Tuesday, November 5
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM
University of Washington
vs
UC Davis
Washington To Tip Off Sprinkle Era Tuesday Night Versus UC Davis
November 04, 2024 | Men's Basketball
SEATTLE – The Washington men's basketball team tips off its first season under head coach Danny Sprinkle on Tuesday, hosting UC Davis at 7 p.m. PT at Alaska Airlines Arena.
The matchup will air on the Big Ten Network and on your radio dial on 950 KJR-AM. Links to live stats are available at HuskyStats.com.
ABOUT UC DAVIS
» UC Davis was picked to finish fifth in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll
» The Aggies finished third in the Big West in 2023-24 with a 14-6 league record
» UC Davis finished the season with an overall record of 20-13, 8-6 on the road
» Senior guard TY Johnson was named to the Preseason All-Big West Team
» Johnson was the only player in the Big West last year to rank in the top 10 for scoring, assists, and steals
» The Aggies return eight letterwinners from a season ago, including a pair of starters in Johnson and senior forward Niko Rocak
» Jim Les is in his 14th season at the helm of the UC Davis program
» Under Les, the Aggies have claimed a pair of Big West Championships and earned one NCAA Tournament bid in 2017
SERIES HISTORY - UC DAVIS
» UW and UC Davis have met just one previous time during the 2017-18 season
» The Huskies earned a 77-70 win in Seattle, overcoming a 34-37 deficit at the half
» Jaylen Nowell led the Dawgs with 21 points, while Noah Dickerson posted a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds
SHOW OPENING
» Washington is 93-31 all-time in season-openers
» The Huskies have won 24 of the last 30 openers, including 16 of the last 20 and seven of the last 10
» Tuesday's game will mark the fourth-straight season the Huskies have started the season at Alaska Airlines Arena
» In last season's season-opening game, Washington ran away in the second half en route to a 91-57 win over Bellarmine
» Willhelm Breidenbach tied for the Husky lead with eight rebounds
» Franck Kepnang scored nine points on 4-of-5 from the field
RESTOCKING THE CUPBOARD
» Washington returns just four letterwinners from last season
» Willhelm Breidenbach is the only returning Husky to play in more than 10 games a season ago
» UW returners started just 16 games in 2023-24, or 10 percent of Washington's total number of starts
» UW's 9.7% returning scoring is the 16th lowest in the nation
LET'S BE FRANCK
» UW is 13-5 over the last two seasons when Franck Kepnang plays
» Kepnang has sustained a season-ending injury each of the last two seasons
» UW won 7-of-10 games with Kepnang last season, 6-of-8 the season before
VET SCHOOL
» Despite just four returners, the UW roster boasts a veteran presence
» Washington players have appeared in 814 total collegiate games
» The Huskies own 484 career starts
» Four Huskies have played in triple digit games: Great Osobor (104), DJ Davis (116), Chris Conway (109) and Luis Kortright (103)
» 10 of Washington's 16 players are upperclassmen
» UW's roster features six seniors and one graduate student
PORTAL HOPPING
» Washington bolstered its roster with eight D1 players out of the transfer portal
» The eight additions via the transfer portal are the most in a single season for UW
» Four Huskies (DJ Davis, Tyree Ihenacho, Luis Kortright, Great Osobor) have transferred twice in their collegiate careers
» In total, 10 of UW's 16 players came to Washington via the transfer portal
» Washington has added at least three players through the transfer portal in each of the past four years
THE GREAT ONE
» Great Osobor has spent his entire collegiate career with UW head coach Danny Sprinkle, following Sprinkle from Montana State and Utah State
» Osobor was named an AP Honorable Mention All-American in 2023-24
» Osobor was also tabbed the Mountain West Player and Newcomer of the Year
» Osobor earned Big Sky Top-Reserve honors as a sophomore at Montana State
» Osobor was named a Preseason All-American by Blue Ribbon Yearbook and ESPN's Jay Bilas
» Osobor was ranked at the No. 15 on CBS' Top 100 and 1 Best Players Entering the 2024-25 season
» Osobor was one of 10 players named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team
FREE MONEY
» DJ Davis led the nation in free throw percentage in 2023-24 at 95.0 percent
» Davis was perfect from the charity strip in 23-of-27 games in which he attempted at least one free throw
