teams nationally to have two 1,000 point scorers on its current roster and is one of four to potentially have three this season as Matisse Thybulle is seven points away from joining Noah Dickerson (1,329) and David Crisp (1,160)
• Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.3 blocks over the first 10 games ... that's up from 1.4 as a junior, 0.7 as a sophomore and 0.9 as a freshman ... his career total of 127 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.3 blocks and 2.7 steals per game ... his 2.7 steals per game also rank tied for 10th nationally
• Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 18 this year in 10 outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
• Dickerson posted his sixth career 20/10 double-double against Texas A&M leading the team with 24 points and 17 rebounds ... his 11 offensive rebounds were a career high and most by a Husky since Jon Brockman had 12 on Jan. 8, 2009 against Stanford
• Nowell is shooting 56.9 percent from the field this season up from 45.1 a year ago ... out of the 20 candidates for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award, Nowell's shooting percentage is the best by just over four percent
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 21 of his 44 career games (47.7 percent) ... Nowell is 70-of-123 (56.9%) this season and for his career is at 47.6% (273-of-573)
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in one game this season ... he's averaging 18.8 ppg over the first 10 games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
• Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (127), 200 assists (219), 200 steals (232) and 300 rebounds (333), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 232, has now recorded at least one steal in 56-straight games
UW heads to Atlantic City to take on its third top 15 opponent of the season as it will face Virginia Tech in the inaugural Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Boardwalk Classic. The game will be played Saturday, Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. PT at Boardwalk Hall. It will be televised by ESPNU with Dave Leno and Jordan Cornette on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton on the Official Husky Radio Broadcast on 1000AM KOMO/97.7 FM. The Huskies and Hokies are facing off for the third time in program history with Virginia Tech owning a 2-0 mark including a 103-79 victory a year ago in New York City.
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
• The Huskies are facing their third top 15 team of the season on Saturday, all of which have been away from home with two true road contests at No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 11 Auburn and this matchup with No. 13 Virginia Tech being the first neutral site for a contest against a ranked team
• UW will be one of three teams nationally to play one three top 15 teams away from home on Saturday joining Duke (all three neutral site) and Gonzaga (two neutral, one true road)
• Nowell became the first Husky underclassman to earn multiple Pac-12 Player of the Week Awards as he picked up his second of the season on Dec. 10 after averaging 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists against No. 1 Gonzaga and Seattle U
• Both Dominic Green (7) and Jaylen Nowell (9) tied their career highs in rebounding against Seattle U
• Nowell has upped his assists average this season to 3.4 from 2.7 a year ago ... additionally, he is averaging six assists over the last three outings
• Over UW's last three games, the Huskies have four averaging double figures in Nowell (17.0), Dickerson (14.0), Thybulle (13.0) and Green (11.3)
• The Huskies are one of 12 teams nationally to have two 1,000 point scorers on its current roster and is one of four to potentially have three this season as Matisse Thybulle is seven points away from joining Noah Dickerson (1,329) and David Crisp (1,160)
• Senior Matisse Thybulle is averaging 2.3 blocks over the first 10 games ... that's up from 1.4 as a junior, 0.7 as a sophomore and 0.9 as a freshman ... his career total of 127 blocks is fifth all-time at UW
• Thybulle is the only player in Division I averaging at least 2.3 blocks and 2.7 steals per game ... his 2.7 steals per game also rank tied for 10th nationally
• Joining Thybulle in the block party is sophomore Hameir Wright who already has 18 this year in 10 outings ... as a freshman Wright knocked away 36 blocks in 33 games
• Dickerson posted his sixth career 20/10 double-double against Texas A&M leading the team with 24 points and 17 rebounds ... his 11 offensive rebounds were a career high and most by a Husky since Jon Brockman had 12 on Jan. 8, 2009 against Stanford
• Nowell is shooting 56.9 percent from the field this season up from 45.1 a year ago ... out of the 20 candidates for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award, Nowell's shooting percentage is the best by just over four percent
• Nowell has shot over 50 percent from the field in 21 of his 44 career games (47.7 percent) ... Nowell is 70-of-123 (56.9%) this season and for his career is at 47.6% (273-of-573)
• Nowell once again leads the Huskies in scoring as he has only scored below 14 points in one game this season ... he's averaging 18.8 ppg over the first 10 games after leading the team with 16.0 ppg a year ago
• Thybulle is the first player in Pac-12 history since 1992-93 with the career stat line of at least 100 blocks (127), 200 assists (219), 200 steals (232) and 300 rebounds (333), via SportsReference
• Thybulle, UW's career steals leader at 232, has now recorded at least one steal in 56-straight games
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