Washington to Take on Kansas in WNIT Fab 4

Wednesday, March 29

Lawrence, KS

4:30 PM

University of Washington

Kansas

March 28, 2023 | Women's Basketball

Tournament Central Game Notes (PDF)

SEATTLE -- In their first postseason appearance since 2017, Washington (19-14, 7-11 Pac-12) defeated Oregon at home in the Great 8 to move on in the 2023 Postseason Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). This is the farthest UW has advanced in the WNIT in program history. The Fab 4 matchup vs. Kansas (23-11, 9-9 Big 12) tips off Wednesday, March 29 at 4:30 p.m. PT/6:30 p.m. CT in Lawrence, Kan. This is only the fourth meeting all-time between UW and KU, with the last meetings being in the 1990s. The game will be aired on ESPN+ with Josh Klingler and Wayne Simien on the call. Jason Dorow and Elise Woodward will call the action on 1090 KPTR-AM.

SEASON NOTABLES

Most wins - overall and in conference - since 2016-17 season. ... Best conference finish (T8) and Pac-12 Tournament seed since 2016-17 season.

POSTSEASON QUICK-HITTERS

Automatic qualifier for WNIT. ... This will be UW's 27th postseason appearance (NCAA Tournament - 19; WNIT - 6, WBI - 1) in 49 seasons. ... Last postseason appearance was 2017 when went to the NCAA Tournament and made it to the Sweet Sixteen. ... Last time in WNIT was 2014 when made it to the Quarterfinals. ... Have made it to the WNIT Quarterfinals in 3 of 6 appearances. ... In final season at Rice before coming to Washington, Head Coach Tina Langley led the Owls to the 2021 WNIT Championship. Junior forward Lauren Schwartz was also on that team before following Coach Langley to UW.

2023 WNIT

First Round: Defeated San Francisco 61-46.
Second Round: Defeated New Mexico 67-56.
Super 16: Defeated Kansas State 55-48.

Pac-12 in the Postseason

NCAA Tournament (7 teams): No. 1-seed Stanford ... No. 2-seed Utah ... No. 4-seed UCLA ... No. 5-seed Washington State ... No. 6-seed Colorado ... No. 7-seed Arizona ... No. 8-seed USC
WNIT (2 teams): Washington (Automatic Qualifier) ... Oregon

NCAA STAT RANKINGS

Includes all games played:

Washington ranks No. 2 in the Pac-12 and No. 21 nationally in rebound margin (7.5). ... The Huskies are No. 4 in the conference and No. 53 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (13.5). ... UW is No. 6 in the conference in rebounds per game (38.8). ... UW is No. 3 in the Pac-12 and No. 48 nationally in scoring defense (58.8). ... UW is No. 5 in the conference in steals per game (7.9) ... UW is No. 6 in the conference and No. 68 nationally in blocks per game (3.9). ... UW is No. 5 in the conference and No. 68 nationally in bench points per game (21.4).

Dalayah Daniels is No. 4 in the Pac-12 and No. 58 in the nation in blocks (47). Daniels is No. 5 in the conference and No. 80 in the nation in blocks per game (1.4). ... Jayda Noble is No. 6 in the Pac-12 in steals per game (1.7).

PAC-12 STAT RANKINGS

Includes conference games only:

No. 1 in Defensive Rebounds ... No. 2 in FT% » No. 3 in 3FG% ... No. 3 in Rebounding Margin ... No. 3 in Scoring Defense ... No. 4 in Steals ... No. 6 in FG% ... No. 6 in Blocks

Dalayah Daniels: No. 5 in FG% (.512); No. 5 in Blocked Shots (1.22); No. 17 in Rebounding (5.56) ... Jayda Noble: No. 7 in Steals (1.61); No. 9 in Assists (3.5); No. 20 in Rebounding (5.33) ... Haley Van Dyke: Tied No. 15 in Steals (1.22)

PAC-12 POSTSEASON HONORS

All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention: Dalayah Daniels, Lauren Schwartz, Haley Van Dyke
Pac-12 All-Defensive Team Honorable Mention: Jayda Noble
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team Honorable Mention: Elle Ladine

WEEKLY HONORS

Pac-12 Weekly Awards:
Elle Ladine: Pac-12 Freshman of the Week

National Weekly Awards:
Elle Ladine: USBWA National Freshman Player of the Week

PRESEASON NODS

Van Dyke earned Preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition, and Grothaus was one of 20 players named to the 2023 Lisa Lisa Award Watch List.

THE TEAM

Washington returns eight Huskies from last season with Lauren Schwartz, Jayda Noble, Haley Van Dyke, Nia Lowery, TT Watkins, Trinity Oliver, Lexi Griggsby, and Darcy Rees. Fans will see six new faces on the team this season, as the Huskies welcomed four freshmen from California - Hannah Stines, Teagan Brown, Shayla Gillmer, and Elle Ladine - and two transfers, Dalayah Daniels (Cal) and Emma Grothaus (Lehigh).

2023 Signing Class

Washington women's basketball welcomed four new Huskies on National Signing Day (11.09.22) with ESPN.com's 14th-ranked recruiting class. This is the second class in a row ranked in the Top 15 that Coach Langley and staff have signed. The Huskies added four standouts to the program with Olivia Anderson, Chloe Briggs, Ari Long, and Sayvia Sellers.

On November 15, the Atlanta Tipoff Club named Long and Sellers to the 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year Watch List. Long and Sellers are two of the 50 girls named to the watch list. On January 11, Sellers was one of 25 named to the Naismith High School Midseason Team. On January 11, Briggs, Long, and Sellers were named 2023 McDonald's All American Games Nominees. On March 1, Sellers was named 2023 Jersey Mike's Naismith Girls High School All-America Honorable Mention. On March 9, Sellers was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Alaska Player of hte Year.