Category Archives: huskymbb

For some reason, nothing fascinates me more than the way college basketball coaches use their timeouts. And there is no more interesting study than UCLA’s Ben Howland, who seems to value his stoppages of play differently than anyone else in … Continue reading →

Last weekend’s plus-minus numbers for the Huskies: Arizona State Wroten +12 Gant +8 N’Diaye +8 Gaddy +6 Ross +4 Seferian-Jenkins 0 Wilcox 0 Kemp -1 Simmons -7 Arizona Wroten +12 N’Diaye +8 Simmons +8 Gaddy -2 Seferian-Jenkins -2 Ross -3 … Continue reading →

When starting tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins walked on to the Husky basketball team earlier this month, it wasn’t clear what to expect. Seferian-Jenkins had been a fine player in high school, but would have to learn Lorenzo Romar‘s system from … Continue reading →

Using the play-by-play data available on stats.ncaa.org, I have manually calculated the plus-minus numbers for the Washington Huskies for every game save the win at Utah, during which the play-by-play was too error-riddled to be reliable. (For example, a number … Continue reading →

Generally, I like to consider myself an open-minded thinker. There are few opinions I hold that I am entirely unwilling to challenge from time to time, especially in the face of persuasive arguments to the contrary. One of these rare … Continue reading →

Last night, the Husky men’s basketball team lost 76-73 in overtime at Nevada. While the defeat was a bit of a surprise–Kenpom.com had Washington as five-point favorites entering the game–history suggests it probably should have been expected. The Huskies last … Continue reading →