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3 Brandon Roy
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A ROY WALLPAPER University of Washington All-America candidate ... Selected to the 50-man preseason Wooden Award watch list ... A second-team All-America pick in Street & Smith's preseason magazine ... Two-time honorable mention All-Pac-10 pick ... Three-year letterman ... Immensely skilled athlete who is one of the finest backcourt players in the nation ... Should emerge on the national stage after injuries hampered him last season ... Contemplated early entry into the 2005 NBA Draft, but announced at a press conference on April 25 that he would return for his senior season at UW. 2004-05 (Junior) -- Played 26 games, starting the first three before a meniscus tear in his right knee shelved him for nearly a month ... Received honorable mention on the All-Pac-10 team ... Scored 23 points against Seattle Pacific (Nov. 19) and 25 against Utah (Nov. 25) in the first two games of the season before injuring his knee just before halftime of game No. 3 ... Returned earlier than expected and and scored 10 points, on 5-for-5 shooting, to lift the Huskies to a 68-64 win over No. 12 North Carolina State (Dec. 19) ... Missed two more games before returning to the lineup for good ... Posted two double-doubles, including a 20-point, 13-rebound performance against UCLA (Feb. 5) ... Ranked No. 2 in Pac-10 shooting accuracy at 56.5 percent ... Led UW scorers during the NCAA Tournament with a 15.3-point average, hitting 63 percent from the field in the three games ... Ranked third on the team in scoring at 12.8 points per game and second in rebounding at 5.0 ... Tallied double-figure points on 19 occasions, including four 20-point efforts ... Distributed five or more assists three times ... Helped the Huskies to a 29-6 record, tying the school single-season victory record ... UW won its first Pac-10 Conference Tournament championship and received a No. 1 seed to the NCAA Touranment ... The Huskies advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1998. 2003-04 (Sophomore) -- Started all 31 games ... Named to the National Basketball Writer's Association all-district team ... Garnered honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades ... Received the March 1 Pac-10 Player of the Week award after leading UW to a sweep in the state of Arizona ... The previous time the Huskies had a road sweep in Arizona was during January of 1984, six months before Roy was born ... One of five Huskies to average double figures with a 12.9-point scoring average ... Led the Huskies in rebounding (5.3) and was second in scoring (12.9), assists (102) and steals (37) ... Poured in a career-high 30 points in 29 minutes at UCLA (Feb. 7) ... At Houston on Dec. 20 Roy became the first player in UW history to lead the team in the five major statistics during a single game ... Roy amassed 19 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot ... Helped the Huskies to a 19-12 record and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999 ... The 12-6 Pac-10 record and second-place conference finish were UW's best since 1986. 2002-03 (Freshman) -- Joined the team at midseason ... Played the final 13 games of the season after being declared eligible by the NCAA on Jan. 16 ... Scored his first collegiate points with six against Washington State (Jan. 31) ... Averaged 13.8 points and 5.5 rebounds over the final four games ... Started the final two games of the season, at USC and UCLA ... Had double-figure points in three consecutive games with 13 against Oregon, 17 at Washington State and 16 at USC ... Shot 50 percent from the field (30-of-60). Garfield High School (Seattle, Wash.) Averaged 22.3 points and 10.4 rebounds as a senior in 2002 ...One of the nation's premier prep players, he was a consensus top-50 national recruit ... Applied for the 2002 NBA Draft, but did not attend any pre-draft camps and withdrew his name prior to the draft ... Rated the No. 2 small forward prospect in the West by Prep West Hoops ... Listed 36th among 2002 national high school prospects by recruiting analyst Dave Telep ... Ranked No. 40 nationally among 2002 prep prospects in Clark Francis' Hoop Scoop ... Rated No. 47 nationally among all positions by CNN/SI ... Scored a career-high 38 points on March 9 in his final prep game to lead Garfield to a 71-70 victory over Snohomish and the fourth-place trophy at the Class 4A state tournament. He made 13 of 21 field goals, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 9 of 10 free throws ... Led all 2002 state tournament scorers with a 24.5 average and was voted to the all-tournament first team. He scored 18 or more in all four tournament games ... A first-team 2001 All-Washington state selection in the 4A classification and the 2001 KingCo Conference MVP ... One of 100 finalists for the McDonald's High School All-America team ... Amassed 30 points, seven rebounds and four assists to earn MVP honors and lead the City team to a 136-83 rout of the State squad in the 2002 Class 4A All-State game at KeyArena on April 13 ... Two-time KingCo Conference Most Valuable Player, in 2001 and 2002 ... Averaged 18.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game as a junior in 2001. Coach Romar on Brandon Roy "Brandon could have an All-American season this year and that is what we are anticipating. He is so talented and he understands that a bigger load is going to be placed on his shoulders this year. He is talented enough to handle that. He is kind of a do-it-all player. He has a high basketball IQ. It's rare, especially in today's game, to have a player as good as Brandon Roy play so unselfishly. When one of your best players is your most unselfish, that carries over. Brandon has a chance to be as good an offensive player as there is in this league."
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