Huskies Suspend Guard Luis Kortright Indefinitely

Earlier in the season, Danny Sprinkle, the University of Washington basketball coach, talked about guard Luis Kortright "being in his doghouse."

This was a loose reference to the Rhode Island transfer not playing in an efficient manner that was expected from him, namely committing careless turnovers as a floor leader and not shooting well at all.

On Saturday, the situation took on entirely new connotations as Sprinkle suspended Kortright indefinitely hours before the UW (11-11 overall, 2-9 Big Ten) hosted Northwestern (13-10, 4-8) for not meeting program standards, according to a UW spokesperson.

As is always the case, no specific reason was given for the disciplinary action.

Kortright, a 6-foot-3 senior from Manhattan, New York, had missed the past two Husky games against Minnesota and Nebraska after spraining an ankle at the end of a practice.

Overall, he has appeared in 18 contests and started three. He averages 4.9 points per game, with a season high of 10 against Illinois and UMass Lowell. He has suffered greatly as a perimeter shooter for the Huskies, hitting a dismal 21.4 percent of his 3-point attempts (9 of 42).

Described as a tough New York City kid by his coach, Kortright came to the UW from Rhode Island, where he was a 31-game starter last season with averages of 10 points and 3.7 assists per game. He played three seasons for Quinnipiac prior to that, appearing in 71 games and starting 12.

As much as anyone among the newcomers to the program, Kortright has had difficulty getting comfortable with the higher level of competition in the Big Ten.