uw basketball
March 9, 2021
Standing tall
He went from the UW to professional basketball and back. But it’s in the special education classroom that Anthony Washington, ’16, ’19, is making a lasting difference.
June 4, 2020
Stat keeper
Craig Heyamoto, ’75, ’78, has compiled stats for UW football and basketball since the 1970s. Today, he is in charge of the UW stats crew.
September 1, 2011
Courting success
Today, hundreds of young ballhandlers know Ryan Appleby as the determined coach inspiring them to be winners on and off the court.
June 1, 2011
After the whistle
Kevin McGuff arrived in Seattle this past April with a monumental challenge awaiting him: restoring the Husky women’s basketball team to the elite status it held in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
June 1, 2010
Big shot
In addition to meeting the rigorous demands of his sport and his studies, Matthew Bryan-Amaning is a big man on campus and in the community.
March 1, 2007
Team spirit
Religion is everywhere in American sports, but at a public university it's often out of bounds. UW coaches Lorenzo Romar and Tyrone Willingham share their approach.
March 1, 2006
Historic Hec Ed
Basketball players, U.S. presidents, billionaire computer moguls and Boy Scouts: what do these people have in common? All are part of the rich history surrounding one of the UW's most iconic buildings: Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
March 1, 2004
Hedges retires
After 12 years, 7 months and 27 days of running the UW sports program, Intercollegiate Athletics Director Barbara Hedges retired Jan. 16, following months of controversy over a gambling football coach and a drug-dispensing team doctor.
December 1, 2003
Air force
In 20 years on air covering the Huskies, Bob Rondeau has seen the highs and lows of UW sports and is unafraid to tell it like it is.
March 1, 2003
Rarified air
Fifty years ago this month—March 17-18, 1953, to be exact—the Huskies qualified for the Final Four, the only time in UW history.
December 1, 2002
Neuheisel punished
UW Football Coach Rick Neuheisel has been prohibited from off-campus recruiting activities until May 31, 2003, and his former employer, the University of Colorado, was placed on two years probation.
September 1, 2002
On the ball
They called him a classic underdog, but Lorenzo Romar's career as a basketball player—and coach—proves that nice guys finish first.
March 1, 2001
30 years in athletics
After joining the UW athletic department in the early 1970s, Tony Softli became a trusted adviser to many of the University’s African-American athletes.
December 1, 1999
A season at the Key
Both the UW men's and women's basketball teams will play at the Seattle Center this season as Hec Edmundson Pavilion undergoes a $38 million renovation.
June 1, 1999
Hec Ed closes
Fans and players said good-bye to the original interior of Hec Edmundson Pavilion, as the UW closed its fieldhouse for an 18-month, $39 million renovation.
September 1, 1998
Shooting star
After six straight losing seasons, men's basketball coach Bob Bender turned a foundering UW program into an NCAA contender.
March 1, 1998
Rhonda Smith, ’95, lives her dream of playing pro basketball in Seattle
Rhonda Smith, 25, is finishing up her second season playing for the hometown Seattle Reign of the American Basketball League.