» Davis converted a career high 10 free throws twice last season, vs. SEMO (11/10) and vs. Texas Tech (11/30)
» Davis shot 86.5 percent from the free throw line over three seasons at UC Irvine, including 90.4 percent as a sophomore
» Davis owns an 89.1 percent free throw percentage for his career
» Davis has shot 100 percent on free throws for a game with at least five attempts 15 times in his career
ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM
» Former Tacoma Curtis star Zoom Diallo is UW's highest-rated recruit since the Dawgs signed five-star prospects Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart in 2019
» Diallo is a consensus four-star prospect per 247Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals
» Diallo is Washington's ninth-ever McDonald's All-American and the fourth in the last five years, joining Jackson Grant (2021), McDaniels and Stewart (2019)
» The No. 1 player in Washington and 2022-23 Washington Gatorade Player of the Year, Diallo was rated the no. 3 point guard and no. 43 player in the country by ESPN
MONTLAKE MAGIC
» Over the last 20 seasons, Washington is 250-87 (.742) at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
» The Huskies have posted a winning record at home in 18 of those 20 seasons, registering double-digit home wins 17 times
» UW has posted at least a .600 home record in 14 of the past 20 seasons, including each of the last three seasons
» Washington has won at least 80% of its home games nine times over the last 20 seasons, including 90% or more four times
HUSKY GREAT COMES HOME
» Former Husky standout Abdul Gaddy joins Danny Sprinkle's first Washington staff as director of player development
» Gaddy, who graduated in 2013, was a two-time captain for the Dawgs
» Gaddy ranks second all-time at Washington with 469 career assists
» Gaddy was a 2012 nominee for the Bob Cousy Award
» Gaddy played professionally in Italy, Latvia and Germany before playing four years in the NBA G League
A B1G NEW ERA
» Washington enters its first season in the Big Ten Conference in 2024-25
» The Big Ten received six bids to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, tied for third most of any conference
» UW was a founding member of what would eventually become the Pac-12 Conference, chartering the Pacific Coast Conference in 1915
» Washington also remained in the Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association until 1925
» Washington is 358-347 all-time against current Big Ten member institutions
» UW is 47-33 against Big Ten opponents not including Oregon, UCLA and USC
» Washington has played 14-of-17 fellow Big Ten Members
» UW has never faced Maryland, Penn State or Rutgers
THE SPRINKLE EFFECT
» Teams in their first year under Danny Sprinkle have increased their win total from the previous season
» Sprinkle-led teams have earned an NCAA Tournament bid three straight seasons
» During those three seasons, Sprinkle's teams have lost just 11 conference games
» Sprinkle's teams have had at least three players earn all-conference honors in each of the last four seasons
» Sprinkle took a Utah State team that returned nine minutes from the previous season and led the Aggies to their first-ever outright Mountain West title
» Was named a Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year finalist for his efforts at Utah State
» In year three at Montana State, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to their first NCAA bid in 26 years
» Sprinkle's Montana State followed with a 25-10 record in 2022-23, winning the Big Sky Tournament to earn a second-consecutive NCAA bid
» It was the first time Montana State had posted back-to-back 25-win seasons since 1927-29
IT FEELS LIKE THE VERY FIRST TIME
» Danny Sprinkle is the 20th head coach in Washington men's basketball history
» Since legendary coach Hec Edmundson took over on Montlake for the 1920-21 season, eight of UW's 11 head coaches have posted a winning season,
» In six of those 11 seasons under first-year head coaches, UW has posted a record of .600 or better
» Washington is 250-183 all-time under first-year head coaches (.577)
» Since Edmundson's first season, first-year head coaches at UW have posted a record of 188-151 (.555)
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Related Links
The matchup will air on the Big Ten Network and on your radio dial on 950 KJR-AM. Links to live stats are available at HuskyStats.com.
