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Posted: Monday November 08, 1999 10:52 PM

Washington

1998-99 record

17-11 overall, 10-8 Pac-10 (lost to Miami [Ohio] in NCAA first round)

Coach

Bob Bender, 85-84 (6 years at Washington); 145-141 overall

Projected starting lineup

G Senque Carey, 6-4, So. Averaged 8.7 points and made All-Pac-10 freshman team. G Deon Luton, 6-5, Sr. Good shooter, highest returning scorer on team at 14.3. C David Dixon, 6-11, So. JC transfer weighs 300 pounds and needs to lose weight to contribute. F Michael Johnson, 6-4, Jr. Fluid player who, oddly enough, needs to be more selfish this year. F Chris Walcott, 6-9, Sr. Former walk-on converts easy hoops and bangs underneath.

Top guy off the bench

Bryan Brown, 6-4, Jr. Son of former NBA star Fred Brown can hit from downtown, too.

Key Newcomer

Will Perkins, 6-8, Jr. JC transfer needs to help out for Huskies to return to postseason.

Key Games

vs. Gonzaga (Dec. 13). Huskies want to measure up against last year's NCAA tournament darlings. vs. UCLA (Jan. 6). Tough Pac-10 opener against possible conference champion.

Outlook

Huskies figure to be a middle-of-the-Pac-10 team but coach has high expectations even though team has lost top two players from a year ago, Todd MacCulloch and Donald Watts. Carey and Luton are backcourt strengths, but there are too many question marks up front. Another downer: Huskies are playing at Sonics' home, KeyArena, this season while Hec Edmundson Pavilion is being refurbished. Every home game will seem like a road trip. Return to NCAA Tournament appears unlikely.

Huskies' 1999-00 schedule

 

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