Saturday, February 17
Seattle, WA
5:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Colorado
Dawgs Take on Colorado Saturday at 5 p.m.
February 16, 2018 | Men's Basketball
UW (17-9, 7-6) vs. Colorado (15-11, 7-7)
UW concludes its home weekend at Alaska Airlines Arena hosting Colorado on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Roxy Bernstein and Don MacLean on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Washington won the first meeting this season in Colorado, 72-62, on Jan. 20 and owns the all-time series record 13-11.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his first year at Washington, and first as a head coach 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.
Quick Hitters
• At halftime of tonight's game, UW will honor Isaiah Thomas (#2) by retiring his jersey ... he is the third Husky men's basketball player to have his jersey retired joining Brandon Roy (#3-retired in 2009) and Bob Houbregs (#25-retired in 2003)
• Junior Noah Dickerson became the 39th player in UW history to reach the 1,000 career scoring mark after scoring a career-high tying 28 points at OSU .. he currently has 1,028 points
• Additionally, junior David Crisp is close to getting to 1,000 career points as he is at 982 career points
• The last time UW had two players reach 1,000 points in the same season was the 2008-09 season when both Quincy Pondexter and Justin Dentmon crossed the 1K mark that year
• The Huskies had four players with over 40 minutes against OSU, led by David Crisp's 50 minutes
• Washington defeated its third ranked opponent of the season in No. 9 Arizona and won four-straight Pac-12 games for the first time since the first four league games of the 2012-13 season.
• Out of his 182 career steals, which rank second all-time at UW, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 54.9 percent of the direct next possessions ... this year alone, that number jumps to 57.8 (45 of 78)
• With its wins over No. 25 ASU and No. 9 Arizona, it marked first time UW defeated ranked teams back-to-back at home since the 2006-07 season where it defeated No. 23 USC (85-70) and No. 2 UCLA (61-51) on March 1 and March 3, respectively
• Junior Matisse Thybulle owns the UW single-season steals record as he now has 78 with five games still remaining in Pac-12 play ... the previous record was held by Bryan Boston (67-1994-95, 27 games) ... his 78 steals are tied for second in the NCAA and are three off of the national lead, held by Jevon Carter of West Virginia (81) ... he also ranks tied for 12th amongst active Division I players with 182 career steals
• Per Elias/Pac-12 Conference, over the last 40 seasons, only two league schools began its conference slate 6-3 or better the season after having no more than two conference victories. Stanford started 1993-94 with a 6-3 record after going 2-16 in 1992-93.
• Junior David Crisp has only played less than 30 minutes four times this season in 26 games and in all four of those games he has played 26 minutes
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his third 20-point/10-rebound double-double of the season against OSU with 28 points and 12 rebounds ... he now has five 20/10 double-doubles on his career
• In the Huskies last four wins, they held opponents to 65.8 points per game, 24.7 percent shooting from 3-point range and outrebounded them by a 4.5 margin.
• Since Pac-12 play has started, UW has held all but two of its opponents to a lower 3-point FG percentage than they had entering the game and on average are holding opponents to 3.7 less 3's per game compared to their season average
•UW recorded a season-high 50 rebounds at Colorado, its most since 54 at Gonzaga a year ago (Dec. 7, 2016) ... additionally UW had two players with 10 or more rebounds in Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle for the first time this season
• Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 182 career steals (2nd) and 91 career blocks (8th).
• Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this season in wins over Belmont, USC and Washington State .. additionally, UW has trailed by at least five in seven of its 17 wins
UW concludes its home weekend at Alaska Airlines Arena hosting Colorado on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks with Roxy Bernstein and Don MacLean on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM and 97.7 FM to hear the official UW radio broadcast from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Washington won the first meeting this season in Colorado, 72-62, on Jan. 20 and owns the all-time series record 13-11.
The Coach
Head Coach Mike Hopkins is in his first year at Washington, and first as a head coach 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.
Quick Hitters
• At halftime of tonight's game, UW will honor Isaiah Thomas (#2) by retiring his jersey ... he is the third Husky men's basketball player to have his jersey retired joining Brandon Roy (#3-retired in 2009) and Bob Houbregs (#25-retired in 2003)
• Junior Noah Dickerson became the 39th player in UW history to reach the 1,000 career scoring mark after scoring a career-high tying 28 points at OSU .. he currently has 1,028 points
• Additionally, junior David Crisp is close to getting to 1,000 career points as he is at 982 career points
• The last time UW had two players reach 1,000 points in the same season was the 2008-09 season when both Quincy Pondexter and Justin Dentmon crossed the 1K mark that year
• The Huskies had four players with over 40 minutes against OSU, led by David Crisp's 50 minutes
• Washington defeated its third ranked opponent of the season in No. 9 Arizona and won four-straight Pac-12 games for the first time since the first four league games of the 2012-13 season.
• Out of his 182 career steals, which rank second all-time at UW, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 54.9 percent of the direct next possessions ... this year alone, that number jumps to 57.8 (45 of 78)
• With its wins over No. 25 ASU and No. 9 Arizona, it marked first time UW defeated ranked teams back-to-back at home since the 2006-07 season where it defeated No. 23 USC (85-70) and No. 2 UCLA (61-51) on March 1 and March 3, respectively
• Junior Matisse Thybulle owns the UW single-season steals record as he now has 78 with five games still remaining in Pac-12 play ... the previous record was held by Bryan Boston (67-1994-95, 27 games) ... his 78 steals are tied for second in the NCAA and are three off of the national lead, held by Jevon Carter of West Virginia (81) ... he also ranks tied for 12th amongst active Division I players with 182 career steals
• Per Elias/Pac-12 Conference, over the last 40 seasons, only two league schools began its conference slate 6-3 or better the season after having no more than two conference victories. Stanford started 1993-94 with a 6-3 record after going 2-16 in 1992-93.
• Junior David Crisp has only played less than 30 minutes four times this season in 26 games and in all four of those games he has played 26 minutes
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his third 20-point/10-rebound double-double of the season against OSU with 28 points and 12 rebounds ... he now has five 20/10 double-doubles on his career
• In the Huskies last four wins, they held opponents to 65.8 points per game, 24.7 percent shooting from 3-point range and outrebounded them by a 4.5 margin.
• Since Pac-12 play has started, UW has held all but two of its opponents to a lower 3-point FG percentage than they had entering the game and on average are holding opponents to 3.7 less 3's per game compared to their season average
•UW recorded a season-high 50 rebounds at Colorado, its most since 54 at Gonzaga a year ago (Dec. 7, 2016) ... additionally UW had two players with 10 or more rebounds in Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle for the first time this season
• Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 182 career steals (2nd) and 91 career blocks (8th).
• Washington has overcome 10 point deficits three times this season in wins over Belmont, USC and Washington State .. additionally, UW has trailed by at least five in seven of its 17 wins
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