Washington Meets Oregon For 319th Time In Regular Season Finale

Saturday, March 7

Eugene, Ore.

8:00 p.m. PT

University of Washington

Oregon

Washington Meets Oregon For 319th Time In Regular Season Finale

March 06, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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EUGENE, Ore. – The Washington men's basketball team concludes the regular season in enemy territory on Saturday, clashing with rival Oregon for the 319^th time on Saturday at Matthew Knight Arena.

Tipoff is set for 8:00 p.m. PT, airing on FS1. Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton will have the call on your radio dial on 950 KJR-AM. Full links to live coverage are available on the schedule page at GoHuskies.com.

OPENING TIPS
» Washington is coming off of a 91-72 win over USC on Senior Night Wednesday, completing UW's first season-sweep of the Trojans since 2019
» With the win, UW is guaranteed a first round bye in the Big Ten Tournament, advancing to Wednesday's second round
» The 19-point margin of victory is UW's largest over a Big Ten opponent during the Danny Sprinkle era and the largest over USC since defeating the Trojans by 32 points in 2020
» UW dominated the low block, scoring a season-high 53 points in the paint and outrebounding the Trojans by nine
» Between the two games, Washington outscored USC by 48 points in the second half
» The Huskies were led by a heroic performance from Hannes Steinbach, whose 24 rebounds were the fourth most in a single game by a Husky and the most since 1972
» It was Steinbach's ninth 20-point double double in Big Ten play and the fifth 20-20 outing by a Husky since 1977
» Zoom Diallo paced the Dawgs with a career-high 26 points, also grabbing a career-best nine rebounds

ABOUT OREGON
» Oregon is in its 16th season under the direction of head coach Dana Altman, the winningest coach in the history of the UO program
» Altman has led the Ducks to 28-consecutive winning seasons, nine NCAA Tournament bids and four Pac-12 Tournament titles
» The Ducks enter Saturday's regular season finale with an 11-19 record, 4-15 in Big Ten play
» Oregon has lost back-to-back games on the road after winning 3-of-4 games
» The Ducks own the third-lowest scoring offense in the Big Ten, averaging 70.7 points per game, while ranking 13th in the league in scoring defense at 73.9 points per game
» Oregon is led offensively by fifth-year senior center Nate Bittle at 16.9 points per game, ranking 13th in the Big Ten
» Bittle also ranks fifth in the Big Ten in blocks per game at 1.91, ahead of junior forward Kwame Evans Jr. in eighth at 1.36 BPG
» Evans paces UO in rebounding, averaging 7.4 boards per game to rank sixth in the Big Ten

SERIES HISTORY - OREGON
» Saturday's regular season finale will be the 319th between Washington and Oregon, making it the second-most oft played rivalry in Division I college basketball
» Washington leads the all-time series with Oregon, 193-125
» The Huskies earned a 72-57 win over the Ducks earlier in the season, snapping a four-game Oregon winning streak and a run in which the Ducks won 10 of the last 12 matchups between the two sides

GAME FOR THE AGES
» With 22 points and 24 rebounds to lead UW to victory over USC, Hannes Steinbach posted just the fifth 20-20 game in recorded program history, joining Noah Dickerson and Todd MacCulloch (three times)
» Steinbach's 24 rebounds are the fourth-most in a single game at UW, the most since Steve Hawes' 28 in 1972, and the second most by a Division I player this season
» With 15 points and 13 boards at the break, Steinbach became the first player to record a first half double double in a Big Ten game this season
» Steinbach is the only Division I player in the last 30 years to record three-straight games with 20+ points and 10+ rebounds on at least 65-percent from the floor

TOP TEN CERTIFIED
» Hannes Steinbach has been named to the Top-10 Watchlist for the Kareem-Abdul Jabbar Award, given annually to the nation's top center
» Steinbach leads all players on the watchlist in both points and rebounds per game
» Washington either has faced or is scheduled to face 15 of the 50 total players on the watchlists for the Naismith Hall of Fame Player of the Year awards

