The 1950–51 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the

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for the NCAA college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach

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, the Huskies were members of the

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and played their home games on campus at

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. The Huskies were overall in the regular season and in conference play; they won the PCC title series with a two-game sweep of Southern division winner which extended their home court winning streak to nineteen games. In the 16-team NCAA tournament, Washington defeated

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by 22 points in the opener of the West regional in then fell by four to second-ranked In the regional third place game, the Huskies defeated newly-crowned NIT champion BYU by thirteen points to end the season Dye was hired in June 1950; he was previously the head coach at The Buckeyes were

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champions in the season and made the eight-team NCAA tournament. Washington returned to the NCAA Tournament two years later in

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, and advanced to the Final Four.

Postseason results

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Rankings

References

External links

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