2016–17_Washington_Huskies_men's_basketball_team

2016–17 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2016–17 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

American college basketball season


The 2016–17 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Pac-12 Conference, the Huskies were led by fifteenth-year head coach Lorenzo Romar and played their home games on campus at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

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The Huskies finished the season 9–22, 2–16 in Pac-12 play, in eleventh place. In the Pac-12 tournament, they lost in the first round to sixth-seeded USC. Romar was fired on March 15;[1] four days later, he was succeeded by Mike Hopkins, a longtime assistant at Syracuse under Jim Boeheim.[2]

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2015–16 season 19–15, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way for sixth place. The Huskies defeated Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament as No. 3 seed. There they defeated Long Beach State in the first round before losing to San Diego State in the second round.

Off-season

Departures

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2016 recruiting class

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Roster

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Schedule and results

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References

  1. "Washington fires Romar after 9-22 season". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  2. Allen, Percy (March 23, 2016). "Washington's Dejounte Murray and Marquese Chriss declare for NBA draft". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved April 6, 2016.

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