LIKE CLOCKWORK
» Hannes Steinbach leads the Power 5 lead with 19 double doubles in 27 career games and is one of two players nationally with 19 or more in 2025-26
» Steinbach is the only player in the nation with 10 or more games of 20+ points and 10+ rebounds against Power Five opposition, while his 11 total 20-point double doubles are the second most in the nation
» The 19 double doubles are the most by a Big Ten freshman since at least 1996-97
» Steinbach is the first Husky freshman to record at least one double double since Isaiah Stewart during the 2018-19 season
» Steinbach is the first Husky to record a double double in five straight games since Jon Brockman rattled off seven in a row in 2007-08
» If current averages hold, the German would post the 19th season since 1947-48 in which a Husky averaged a double double, the first ever by a freshman

MAN OF THE PEOPLE
» Franck Kepnang is one of 20 student-athletes named to the Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team, recognizing his charitable work through the Franck & Family Foundation, supporting orphanages in Cameroon and providing care packages to people experiencing homelessness
» Kepnang is also one of Washington's two representatives for the Big Ten Jackie Robinson Community & Impact Award

HISTORIC PACE
» Hannes Steinbach is second in the nation in rebounding at 11.3 RPG
» The German international would be the first Husky freshman in history to average double-digit rebounds in a season

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
» UW is shooting 48.7% in the second half and OT, up from 44.7% in the first half
» The difference is even greater behind the arc, with UW shooting 33.9% in the second half and OT and 27.5% in the first half

THE BLOCK IS HOT
» Franck Kepnang is third in the Big Ten and 31st nationally with 56 blocks, sitting third and 22nd, respectively, at 2.07 blocks per game
» Kepnang has blocked multiple shots 47 times in his career
» Kepnang has blocked three or more shots nine times this season
» Kepnang has failed to block at least one shot just 27 times in 111 career games, including just 11-of-59 games as a Husky

MASH UNIT
» 10 different UW players have combined to miss 104 games through injury
» Washington has implemented 13 different starting lineups this season
» Zoom Diallo and Quimari Peterson are the only players to play in every game

TRIPLE THREAT
» After making six total three pointers during his freshman season, Zoom Diallo has made 21 threes in 2025-26
» Diallo shot 18.2% from behind the arc a year ago, improving to 32.3% this season
» Diallo is also shooting 81.8% from the charity stripe, up from 71.9% a year ago

BREAK OUT THE WINDEX
» The Huskies have outrebounded 19 of 30 opponents this season
» UW is 13-6 when owning the rebounding battle, 2-9 when tying or losing it
» UW has grabbed at least five more boards than its opponent 17 times, owning the rebound battle by double digits eight times
» UW ranks fourth in the Big Ten in rebounds per game and offensive rebounds per game
» Hannes Steinbach (11.3) and Franck Kepnang (6.3) rank first and 16th in the Big Ten in average rebounding, respectively

LETTING IT FLY
» Quimari Peterson is 11th in the Big Ten with 176 total three point attempts
» Peterson has knocked down at least three threes 11 times
» As a team, UW has attempted at least 20 threes in 17-of-30 games
» The Huskies have launched 25 three pointers six times this season, a mark reached just twice during the entire 2024-25 season
» UW has failed to shoot above 30 percent from three in 13 of the last 22 games
» Washington is 4-0 this season when making 10 or more threes

ROOKIE RECOGNITION
» Hannes Steinbach earned his third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor, tied for the second most in the conference, after posting back-to-back 20-plus point double doubles against Rutgers and Wisconsin
» Steinbach also earned the nod in Week 8 after posting three-straight 20-plus point double doubles against San Diego, Utah and Indiana
» Averaging 26.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists against UCLA and USC, Steinbach also received the honor for Week 5
» Steinbach is UW's first-ever player to earn a Big Ten weekly award and the first conference weekly award winner for UW since Sahvir Wheeler was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 18, 2023
» Steinbach was also named the CBS Sports/USBWA National Freshman of the Week, Andy Katz's Freshman of the Week and Dick Vitale's weekly Diaper Dandy for his efforts against the Bruins and Trojan

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK
» Trailing No. 24 USC by 18 points at the break, Washington overcame its largest halftime deficit in recorded history, defeating the Trojans 84-76 in Los Angeles
» The win snapped an 11-game losing streak to USC
» UW shot 58.6% from the field in the second half, holding the Trojans to 25.0%
» UW made 5-of-8 threes in the second half after making just 1-of-12 in the first
» UW closed the game on a 27-9 run, making seven of its final eight field goal attempts
» Hannes Steinbach led the way for UW with his fifth-straight double double, posting 24 points and 16 rebounds
» Former Trojan Desmond Claude scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half
» USC transfer Wesley Yates finished with 16 points
» Franck Kepnang posted five blocks, one shy of his season and career high

