2025–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2025–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball
2025–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–17 (7–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Danny Sprinkle (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Andy Hill (2nd season); DeMarlo Slocum (2nd season); Tommy Connor (2nd season); Quincy Pondexter (4th season);
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena

2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Michigan	19	–	1	.950	33	–	3	.917
No. 15 Nebraska	15	–	5	.750	28	–	6	.824
No. 11 Michigan State	15	–	5	.750	27	–	7	.794
No. 13 Illinois	15	–	5	.750	26	–	8	.765
No. 19 Wisconsin	14	–	6	.700	24	–	11	.686
UCLA	13	–	7	.650	24	–	11	.686
No. 8 Purdue †	13	–	7	.650	28	–	8	.778
Ohio State	12	–	8	.600	21	–	13	.618
Iowa	10	–	10	.500	22	–	12	.647
Indiana	9	–	11	.450	18	–	14	.563
Minnesota	8	–	12	.400	15	–	17	.469
USC	7	–	13	.350	18	–	14	.563
Washington	7	–	13	.350	16	–	17	.485
Rutgers	6	–	14	.300	14	–	19	.424
Northwestern	5	–	15	.250	15	–	19	.441
Oregon	5	–	15	.250	12	–	20	.375
Maryland	4	–	16	.200	12	–	21	.364
Penn State	3	–	17	.150	12	–	20	.375

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by second-year head coach Danny Sprinkle, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as second-year members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2024–25 season 13–18, 4–16 in Big Ten play to finish in last place.^[1]^[2] They failed to qualify for the Big Ten tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Washington departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Mekhi Mason	0	G	6'5"	195	Junior	Gilbert, AZ	Transferred to Wake Forest
Great Osobor	1	F	6'8"	245	Senior	Bradford, England	Graduated, signed with Science City Jena
DJ Davis	4	G	6'1"	175	Graduate Student	Moreno Valley, CA	Graduated; signed with BC Margveti
Chris Conway	5	F	6'9"	221	Senior	Naperville, IL	Graduated
Tyree Ihenacho	6	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Prior Lake, MN	Graduated
Christian King	7	F	6'8"	215	Sophomore	Kirkland, WA	Transferred to Montana State
Tyler Harris	8	G	6'8"	190	Sophomore	Hayward, CA	Transferred to Vanderbilt
Will Landram	10	F	6'5"	168	Sophomore	Gig Harbor, WA	Walk-on; transferred to St. Thomas Aquinas
Luis Kortright	12	G	6'3"	200	Senior	Manhattan, NY	Graduated
Jase Butler	13	G	6'4"	180	Freshman	San Anselmo, CA	Transferred to Colorado State
Dylan Mansour	20	G	6'3"	180	Freshman	Lafayette, CA	Walk-on; not on team roster; transferred to Chapman
KC Ibekwe	24	C	6'10"	287	Junior	Coquitlam, BC	Transferred to Pacific
Wilhelm Breidenbach	32	F	6'10"	232	Senior	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Transferred to Grand Canyon
Sam Slutske	33	G	6'2"	174	Junior	Santa Monica, CA	Walk-on; TBD

Incoming transfers

Washington incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Quimari Peterson	0	G	6'1"	190	Graduate Student	Gary, IN	East Tennessee State
Desmond Claude	1	G	6'6"	205	Senior	New Haven, CT	USC
Christian Nitu	7	F	6'11'	220	Sophomore	Whitby, ON	Florida State
Bryson Tucker	8	F	6'7"	207	Sophomore	Arlington, VA	Indiana
Wesley Yates III	9	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Beaumont, TX	USC
Mady Traore	14	C	7'0"		Junior	Paris, France	Frank Phillips College
Lathan Sommerville	24	C	6'10"	275	Sophomore	Peoria, IL	Rutgers
Jacob Ognacevic	41	F	6'8"	220	Graduate Student	Sheboygan, WI	Lipscomb

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
J.J. Mandaquit #10 PG	Honolulu, HI	Utah Prep	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	Nov 12, 2024
J.J. Mandaquit #10 PG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (85)
Courtland Muldrew #33 SG	Bentonville, AR	Har Ber High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 8, 2024
Courtland Muldrew #33 SG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82)
Jasir Rencher #33 SF	Oakland, CA	Archbishop Riordan High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Apr 11, 2025
Jasir Rencher #33 SF	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (80)
Hannes Steinbach SF	Germany	N/A	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Apr 3, 2025
Hannes Steinbach SF	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
Brandon Roy Jr. PG	Seattle, WA	Garfield High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jun 23, 2025
Brandon Roy Jr. PG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 38 247Sports: 46
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2025 Washington Commits". Rivals. Retrieved August 4, 2025. "ESPN- Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Recruiting". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2025. "2025 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved August 4, 2025.

