“Washington tips Sprinkle Era against UC Davis on Tuesday night.”

SEATTLE – The Washington men's basketball team celebrates the conclusion of its first season under head coach Danny Sprinkles on Tuesday at 7 p.m. PT at the Alaska Airlines Arena hosting UC Davis.

The matchup will air on the Big Ten Network and your radio station on 950 KJR-AM. Links to live statistics can be found at HuskyStats.com.

ABOUT UC DAVIS

» UC Davis was ranked fifth in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll
» The Aggies finished third in the Big West in 2023-24 with a league record of 14-6
» 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 finish in the top 10 for points, assists and steals
» The Aggies return eight letterwinners from last season, including two 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 won two Big West championships and secured an NCAA Tournament bid in 2017

HISTORY OF THE SERIES – UC DAVIS

» UW and UC Davis met only once during the 2017-18 season
» The Huskies earned a 77-70 win in Seattle, overcoming a 34-37 halftime deficit
» Jaylen Nowell led the Dawgs with 21 points, while Noah Dickerson had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds

OPENING SHOW

» Washington is 93-31 all-time in season openers
» The Huskies have won 24 of the last 30 opening games, including 16 of the last 20 and seven of the last 10
» Tuesday's game marks the fourth straight season the Huskies have started the season at Alaska Airlines Arena
» In last season's opening game, Washington ran away in the second half en route to a 91-57 win over Bellarmine
» Willhelm Breidenbach secured the Huskies' lead with eight rebounds
» Franck Kepnang scored nine points on 4 of 5 from the field

Fill the cupboard

» Washington returns just four letterwinners from last season
» Willhelm Breidenbach is the only returning Husky to have played more than 10 games in a season
» UW returnees started just 16 games in the 2023-24 season, or 10 percent of Washington's total starts
» UW's 9.7% yield is the 16th lowest in the nation

LET'S BE FRANCK

» UW is 13-5 over the last two seasons Franck Kepnang plays
» Kepnang has suffered a season-ending injury in each of the last two seasons
» UW won 7 of 10 games with Kepnang last season and 6 of 8 the season before that

Vocational school
» Despite only four returning players, the UW squad has a veteran presence
» Washington players have appeared in a total of 814 college games
» The Huskies have 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
» The UW roster consists of six seniors and one graduate student



PORTAL HOPPING
» Washington has strengthened its squad with eight D1 players from 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) transferred twice during their college careers
» In total, 10 of the 16 UW players came to Washington via the transfer portal
» Washington has added at least three players through the transfer portal in each of the last four years



THE GREAT
» Great Osobor has spent his entire college career as the UW head coach Danny Sprinklesfollowed by Sprinkle from Montana State and Utah State
» Oobor was named a 2023-24 AP Honorable Mention All-American
» Oobor was also named Mountain West Player and Newcomer of the Year
» As a sophomore at Montana State University, Oobor earned Big Sky Top Reserve honors.
» Osobor was named a Preseason All-American by Blue Ribbon Yearbook and Jay Bilas by ESPN
» Osobor was ranked No. 15 on CBS' Top 100 and one of the best players of the 2024-25 season
» Oobor 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 with 95.0 percent
» Davis was perfect from the charity stripe in 23 of 27 games in which he attempted at least one free throw
» Davis made a career-high 10 free throws twice last season, against SEMO (11/10) and against Texas Tech (11/30).
» Davis shot 86.5 percent from the free throw line in three seasons at UC Irvine, including 90.4 percent as a sophomore
» Davis has a career free throw rate of 89.1 percent
» Davis has shot 100 percent of his free throws with at least five attempts in a game 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 according to 247Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals
» Diallo is Washington's ninth ever McDonald's All-American and fourth in the last five years, joining Jackson Grant (2021), McDaniels and Stewart (2019)
» Rated No. 1 player in Washington and 2022-23 Washington Gatorade Player of the Year, Diallo was ranked No. 1. 3 point guard and no. 43rd player in the country according to 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, posting double-digit home wins 17 times
» UW has posted a home record of at least .600 in 14 of the last 20 seasons, including each of the last three seasons
» Washington has won at least 80% of its home games nine times in the last 20 seasons, including 90% or more four times

HUSKY GREAT COMES HOME
» Former Husky star Abdul Gaddy joins in Danny Sprinklesis Washington's first hire as director of player development
» Gaddy, who graduated in 2013, was a two-time captain for the Dawgs
» Gaddy ranks second all-time in Washington with 469 career assists
» Gaddy was a Bob Cousy Award nominee in 2012
» Gaddy played professionally in Italy, Latvia and Germany before playing four years in the NBA G League



A new era of B1G
» Washington will begin its first season in the Big Ten Conference in 2024-25
» The Big Ten received six bids to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, tied for the third-most of any conference
» UW was a founding member of what later became the Pac-12 Conference and founded 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 excluding Oregon, UCLA and USC
» Washington has played 14 of 17 other Big Ten members
» UW has never played Maryland, Penn State or Rutgers



THE SPRINKLE EFFECT
» First year teams under Danny Sprinkles have increased their total number of wins compared to the previous season
» Teams led by Sprinklers have earned an NCAA Tournament berth in three consecutive seasons
» In 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 picked up a Utah State team that came back nine minutes from the previous season and led the Aggies to their first-ever overall Mountain West title
» Was named Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year for his achievements at Utah State University
» In his third year at Montana State, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to their first NCAA bid in 26 years
» Sprinkles Montana State followed with a 25-10 record in the 2022-23 season and won the Big Sky Tournament to secure its NCAA bid for the second straight year
» It was the first time since 1927-29 that Montana State posted back-to-back 25-win seasons



It feels like the very first time
» Danny Sprinkles is the 20th head coach in Washington men's basketball history
» Since legendary coach Hec Edmundson took over at Montlake for the 1920-21 season, eight of UW's 11 head coaches have had winning seasons.
» 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 among first-year head coaches (.577)
» Since Edmundson's first season, first-year head coaches at UW have compiled a record of 188-151 (.555).


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