ABOUT UC DAVIS
» UC Davis was picked to finish fifth in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll
» The Aggies finished third in the Big West in 2023-24 with a 14-6 league record
» UC Davis finished the season with an overall record of 20-13, 8-6 on the road
» Senior guard TY Johnson was named to the Preseason All-Big West Team
» Johnson was the only player in the Big West last year to rank in the top 10 for scoring, assists, and steals
» The Aggies return eight letterwinners from a season ago, including a pair of starters in Johnson and senior forward Niko Rocak
» Jim Les is in his 14th season at the helm of the UC Davis program
» Under Les, the Aggies have claimed a pair of Big West Championships and earned one NCAA Tournament bid in 2017
SERIES HISTORY - UC DAVIS
» UW and UC Davis have met just one previous time during the 2017-18 season
» The Huskies earned a 77-70 win in Seattle, overcoming a 34-37 deficit at the half
» Jaylen Nowell led the Dawgs with 21 points, while Noah Dickerson posted a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds
SHOW OPENING
» Washington is 93-31 all-time in season-openers
» The Huskies have won 24 of the last 30 openers, including 16 of the last 20 and seven of the last 10
» Tuesday's game will mark the fourth-straight season the Huskies have started the season at Alaska Airlines Arena
» In last season's season-opening game, Washington ran away in the second half en route to a 91-57 win over Bellarmine
» Willhelm Breidenbach tied for the Husky lead with eight rebounds
» Franck Kepnang scored nine points on 4-of-5 from the field
RESTOCKING THE CUPBOARD
» Washington returns just four letterwinners from last season
» Willhelm Breidenbach is the only returning Husky to play in more than 10 games a season ago
» UW returners started just 16 games in 2023-24, or 10 percent of Washington's total number of starts
» UW's 9.7% returning scoring is the 16th lowest in the nation
LET'S BE FRANCK
» UW is 13-5 over the last two seasons when Franck Kepnang plays
» Kepnang has sustained a season-ending injury each of the last two seasons
» UW won 7-of-10 games with Kepnang last season, 6-of-8 the season before
VET SCHOOL
» Despite just four returners, the UW roster boasts a veteran presence
» Washington players have appeared in 814 total collegiate games
» The Huskies own 484 career starts
» Four Huskies have played in triple digit games: Great Osobor (104), DJ Davis (116), Chris Conway (109) and Luis Kortright (103)
» 10 of Washington's 16 players are upperclassmen
» UW's roster features six seniors and one graduate student
PORTAL HOPPING
» Washington bolstered its roster with eight D1 players out of the transfer portal
» The eight additions via the transfer portal are the most in a single season for UW
» Four Huskies (DJ Davis, Tyree Ihenacho, Luis Kortright, Great Osobor) have transferred twice in their collegiate careers
» In total, 10 of UW's 16 players came to Washington via the transfer portal
» Washington has added at least three players through the transfer portal in each of the past four years
THE GREAT ONE
» Great Osobor has spent his entire collegiate career with UW head coach Danny Sprinkle, following Sprinkle from Montana State and Utah State
» Osobor was named an AP Honorable Mention All-American in 2023-24
» Osobor was also tabbed the Mountain West Player and Newcomer of the Year
» Osobor earned Big Sky Top-Reserve honors as a sophomore at Montana State
» Osobor was named a Preseason All-American by Blue Ribbon Yearbook and ESPN's Jay Bilas
» Osobor was ranked at the No. 15 on CBS' Top 100 and 1 Best Players Entering the 2024-25 season
» Osobor was one of 10 players named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team
FREE MONEY
» DJ Davis led the nation in free throw percentage in 2023-24 at 95.0 percent
» Davis was perfect from the charity strip in 23-of-27 games in which he attempted at least one free throw
» Davis converted a career high 10 free throws twice last season, vs. SEMO (11/10) and vs. Texas Tech (11/30)