Source^[3]

Roster

2025–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Quimari Peterson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	East Tennessee State	Gary, IN
G	1	Desmond Claude	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	USC	New Haven, CT
G	3	BJ Roy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Garfield	Seattle, WA
F	4	Jasir Rencher	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Archbishop Riordan	Oakland, CA
G	5	Zoom Diallo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Curtis	Tacoma, WA
F	6	Hannes Steinbach	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Würzburg Baskets	Würzburg, Germany
F	7	Christian Nitu	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Florida State	Whitby, Canada
F	8	Bryson Tucker	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	So	Indiana	Arlington, VA
G	9	Wesley Yates III	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS So	USC	Beaumont, TX
C	11	Franck Kepnang	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	253 lb (115 kg)	GS	Oregon	Yaoundé, Cameroon
F	14	Mady Traoré	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Frank Phillips College	Paris, France
G	23	JJ Mandaquit	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Utah Prep Academy	Hilo, HI
C	24	Lathan Sommerville	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	So	Rutgers	Peoria, IL
G	30	Courtland Muldrew	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Har Ber	Arlington, TX
F	41	Jacob Ognacevic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	Lipscomb	Sheboygan, WI

Head coach

Danny Sprinkle (Montana State)

Assistant coach(es)

Andy Hill (Eastern Washington)
Tony Bland (San Diego State)
DeMarlo Slocum (Georgia Southern)
Tommy Connor (Utah)
Quincy Pondexter (Washington)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 19, 2025* 12:00 p.m., B1G+		UNLV	W 77–62		22 – Steinbach	16 – Steinbach	12 – Mandaquit	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,774) Seattle, WA
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 8:00 p.m., B1G+		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 94–50	1–0	21 – Steinbach	10 – Tucker	8 – Mandaquit	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,577) Seattle, WA
November 6, 2025* 7:00 p.m., BTN		Denver	W 84–70	2–0	13 – Tied	16 – Steinbach	7 – Mandaquit	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,134) Seattle, WA
November 9, 2025* 5:30 p.m., ESPN		at Baylor	L 69–78	2–1	15 – Diallo	15 – Steinbach	2 – Tied	Foster Pavilion (6,542) Waco, TX
November 14, 2025* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Washington State Rivalry	W 81–69	3–1	26 – Yates III	13 – Steinbach	4 – Diallo	Beasley Coliseum (5,320) Pullman, WA
November 18, 2025* 6:30 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN		Southern Acrisure Series on-campus game	W 99–93 ^2OT	4–1	23 – Yates III	12 – Kepnang	3 – Mandaquit	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,564) Seattle, WA
November 27, 2025* 1:30 p.m., CBSSN		vs. Nevada Acrisure Holiday Classic semifinal	W 83–66	5–1	25 – Yates III	8 – Sommerville	6 – Mandaquit	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palms, CA
November 28, 2025* 1:30 p.m., TruTV		vs. Colorado Acrisure Holiday Classic championship	L 68–81	5–2	18 – Peterson	9 – Kepnang	6 – Mandaquit	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palms, CA
December 3, 2025 8:00 p.m., BTN		UCLA	L 80–82	5–3 (0–1)	29 – Steinbach	10 – Steinbach	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,700) Seattle, WA
December 6, 2025 3:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 24 USC	W 84–76	6–3 (1–1)	24 – Steinbach	16 – Steinbach	4 – Tied	Galen Center (5,338) Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 2025* 3:00 p.m., BTN		Southern Utah	W 105–69	7–3	14 – Tied	7 – Kepnang	5 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (5,516) Seattle, WA
December 19, 2025* 8:30 p.m., ESPN2		at Seattle Rivalry	L 66–70	7–4	24 – Claude	12 – Steinbach	4 – Claude	Climate Pledge Arena (4,299) Seattle, WA
December 22, 2025* 7:00 p.m., BTN		San Diego	W 86–56	8–4	21 – Steinbach	14 – Steinbach	4 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,953) Seattle, WA
December 29, 2025* 8:00 p.m., FS1		Utah	W 74–65	9–4	24 – Diallo	11 – Steinbach	7 – Diallo	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,721) Seattle, WA
