1950–51 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

1950–51 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 15
Record24–6 (11–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1950–51 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
No. 15 Washington 11 5   .688 24 6   .800
Oregon 10 6   .625 18 13   .581
Washington State 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Idaho 6 10   .375 15 14   .517
Oregon State 6 10   .375 14 18   .438
South
UCLA 8 4   .667 19 10   .655
No. 19 USC 8 4   .667 21 6   .778
Stanford 5 7   .417 12 14   .462
California 3 9   .250 16 16   .500
† Conference playoff series winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950–51 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1950–51 NCAA college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Tippy Dye, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

The Huskies were 20–5 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play; they won the PCC title series with a two-game sweep of Southern division winner UCLA, which extended their home court winning streak to nineteen games.

In the 16-team NCAA tournament, Washington defeated Texas A&M by 22 points in the opener of the West regional in Kansas City, then fell by four to second-ranked Oklahoma A&M. In the regional third place game, the Huskies defeated newly-crowned NIT champion BYU by thirteen points to end the season at 24–6.

Dye was hired in June 1950; he was previously the head coach at Ohio State for four seasons. The Buckeyes were Big Ten champions in the 1949–50 season and made the eight-team NCAA tournament.

Washington returned to the NCAA Tournament two years later in 1953, and advanced to the Final Four.