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Huskies Add 6-11 Florida State Transfer To Roster

Christian Nitu will join Danny Sprinkle's roster, leaving just one spot open.
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Christian Nitu has joined the UW basketball program.
Christian Nitu has joined the UW basketball program. | Stan Szeto-Imagn Images

He's all arms and legs right now who could grow into something formidable.

On Wednesday, the University of Washington revealed it has added 6-foot-11, 220-pound Christian Nitu, a Florida State transfer, leaving Danny Sprinkle's Huskies with just one roster spot remaining from its now 15 permissible scholarships.

A left-hander, Nitu appeared in 22 games for the 17-15 Seminoles, averaging 1.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per outing.

While he'll be given every opportunity to play next season, this native Canadian from Whitby, Ontario, most likely will redshirt next season.

He left Florida State, which had great hopes for him, once long-time coach Leonard Hamilton retired after 23 seasons in Tallahassee.

Nitu was brought along slowly at Florida State, drawing double-figure minutes only twice during the season, in a blowout loss to Duke and in a 3-point setback to Virginia in what was his final Seminoles appearance.

The guy clearly has some size on him, with a photo on social media showing Sprinkle standing next to Nitu in Florida last month and the top of the coach's head nearly at shoulder level of the big kid.

Nitu holds considerable promise after previously playing for Canada's U18 national team.

With the Huskies building a new basketball complex that should be completed in the coming year, this new big man should have every opportunity to turn himself into a filled-out force around the basket.

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DAN RALEY

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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