» Davis shot 86.5 percent from the free throw line over three seasons at UC Irvine, including 90.4 percent as a sophomore
» Davis owns an 89.1 percent free throw percentage for his career
» Davis has shot 100 percent on free throws for a game with at least five attempts 15 times in his career
ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM
» Former Tacoma Curtis star Zoom Diallo is UW's highest-rated recruit since the Dawgs signed five-star prospects Jaden McDaniels and Isaiah Stewart in 2019
» Diallo is a consensus four-star prospect per 247Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals
» Diallo is Washington's ninth-ever McDonald's All-American and the fourth in the last five years, joining Jackson Grant (2021), McDaniels and Stewart (2019)
» The No. 1 player in Washington and 2022-23 Washington Gatorade Player of the Year, Diallo was rated the no. 3 point guard and no. 43 player in the country by ESPN
MONTLAKE MAGIC
» Over the last 20 seasons, Washington is 250-87 (.742) at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
» The Huskies have posted a winning record at home in 18 of those 20 seasons, registering double-digit home wins 17 times
» UW has posted at least a .600 home record in 14 of the past 20 seasons, including each of the last three seasons
» Washington has won at least 80% of its home games nine times over the last 20 seasons, including 90% or more four times
HUSKY GREAT COMES HOME
» Former Husky standout Abdul Gaddy joins Danny Sprinkle's first Washington staff as director of player development
» Gaddy, who graduated in 2013, was a two-time captain for the Dawgs
» Gaddy ranks second all-time at Washington with 469 career assists
» Gaddy was a 2012 nominee for the Bob Cousy Award
» Gaddy played professionally in Italy, Latvia and Germany before playing four years in the NBA G League
A B1G NEW ERA
» Washington enters its first season in the Big Ten Conference in 2024-25
» The Big Ten received six bids to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, tied for third most of any conference
» UW was a founding member of what would eventually become the Pac-12 Conference, chartering the Pacific Coast Conference in 1915
» Washington also remained in the Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association until 1925
» Washington is 358-347 all-time against current Big Ten member institutions
» UW is 47-33 against Big Ten opponents not including Oregon, UCLA and USC
» Washington has played 14-of-17 fellow Big Ten Members
» UW has never faced Maryland, Penn State or Rutgers
THE SPRINKLE EFFECT
» Teams in their first year under Danny Sprinkle have increased their win total from the previous season
» Sprinkle-led teams have earned an NCAA Tournament bid three straight seasons
» During those three seasons, Sprinkle's teams have lost just 11 conference games
» Sprinkle's teams have had at least three players earn all-conference honors in each of the last four seasons
» Sprinkle took a Utah State team that returned nine minutes from the previous season and led the Aggies to their first-ever outright Mountain West title
» Was named a Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year finalist for his efforts at Utah State
» In year three at Montana State, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to their first NCAA bid in 26 years
» Sprinkle's Montana State followed with a 25-10 record in 2022-23, winning the Big Sky Tournament to earn a second-consecutive NCAA bid
» It was the first time Montana State had posted back-to-back 25-win seasons since 1927-29
IT FEELS LIKE THE VERY FIRST TIME
» Danny Sprinkle is the 20th head coach in Washington men's basketball history
» Since legendary coach Hec Edmundson took over on Montlake for the 1920-21 season, eight of UW's 11 head coaches have posted a winning season,
» In six of those 11 seasons under first-year head coaches, UW has posted a record of .600 or better
» Washington is 250-183 all-time under first-year head coaches (.577)
» Since Edmundson's first season, first-year head coaches at UW have posted a record of 188-151 (.555)
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