The 1989–90 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the
University of Washington for the
1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1989 and ended with the Final Four at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado on April 2, 1990. The UNLV Runnin' Rebels won their first NCAA national championship with a ...
. Led by first-year head coach
Lynn Nance
Lynn Sanford Nance (born September 3, 1942) is an American former college basketball coach. He also served as head coach at Iowa State, Central Missouri State, Saint Mary's, Washington, and Southwest Baptist.
Early life and education
Nance ...
, the Huskies were members of the
Pacific-10 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
and played their home games on campus at
Hec Edmundson Pavilion in
Seattle, Washington.
The Huskies were overall in the regular season and in conference play, ninth in the standings.
In the
Pac-10 tournament in
Tempe, Arizona, Washington met host and eighth seed
Arizona State in the first round and lost by six points.
Alumnus Nance was hired in April 1989, he was previously the head coach at
Postseason results
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Pacific-10 Tournament
References
External links
Sports Reference– Washington Huskies: 1988–89 basketball season
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