Wednesday, March 14
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
Boise State
Photo by: Jennifer Buchanan-USA TODAY Sports
First Round of NIT Set for Wednesday at Alaska Airlines Arena vs. Boise State
March 13, 2018 | Men's Basketball
#5 UW (20-12, 10-8 Pac-12) vs. #4 Boise State (23-8, 13-5 Mountain West)
UW earned a No. 5 seed in the 2018 National Invitational Tournament as the Huskies will host fourth-seeded Boise State at Alaska Airlines Arena on Wednesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN3 with Trey Bender and Jason Capel on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/FM 97.7 to hear the action from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Washington leads the series history at 8-1 with their most recent meeting coming over 18 years ago in Seattle on Dec. 23, 1999 (72-57). The two teams have met in the NIT before, with Washington winning 78-73, on March 16, 1987.
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
• Washington earned its ninth bid to the NIT in program history and the first since 2016 ... UW is 7-8 overall in NIT games and will be hosting for the fourth time ... additionally, UW is 5-1 when playing in the NIT at home.
• Out of the 100 coaches in the NCAA and NIT this year, Mike Hopkins is one of 11 first year coaches and is one of seven first year coaches to take their team to the postseason after the team they took over did not make the postseason the previous year.
• First year head coach Hopkins was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year becoming just the sixth first year Pac-12 coach to earn the coach of the year honors and the first since 2006-07
• Junior Matisse Thybulle was named the 2018 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year becoming the first UW player to earn the award ... he was also named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive team, the fourth time a Husky has been honored for that
• Junior Noah Dickerson is 28 of 29 from the FT line over the last four games ... he's also shooting 78.6 percent from the charity stripe on the season (158-201) which ranks second on the team
• Junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season
• Washington has its first 20-win season since 2011-12 after defeating Oregon State last week ... UW went 9-22 last season and it's the biggest win jump overall since 1936-37 to 1937-38 when the Dawgs went from 15-11 to 29-7 the following year ... it is also the biggest jump (eight wins more) in conference play in UW history as UW went from 2-16 to 10-8 this season
• UW's 20 wins in the regular season are its most since 2011-12 when UW won 21 games prior to postseason ... its the 28th 20-win season in UW history
• UW has a 3-1 record over top 25 teams this season, defeating No. 2 Kansas on the road, No. 25 Arizona State and No. 9 Arizona with it's lone loss coming against No. 12 Gonzaga ... the last time UW had three wins over top 25 teams was the 2014-15 season
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his seventh 20-point game with 25 against OSU in Seattle ... seven of his 11 career 20 point games have come this season and four have been in conference play this year
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is now sixth on the Pac-12 single season top 10 list for steals as he has 93 on the year .. he's the only UW player in the league's top 10 and is 17 off the top spot held by Jason Kidd of Cal (110 - 1993)
• Thybulle has had at least one steal in 44-straight games
• 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 (Feb. 10) ... he currently has 1,130 points which ranks 30th all-time, and just passed assistant coach Will Conroy (1,113 career points, 2001-05).
• Junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to reach 1,000 career points after scoring six at California and he now has 1,047 career points ... he joins Dickerson in reaching the 1K mark this season
• Out of his 197 career steals, which rank first all-time at UW, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 54.8 percent of the direct next possessions ... this year alone, that number jumps to 56.9 (53 of 93)
• Junior Matisse Thybulle owns the UW single-season steals record as he now has 93 ... the previous record was held by Bryan Boston (67-1994-95, 27 games) ... his 93 steals are third nationally and four off the national lead held by Joseph Chartouny of Fordham (97) and Jevon Carter of West Virginia (97)... he also ranks 11th amongst active Division I players with 197 career steals
• 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
• Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 197 career steals (1st) and 100 career blocks (6th).
UW earned a No. 5 seed in the 2018 National Invitational Tournament as the Huskies will host fourth-seeded Boise State at Alaska Airlines Arena on Wednesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN3 with Trey Bender and Jason Capel on the call. Additionally, fans can tune into KOMO 1000AM/FM 97.7 to hear the action from Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton. Washington leads the series history at 8-1 with their most recent meeting coming over 18 years ago in Seattle on Dec. 23, 1999 (72-57). The two teams have met in the NIT before, with Washington winning 78-73, on March 16, 1987.
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
• Washington earned its ninth bid to the NIT in program history and the first since 2016 ... UW is 7-8 overall in NIT games and will be hosting for the fourth time ... additionally, UW is 5-1 when playing in the NIT at home.
• Out of the 100 coaches in the NCAA and NIT this year, Mike Hopkins is one of 11 first year coaches and is one of seven first year coaches to take their team to the postseason after the team they took over did not make the postseason the previous year.
• First year head coach Hopkins was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year becoming just the sixth first year Pac-12 coach to earn the coach of the year honors and the first since 2006-07
• Junior Matisse Thybulle was named the 2018 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year becoming the first UW player to earn the award ... he was also named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive team, the fourth time a Husky has been honored for that
• Junior Noah Dickerson is 28 of 29 from the FT line over the last four games ... he's also shooting 78.6 percent from the charity stripe on the season (158-201) which ranks second on the team
• Junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to record 100 assists in a single season
• Washington has its first 20-win season since 2011-12 after defeating Oregon State last week ... UW went 9-22 last season and it's the biggest win jump overall since 1936-37 to 1937-38 when the Dawgs went from 15-11 to 29-7 the following year ... it is also the biggest jump (eight wins more) in conference play in UW history as UW went from 2-16 to 10-8 this season
• UW's 20 wins in the regular season are its most since 2011-12 when UW won 21 games prior to postseason ... its the 28th 20-win season in UW history
• UW has a 3-1 record over top 25 teams this season, defeating No. 2 Kansas on the road, No. 25 Arizona State and No. 9 Arizona with it's lone loss coming against No. 12 Gonzaga ... the last time UW had three wins over top 25 teams was the 2014-15 season
• Junior Noah Dickerson recorded his seventh 20-point game with 25 against OSU in Seattle ... seven of his 11 career 20 point games have come this season and four have been in conference play this year
• Junior Matisse Thybulle is now sixth on the Pac-12 single season top 10 list for steals as he has 93 on the year .. he's the only UW player in the league's top 10 and is 17 off the top spot held by Jason Kidd of Cal (110 - 1993)
• Thybulle has had at least one steal in 44-straight games
• 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 (Feb. 10) ... he currently has 1,130 points which ranks 30th all-time, and just passed assistant coach Will Conroy (1,113 career points, 2001-05).
• Junior David Crisp became the 40th player in UW history to reach 1,000 career points after scoring six at California and he now has 1,047 career points ... he joins Dickerson in reaching the 1K mark this season
• Out of his 197 career steals, which rank first all-time at UW, Matisse Thybulle is creating scoring on 54.8 percent of the direct next possessions ... this year alone, that number jumps to 56.9 (53 of 93)
• Junior Matisse Thybulle owns the UW single-season steals record as he now has 93 ... the previous record was held by Bryan Boston (67-1994-95, 27 games) ... his 93 steals are third nationally and four off the national lead held by Joseph Chartouny of Fordham (97) and Jevon Carter of West Virginia (97)... he also ranks 11th amongst active Division I players with 197 career steals
• 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
• Thybulle became the first Husky in program history to rank in the career top 10 in both categories ... Thybulle has 197 career steals (1st) and 100 career blocks (6th).
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