Although Washington has made some noise in previous seasons on the gridiron, their performance on the hardwood has left a lot to be desired, and their first season in the Big Ten was not a successful one to say the least.
The Huskies actually started out 6-1, but this was all against meager competition before even hitting December.
Once December hit so did the reality of conference basketball, and they lost to both UCLA and USC, also new members of the Big Ten.
They were able to pull out a 2-1 stretch while facing three in-state rivals and earned their most impressive victory of the season at the beginning of January, defeating Maryland at home. They then pushed #22 Illinois to the brink but succumbed at the end.
Turns out, that was when the puppy poop hit the fan.
That loss led right into five more, and they were sitting at dead last in the conference at 1-8. They finally pieced together a few more wins to start February, but each one was subsequently followed by a loss, keeping them in the Big Ten basement.
As March rolled around they were looking just as horrible as ever, then randomly decided to put up a big fight at home against the red-hot Ducks on Senior Day.
It still wasn’t enough though, and they fell in overtime, their sixth straight defeat to close out the season.
They were not invited to any sort of postseason play, even the conference tournament.
They’ll say goodbye to Great Osobor and Tyler Harris, who contributed 15 and 12 points per game respectively. They’ll also lose both bigs in Wilhelm Breidenbach, and former Duck-turned-traitor Franck Kepnang.
It’s hard to see Washington being any better in 2026, and with their last NCAA Tournament appearence occuring in 2019, there is little hope the drought will end anytime soon.