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1981–82 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

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1981–82 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record16–14 (10–8 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coachLen Stevens
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1981–82 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Oregon State 16 2   .889 25 5   .833
No. 19 UCLA 14 4   .778 21 6   .778
USC 13 5   .722 19 9   .679
Washington 11 7   .611 19 10   .655
Washington State 10 8   .556 16 14   .533
California 8 10   .444 14 13   .519
Arizona State 8 10   .444 13 14   .481
Oregon 4 14   .222 9 18   .333
Arizona 4 14   .222 9 18   .333
Stanford 2 16   .111 7 20   .259
As of April 15, 1982[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981–82 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1981–82 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by tenth-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 16–14 overall in the regular season and 10–8 in conference play, fifth in the standings.[2] There was no conference tournament yet, which debuted five years later.

Washington State hosted the first two rounds in the West regional of the 48-team NCAA tournament at Beasley Coliseum.[3][4] The highest seeds, conference champions #2 Oregon State and #3 Idaho, had both defeated WSU on the tartan court this season; they advanced and met in the Sweet Sixteen in Provo, Utah.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "WSU goes down swinging". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 7, 1982. p. 10C.
  3. ^ "UI: To Pullman with a bye". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). staff and wire reports. March 8, 1982. p. 19.
  4. ^ "Pullman: It's Vandal country". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). March 8, 1982. p. 19.
  5. ^ Missildine, Harry (March 15, 1982). "Idaho: Next stop, Provo". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 15.
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