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Williams Reportedly Is Seventh to Exit UW Basketball Team

The veteran 6-foot-5 guard lasted just 14 games in Seattle, dealing with knee issues.

Dan Raley

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If the University of Washington basketball team doubled as a house remodel, it would be down to the studs right about now.

On Wednesday, guard Noah Williams entered the transfer portal, according to multiple reports — becoming the seventh player to exit Mike Hopkins' program since the season ended, and the 15th over the past 25 months.

Williams lasted just 14 games in Montlake, missing more than half the season after injuring a knee in the season opener, having surgery and experiencing soreness and swelling thereafter.

Starting 10 of his 14 games, the Seattle native and O'Dea High School alumnus averaged 8;7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists for a 16-16 Husky team after spending three seasons at Washington State.

Wherever he lands, Williams, when healthy, will give his next team a highly experienced player. At the UW and WSU, he played in 95 games and started 75.

His best season so far has been the 2020-21 campaign in which Williams averaged 14.1 points per game for the Cougars, scoring 32 and 40 in consecutive outings against California and Stanford.

He was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention for his efforts that season.

Williams joins guards Keyon Menifield (Arkansas) and PJ Fuller, and forwards Jackson Grant (Montana State)  Cole Bajema, Langston Wilson and Tyler Linhardt as UW players who've entered the transfer portal. 

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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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