Led by eighth-year head coach Hec Edmundson, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at the new UW Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

UW dropped their final conference game in overtime to Oregon.

[3] The new UW Pavilion was opened in late December with a three-game series against Illinois.

[1][4] Washington traveled to Los Angeles and met Southern division winner USC in the Pacific Coast championship series.

The Trojans swept in two close games;[5][6][7][8] it was the fifth consecutive year that the title series was won by the Southern division team.