The 2020–21 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth-year head coach Mike Hopkins, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season The Huskies finished the 2019–20 season 15–17, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in twelfth place. Isaiah Stewart was named to the All Pac-12 first team and All-Freshman team. The Huskies as the 12th seed lost to Arizona in a first-round game of the Pac-12 tournament. The rest of the Pac-12 tournament and all post season tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Off-season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Elijah Hardy 10 G 6'6" 170 Junior Oakland, CA Transferred to Portland State Jason Crandall 12 G 6'0" 155 Senior Issaquah, Washington Graduated Sam Timmins 14 F 6'11" 265 Senior Dunedin, New Zealand Graduated and signed with Franklin Bulls Quin Barnard 20 G 6'0" 175 Redshirt Junior Bellevue, Washington Graduated Isaiah Stewart 33 C 6'9" 250 Freshman Rochester, NY 2020 NBA draft Jaden McDaniels 0 F 6'9" 200 Freshman Federal Way, WA 2020 NBA draft Bryan Penn-Johnson 23 C 7'0" 245 RS Sophomore Long Beach, California Transferred to LSU Nahziah Carter 11 G 6'6" 205 Senior Rochester, NY Suspended before Senior season and announced that he is to turn pro.

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Nate Pryor 4 G 6'4" 165 Junior Seattle, Washington North Idaho College Cole Bajema 22 G 6'7" 175 Sophomore Lynden, Washington Michigan Erik Stevenson 10 G 6'3" 198 Junior Lacey, Washington Wichita State

2021 recruiting class

Roster

Depth chart

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 Tournament

Washington was scheduled to play Tulane in the Pac-12 2020 China game on November 14 however this game was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A game against Oklahoma in the Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge and a game against Auburn were also canceled.

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

Awards and honors All Pac-12 Team

Quade Green honorable mention

Pac-12 Player of the Week Jamal Bey—week 8 Colorado, Utah

References