January 4, 2026 5:00 p.m., BTN		at Indiana	L 80–90	9–5 (1–2)	20 – Steinbach	10 – Steinbach	7 – Diallo	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (12,392) Bloomington, IN
January 7, 2026 5:30 p.m., BTN		at No. 5 Purdue	L 73–81	9–6 (1–3)	17 – Steinbach	10 – Kepnang	8 – Diallo	Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN
January 11, 2026 3:00 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN		Ohio State	W 81–74	10–6 (2–3)	22 – Diallo	9 – Steinbach	5 – Mandaquit	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,163) Seattle, WA
January 14, 2026 7:30 p.m., BTN		No. 4 Michigan	L 72–82	10–7 (2–4)	15 – Mandaquit	14 – Steinbach	2 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (9,294) Seattle, WA
January 17, 2026 3:00 p.m., BTN		No. 12 Michigan State	L 63–80	10–8 (2–5)	18 – Diallo	9 – Steinbach	5 – Diallo	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,882) Seattle, WA
January 21, 2026 6:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 7 Nebraska	L 66–76	10–9 (2–6)	21 – Steinbach	12 – Steinbach	6 – Diallo	Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,203) Lincoln, NE
January 25, 2026 12:00 p.m., Peacock		Oregon	W 72–57	11–9 (3–6)	12 – Tied	14 – Kepnang	4 – Steinbach	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,346) Seattle, WA
January 29, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 9 Illinois	L 66–75	11–10 (3–7)	15 – Steinbach	12 – Steinbach	10 – Diallo	State Farm Center (15,544) Champaign, IL
January 31, 2026 5:00 p.m., BTN		at Northwestern	W 76–62	12–10 (4–7)	22 – Tied	14 – Steinbach	6 – Diallo	Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,587) Evanston, IL
February 4, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN		Iowa	L 74–84	12–11 (4–8)	20 – Steinbach	12 – Steinbach	12 – Diallo	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,904) Seattle, WA
February 7, 2026 7:00 p.m., FS1		at UCLA	L 73–77	12–12 (4–9)	21 – Yates III	9 – Tucker	7 – Tied	Pauley Pavilion (7,080) Los Angeles, CA
February 11, 2026 7:30 p.m., BTN		Penn State	L 60–63	12–13 (4–10)	19 – Steinbach	14 – Steinbach	3 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,306) Seattle, WA
February 14, 2026 6:00 p.m., Peacock		Minnesota	W 69–57	13–13 (5–10)	26 – Steinbach	9 – Steinbach	4 – Diallo	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,651) Seattle, WA
February 21, 2026 12:00 p.m., Peacock		at Maryland	L 60–64	13–14 (5–11)	19 – Diallo	5 – Kepnang	5 – Diallo	Xfinity Center (12,480) College Park, MD
February 24, 2026 3:30 p.m., BTN		at Rutgers	W 79–72	14–14 (6–11)	24 – Steinbach	16 – Steinbach	6 – Yates III	Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ
February 28, 2026 1:00 p.m., FS1		Wisconsin	L 73–90	14–15 (6–12)	22 – Steinbach	11 – Steinbach	4 – Diallo	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,755) Seattle, WA
March 4, 2026 7:30 p.m., BTN		USC	W 91–72	15–15 (7–12)	26 – Diallo	24 – Steinbach	4 – Muldrew	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,121) Seattle, WA
March 7, 2026 8:00 p.m., FS1		at Oregon	L 79–85	15–16 (7–13)	26 – Steinbach	13 – Steinbach	4 – Muldrew	Matthew Knight Arena (7,472) Eugene, OR
Big Ten tournament
March 11, 2026 11:30 a.m., Peacock/NBCSN	(12)	vs. (13) USC Second round	W 83–79 ^OT	16–16	22 – Diallo	11 – Steinbach	11 – Diallo	United Center (15,661) Chicago, IL
March 12, 2026 11:30 a.m., BTN	(12)	vs. (5) No. 23 Wisconsin Third round	L 82–85	16–17	25 – Steinbach	16 – Steinbach	7 – Diallo	United Center (16,157) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Washington Huskies 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "2024-25 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
^ "Washington Huskies 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.
^ "gohuskies.com :: Washington Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball". gohuskies.com.

[1] "Washington Huskies 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[2] "2024-25 Men's Big Ten Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[3] "Verbal Commits". www.verbalcommits.com. Retrieved 2023-07-11.

[4] "Washington Huskies 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-10-15.

[5] "gohuskies.com :: Washington Official Athletic Site :: Men's Basketball". gohuskies.com.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References