OUR STATE
» Washington picked up its third straight win over Washington State on Friday, defeating the Cougars 81-69 for a second consecutive win in Pullman
» UW improved to 11-2 in its last 13 games against in-state teams during non-conference play
» Wesley Yates III scored 26 points, the most by a Husky this season
» Yates knocked down four three pointers, tying the season-high for UW, and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds
» Making his first start of 2025-26, Zoom Diallo tied his career-high with 20 points
» Hannes Steinbach secured his third straight double double, grabbing 13 rebounds and adding 14 points

STATEMENT START
» Washington opened the 2025-26 season with a 94-50 victory over UAPB
» It was UW's first 40+ point victory since 2017, when the Huskies defeated Bethune-Cookman by 51, 106-55
» The victory marked Washington's first 40+ point win in a season opener since 2007 and UW's 44-point margin of victory was its largest in an opener since defeating Morgan State 118-51 (67 points) on Nov. 13, 2005
» Monday's win was UW's fourth-straight to open a season
» A year after opening the season with just two makes from three, the Huskies knocked down 10 makes from behind the arc, led by four from Quimari Peterson
» UW held UAPB to a .254 field goal percentage, the worst shooting performance by a Husky opponent since USC shot .200 from the field on Jan. 2, 2020
» True freshman Hannes Steinbach led the Huskies in his college debut with 21 on 9-of-11 shooting, adding seven rebounds
» In his first-ever college start, Bryson Tucker posted his first career double double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds
» Point guard JJ Mandaquit dished out eight assists in his college debut

BAND'S BACK TOGETHER
» 2025-26 sees the return of a pair of former Huskies in cousins Wesley Yates III and Quincy Pondexter
» A top-40 recruit out of high school, Yates signed with UW ahead of the 2023-24 season, sitting out the campaign due to injury
» Yates, who played last season at USC, was one of the Big Ten's top scorers during conference play with averages of 17.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists
» Pondexter, a three-year assistant at UW, spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach for Yates and the Trojans, returning to his alma mater this summer
» An eight-year NBA veteran, Pondexter was an All-Pac-10 and Honorable Mention All-American for the Dawgs, ranking fifth all-time in scoring
» Pondexter led Washington to the 2009 Pac-10 Regular Season Championship and the 2010 Pac-10 Tournament Title, the latter of which he captured with fellow UW staffer Abdul Gaddy

NEW LOOK DAWGS
» Washington returns just two players from the 2024-25 roster in Zoom Diallo and Franck Kepnang
» Diallo appeared in all 31 games, including 22 starts and ranked second among all Huskies in points (11.2) and assists (3.1) per game during Big Ten play
» Kepnang missed a string of 17 games due to injury, starting the final eight contests of the season

PORTAL HOPPING
» UW revamped its roster with one of the most heralded transfer classes in the nation, ranking as the No. 3 class by On3.com
» Three of UW's transfers are ranked in the top-100 in the class, including two inside the top-30 in Wesley Yates III (24th, 247Sports) and Desmond Claude (29th, On3.com)
» Claude and Yates were the two leading scorers at Big Ten foe USC a season ago
» Quimari Peterson was ranked at No. 73 in the class by 247Sports
» Washington's transfer class was ranked No. 8 in the nation by HoopsHQ, while ESPN rated UW as the No. 5 team that added the most talent in the transfer portal

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
» The Dawgs also bolstered its squad with a nationally heralded freshman recruiting class
» UW's class was ranked as the 15th-best in the nation by 247Sports, the top class in the Big Ten
» UW's class was also ranked No. 21 by On3 and No. 25 by ESPN
» Per 247Sports, Washington added four four-star true freshmen
» Hannes Steinbach was rated as UW's top-signee with a rating of 97, but was not included in 247Sports' national player rankings
» JJ Mandaquit was ranked as the No. 74 player in the class, the No. 10 PG
» Jasir Rencher was ranked as the No. 90 player in the class, the No. 24 SF
» Courtland Muldrew was ranked as the No. 103 player in the class, the No. 18 SG
» Mady Traore was rated as a three-star, the No. 5 ranked JUCO player in the nation

