2008–09 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

2008–09 Washington Huskies men's basketball
Pacific-10 regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 16
Record26–9 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Raphael Chillious
  • Paul Fortier
  • Jim Shaw
Home arenaBank of America Arena
2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Washington 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
No. 18 UCLA 13 5   .722 26 9   .743
No. 19 Arizona State 11 7   .611 25 10   .714
California 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
USC 9 9   .500 22 13   .629
Arizona 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Washington State 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Oregon State 7 11   .389 18 18   .500
Stanford 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Oregon 2 16   .111 8 23   .258
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington in the 2008–09 college basketball season. This was head coach Lorenzo Romar's 7th season at Washington. The Huskies played their home games at Bank of America Arena and are members of the Pacific-10 Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 14–4 in Pac-10 play and they captured the Pac–10 regular season title and an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They earned a 4 seed in the West Region which they defeated Mississippi State in the first round before losing to Purdue in the second round.