UW Huskies sign two men’s basketball recruits
Guards RJ Barhoum and Jimmie Haywood III are set to join Huskies next season.
Head coach Danny Sprinkle of the UW Huskies yells during a game March 12, 2026, in Chicago. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Head coach Danny Sprinkle and the UW Huskies men’s basketball team have inked two players to their 2027 recruiting class.
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The Huskies on Wednesday announced the signing of RJ Barhoum out of Clackamas High School in Clackamas, Ore., and on Thursday announced the signing of Jimmie Haywood III out of Compass Prep in Chandler, Ariz.
Barhoum is a 6-foot-5 combo guard who doesn’t have a recruit ranking from 247Sports.com. According to PrepHoops.com, he also held offers from Air Force, Eastern Washington, Portland State and Western Oregon.
Barhoum was a second-team All-State selection as junior during the 2025-26 season while helping Clackamas reach the state quarterfinals. He averaged 19.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game.
Barhoum’s sister Sara Barhoum is a sophomore guard on the Portland State women’s basketball team.
Haywood, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard, is a four-star recruit. He’s ranked as the No. 172 recruit nationally and No. 25 at his position. He chose UW over Nevada and Loyola Marymount.
As a junior during the 2025-26 season, Haywood averaged 6.2 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game.
Haywood is a Seattle native and previously played at Rainier Beach High School. He is the son of former Oregon State guard Jimmie Haywood, a product of Seattle’s Franklin High School.
The Huskies’ 2027 recruiting class is currently ranked 66th nationally by 247Sports.
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Husky BB is just so irrelevant nationally and even in the BIG it’s so frustrating the school just stopped caring about major sports. The BB team hasn’t been good in forever. Had hope for Sprinkle but he doesn’t have the money to get guys.Chun needs to go. There is no reason to care if the school doesn’t care. We are competing with irrelevant tiny schools for BB recruits. It’s embarrassing UW is competing for recruits against Eastern WA and Western Oregon. WTH happened?