CREAM OF THE CROP
» Washington is one of three teams in the nation featuring multiple players that were named their conference's player of the year, joining Big Ten rival Iowa and Kansas State
» Quimari Peterson reeled in Southern Conference Player of the Year Laurels, leading the conference in points, points per game, field goals, steals, steals per game and three-point field goal percentage
» The 6-1 guard was named a Finalist for the 2025 Lou Henson Award
» Peterson reached double-figure scoring in 31-of-32 games, including 15 20+ point outings
» Jacob Ognacevic was tabbed the ASUN Player of the Year after leading the league and ranking 19th in the nation in scoring at 20.0 points per game
» Ognacevic was efficient too, shooting 57.5 percent from the field, the 25th best average in the country
» The Wisconsin native also pulled down 8.0 rebounds per game, 4th in the ASUN
» Ognacevic will be sidelined indefinitely with a foot injury sustained during the preseason

TAKING THE WORLD STAGE
» A pair of freshman Huskies battled it out on the world stage this summer at the 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup as JJ Mandaquit and Hannes Steinbach battled it out in the Gold Medal game
» Mandaquit and Team USA captured the Gold, with the Hawaii native averaging 5.4 assists per game, 12.8 per 40 minutes
» In the Gold Medal game, Mandaquit led Team USA with six assists, adding seven points on 3-of-4 shooting
» The McDonald's All-America nominee shot 44.4 percent from the field, including 6-of-10 from behind the arc, knocking down all 13 free throw attempts
» Steinbach was one of the standouts of the tournament, leading Germany to Silver and earning All-Star Five honors
» The Würzburg native scored 17.4 points per game, the eight highest average of the tournament
» Steinbach pulled down 13.0 rebounds per game, second most at the World Cup
» Steinbach finished with four double doubles over seven games, including 19 points and 19 rebounds in the opener against Slovenia
» Against Serbia in the Round of 16, Steinbach dropped in seven field goals and nine free throws for 23 points, while reeling in 19 boards

DEUTSCH CONNECTION
» Hannes Steinbach is the latest in a German pipeline to Montlake
» Christian Welp, a native of Delmenhorst, West Germany, is UW's all-time leading scorer with 2,073 points
» Welp was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection ('85, '86, '87)
» Welp was named the 1984 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and 1986 Pac-10 Player of the Year
» Welp was drafted No. 16 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1987 NBA Draft
» Welp played three seasons between the 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors before seeing his NBA career cut short due to injury
» A teammate of Welp's for two seasons, Detlef Schrempf moved to Centralia, Washington, from Leverkusen, West Germany, for one season before joining the Huskies
» Schrempf ranks 18th all-time in scoring at Washington with 1,449 points
» Schrempf was a two-time First Team All-Pac-10 honoree ('84, '85)
» Schrempf was named a Third Team All-American by the NABC in 1985
» Schrempf was drafted No. 8 overall in the 1985 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks
» Schrempf enjoyed a 17-year NBA career with the Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Seattle Supersonics and Portland Trailblazers
» Schrempf earned three NBA All-Star selections ('93, '95, '97), was tabbed Third Team All-NBA in 1995 and won back-to-back Sixth Man of the Year Awards in 1991 and 1992
» Welp and Schrempf won back-to-back Pac-10 Championships with the Huskies in 1984 and 1985
» Schrempf was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1995, while Welp followed in 2001
» Washington recently announced that Welp and Schrempf's jersey numbers will be retired on Jan. 11 and Feb. 28, respectively

MONTLAKE MAGIC
» Over the last 20 seasons, Washington is 250-101 (.712) at Alaska Airlines Arena
» The Huskies have posted a winning record at home in 17 of those 20 seasons, registering double-digit home wins 16 times
» UW has posted at least a .600 home record in 13 of the past 20 seasons
» Washington has won at least 80% of its home games eight times over the last 20 seasons, including 90% or more three times

SPRINKLE ON TOP
» Danny Sprinkle has led his team to 25 or more wins in three of the last four seasons, guiding three-consecutive teams to NCAA Tournament appearances between Utah State and Montana State
» Sprinkle has twice been named his conferences coach of the year, earning the 2023-24 honor from the Mountain West and 2021-22 award from the Big Sky
» Sprinkle led Utah State to its first NCAA Tournament win since 2001
» Montana State's ninth-leading scorer all-time, Sprinkle led his alma mater to its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1996 (2022 & 2023)
» An MSU Hall of Fame inductee in 2021, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to consecutive 25+ win seasons for the first time since 1927-29

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