The 2008–09 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2008–09 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 7th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 14–4 in Pac-10 play and they captured the Pac–10 regular season title and an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned a 4 seed in the West Region which they defeated Mississippi State in the first round before losing to Purdue in the second round.
2008–09 Team
Roster Source #NameHeightWeight (lbs.)PositionClassHometownPrevious Team(s)1Venoy Overton 5'11"185GSo.Seattle, WA, U.S.Franklin HS2Isaiah Thomas5'8"180GFr.Tacoma, WA, U.S.South Kent School5Justin Dentmon5'11"185GSr.Carbondale, IL, U.S.Winchendon School (Mass.) 11Matthew Bryan-Amaning6'9"235FSo.London, England, U.K.South Kent School15Scott Suggs 6'6"190GSo.Washington, MO, U.S.Washington HS20Quincy Pondexter6'6"215FJr.Fresno, CA, U.S.San Joaquin Memorial HS21Artem Wallace6'8"250FSr. Toledo, WA, U.S.Toledo HS22Justin Holiday6'6"180FSo.Chatsworth, CA, U.S.Campbell Hall School23C. J. Wilcox6'5"180GFr.Pleasant Grove, UT, U.S.Pleasant Grove HS31Elston Turner 6'4"205GFr.Missouri City, TX, U.S.Elkins HS32Joe Wolfinger7'0"255CJr.Portland, OR, U.S.Northfield Mount Hermon School33Tyreese Breshers 6'7"255FFr.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Price HS40Jon Brockman6'7"255FSr.Snohomish, WA, U.S.Snohomish Sr. HS44Darnell Gant 6'8"215FRS Fr.Los Angeles, CA, U.S.Crenshaw HS
Coaching staff Name Position Year at WashingtonAlma Mater (Year) Lorenzo RomarHead coach 7th Washington (1980)Raphael Chillious Assistant coach 1st Lafayette (1996)Paul Fortier Assistant coach 4th Washington (2003)Jim Shaw Assistant coach 5th Western Oregon State (1985)Lance LaVetter Director of Basketball Operations 7th Northern Arizona (1992)
2008–09 Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=|PAC-10 Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=|PAC-10 Tournament
!colspan=12 style=|NCAA Tournament
Rankings
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