# 2014–15 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The huskies were led by thirteenth year head coach Lorenzo Romar. The Huskies played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Stanford.

## Previous season

The 2013–14 Washington Huskies finished the season with an overall record of 17–15, and 9–9 in the Pac-12 regular season. In the 2014 Pac-12 tournament, the Huskies were defeated by Utah, 61–67 in the First round.

## Off Season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Perris Blackwell | 2 | C/F | 6'9" | 275 | Senior | Etiwanda, CA | Graduated |
| C. J. Wilcox | 23 | SG | 6'5" | 195 | RS Senior | Pleasant Grove, UT | Graduated/2014 NBA draft |
| Desmond Simmons | 30 | SF | 6'7" | 225 | RS Junior | Vallejo, CA | Graduate transferred to Saint Mary's |

### Incoming Transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Quevyn Winters | 2 | SF | 6'6" | 206 | Junior | Milwaukee, WI | Junior College transfer from Indian Hills Community College. |

## 2014 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Tristan Etienne PF | Abbotsford, BC | W. J. Mouat Secondary School | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Jul 4, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ||||||
| Donaven Dorsey SF | Lacey, WA | Timberline High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Jul 8, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

### 2015 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for 2015 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| David Crisp PG | Lakewood, WA | Brewster Academy | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Jan 12, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Marquese Chriss PF | Elk Grove, CA | Pleasant Grove High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Dejounte Murray SG | Seattle, WA | Rainier Beach High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Jun 3, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Matisse Thybulle SF | Sammamish, WA | Eastside Catholic School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Sep 29, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Devenir Duruisseau PF | Palmdale, CA | Fishburne Military School | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | Oct 20, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: |||||||
| Malik Dime PF | Columbus, OH | Indian Hills Community College | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Oct 20, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 8 Rivals: 8 ESPN: 13 |||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2015 Washington Signees". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015. "2015 Washington Signees". Scout.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015. "2015 Washington Signees". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015. "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015. |||||||

## Personnel
### Roster
#### Notes

- On January 26, Head Coach Lorenzo Romar announced that Sophomore center, Robert Upshaw would be dismissed from the team due to violation of team rules.

### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Year at Washington | Alma Mater (year) |
| Lorenzo Romar | Head coach | 13th | Washington (1980) |
| Raphael Chillious | Assistant coach | 5th | Lafayette (1996) |
| Brad Jackson | Assistant coach | 3rd | Washington State (1975) |
| T. J. Otzelberger | Assistant coach | 2nd | Wisconsin-Whitewater (2001) |
| Tiffani Walker | Director of Basketball Operations | 1st | Illinois (2003) |
| Da'Mon Perry | Director of Player Development | 1st | Whittier (2012) |
| Daniel Shapiro | Strength and conditioning Coach | 2nd | Seattle Pacific (2000) |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2014* 7:30 pm, P12N | | Saint Martin's | W 88–65 | – | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,072) Seattle, WA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N | | South Carolina State | W 77–59 | 1–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,898) Seattle, WA |
| 11/21/2014* 7:00 pm, KZJO | | at Seattle Elgin Baylor Classic | W 63–48 | 2–0 | KeyArena (5,319) Seattle, WA |
| 11/23/2014* 5:00 pm, P12N | | vs. Pacific Marv Harshman Classic | W 76–69 | 3–0 | KeyArena (2,512) Seattle, WA |
| 11/27/2014* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. San Jose State Wooden Legacy quarterfinals | W 78–56 | 4–0 | Titan Gym (2,241) Fullerton, CA |
| 11/28/2014* 8:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Long Beach State Wooden Legacy semifinals | W 80–70 | 5–0 | Titan Gym (2,430) Fullerton, CA |
| 11/30/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. UTEP Wooden Legacy championship | W 68–65 | 6–0 | Honda Center (2,191) Anaheim, CA |
| 12/07/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N | | No. 13 San Diego State | W 49–36 | 7–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,199) Seattle, WA |
| 12/14/2014* 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 17 | Eastern Washington | W 81–77 | 8–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,184) Seattle, WA |
| 12/17/2014* 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 16 | Grambling State | W 86–38 | 9–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (5,289) Seattle, WA |
| 12/20/2014* 6:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 16 | vs. No. 15 Oklahoma MGM Grand Garden Showcase | W 69–67 | 10–0 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 12/22/2014* 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 13 | Tulane | W 66–57 | 11–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,130) Seattle, WA |
| 12/28/2014* 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 13 | Stony Brook | L 57–62 | 11–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,970) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2015 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 21 | at California | L 75–81 | 11–2 (0–1) | Haas Pavilion (8,005) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/04/2015 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 21 | at Stanford | L 60–68 $^{OT}$ | 11–3 (0–2) | Maples Pavilion (4,368) Stanford, CA |
| 01/10/2015 12:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State Rivalry | L 77–80 | 11–4 (0–3) | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,595) Seattle, WA |
| 01/15/2015 6:00 pm, P12N | | Oregon State | W 56–43 | 12–4 (1–3) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,663) Seattle, WA |
| 01/18/2015 5:30 pm, ESPNU | | Oregon | W 85–77 | 13–4 (2–3) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,912) Seattle, WA |
| 01/22/2015 6:30 pm, FS1 | | at Colorado | W 52–50 | 14–4 (3–3) | Coors Events Center (9,653) Boulder, CO |
| 01/25/2015 5:30 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 12 Utah | L 56–77 | 14–5 (3–4) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (13,047) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/28/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | Stanford | L 74–84 | 14–6 (3–5) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,832) Seattle, WA |
| 02/01/2015 12:00 pm, P12N | | California | L 88–90 | 14–7 (3–6) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,319) Seattle, WA |
| 02/04/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Oregon | L 74–78 | 14–8 (3–7) | Matthew Knight Arena (5,866) Eugene, OR |
| 02/08/2015 1:30 pm, FS1 | | at Oregon State | L 50–64 | 14–9 (3–8) | Gill Coliseum (9,114) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/13/2015 6:00 pm, ESPN | | No. 7 Arizona | L 62–86 | 14–10 (3–9) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,999) Seattle, WA |
| 02/15/2015 2:30 pm, P12N | | Arizona State | L 68–78 | 14–11 (3–10) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,745) Seattle, WA |
| 02/22/2015 5:30 pm, ESPNU | | at Washington State Rivalry | W 87–84 | 15–11 (4–10) | Beasley Coliseum (5,567) Pullman, WA |
| 02/25/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at UCLA | L 66–88 | 15–12 (4–11) | Pauley Pavilion (7,841) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/28/2015 7:00 pm, P12N | | at USC | L 55–70 | 15–13 (4–12) | Galen Center (5,529) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/05/2015 6:00 pm, FS1 | | Colorado | L 47–64 | 15–14 (4–13) | Alaska Airlines Arena (5,848) Seattle, WA |
| 03/07/2015 1:30 pm, P12N | | No. 13 Utah | W 77–68 | 16–14 (5–13) | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,386) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 Tournament ||||||
| 03/11/2015 8:30 pm, P12N | | vs. Stanford First round | L 69–71 | 16–15 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (9,875) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Ranking movement

Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
| AP | NR | NR | NR | RV | 17 | 16 | 13 | 21 | RV | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | RV | 17 | 16 | 13 | 19 | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |