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1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Kelvin Sampson, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record13–16 (7–11 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dave Harshman
  • Kim Motta
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Arizona † 17 – 1   .944 35 – 3   .921
Oregon State 12 – 6   .667 20 – 11   .645
UCLA 12 – 6   .667 16 – 14   .533
Stanford 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Oregon 10 – 8   .556 16 – 14   .533
Washington State 7 – 11   .389 13 – 16   .448
Arizona State 6 – 12   .333 13 – 16   .448
USC 5 – 13   .278 7 – 21   .250
California 5 – 13   .278 9 – 20   .310
Washington 5 – 13   .278 10 – 19   .345
† Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1988[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 12–15 overall in the regular season and 7–11 in conference play, sixth in the standings.[2][3]

At the conference tournament's last quarterfinal, WSU upset third seed UCLA by two points.[4][5][6] In the semifinal, the Cougars took second-seeded Oregon State to double overtime, but lost by six points.[7]

Sampson was promoted to head coach in April 1987,[8][9] and led the program for seven seasons.

Roster edit

1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F LaVar Ball 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Jr California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Dave Harshman
  • Kim Motta
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Postseason results edit

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
Fri, Nov 27, 1987*
 vs. Eastern Washington W 68–46  1–0
  
 
Sat, Nov 28, 1987*
 vs. Idaho L 49–53  1–1
  
 
Thu, Dec 3, 1987*
 BYU L 54–60  1–2
 Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Sat, Dec 5, 1987*
 Fresno State W 61–60  2–2
 Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Fri, Dec 11, 1987*
 vs. Indiana State W 73–61  3–2
  
 
Sat, Dec 12, 1987*
 at No. 6 Indiana
Indiana Classic 		L 56–63  3–3
 Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, Indiana
Sun, Dec 20, 1987
 Arizona State L 65–66  3–4
(0–1) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Tue, Dec 22, 1987
 No. 1 Arizona L 55–89  3–5
(0–2) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Sun, Jan 3, 1988*
 at Wisconsin L 65–80  3–6
 Wisconsin Field House (6,205)
Madison, Wisconsin
Sat, Jan 9, 1988
 at Washington W 70–63  4–6
(1–2) 		Hec Edmundson Pavilion 
Seattle, Washington
Thu, Jan 14, 1988
 at California W 59–37  5–6
(2–2) 		Harmon Gym 
Berkeley, California
Sat, Jan 16, 1988
 at Stanford W 70–68  6–6
(3–2) 		Maples Pavilion 
Stanford, California
Thu, Jan 21, 1988
 Oregon L 46–67  6–7
(3–3) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Sat, Jan 23, 1988
 Oregon State W 56–49  7–7
(4–3) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Thu, Jan 28, 1988
 at UCLA L 63–88  7–8
(4–4) 		Pauley Pavilion (6,583)
Los Angeles, California
Sat, Jan 30, 1988
 at USC L 60–65  7–9
(4–5) 		Los Angeles Sports Arena 
Los Angeles, California
Tue, Feb 2, 1988*
 Idaho W 56–43  8–9
 Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Sat, Feb 6, 1988
 Washington W 61–52  9–9
(5–5) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Mon, Feb 8, 1988*
 Southwestern Louisiana W 60–48  10–9
 Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Thu, Feb 11, 1988
 Stanford L 50–51  10–10
(5–6) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Sat, Feb 13, 1988
 California L 76–82  10–11
(5–7) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Thu, Feb 18, 1988
 at Oregon State L 48–62  10–12
(5–8) 		Gill Coliseum 
Corvallis, Oregon
Sun, Feb 21, 1988
 at Oregon L 66–73  10–13
(5–9) 		McArthur Court 
Eugene, Oregon
Thu, Feb 25, 1988
 USC W 67–57  11–13
(6–9) 		Friel Court 
Pullman, Washington
Sat, Feb 27, 1988
 UCLA L 55–62  11–14
(6–10) 		Friel Court (5,475)
Pullman, Washington
Thu, Mar 3, 1988
 at No. 3 Arizona L 41–79  11–15
(6–11) 		McKale Center 
Tucson, Arizona
Sun, Mar 6, 1988
 at Arizona State W 70–66  12–15
(7–11) 		ASU Activity Center 
Tempe, Arizona
Pacific-10 Tournament
Fri, March 11, 1988
9:00 pm, ESPN 		vs. (3) UCLA
Quarterfinal 		W 73–71  13–15
 McKale Center (13,061)
Tucson, Arizona
Sat, March 12, 1988
3:00 pm 		vs. (2) Oregon State
Semifinal 		L 68–74 2OT 13–16
 McKale Center (13,549)
Tucson, Arizona
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References edit

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "WSU gives Arizona St. short end". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 7, 1988. p. C1.
  3. ^ "WSU earns third shot at UCLA". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 7, 1988.
  4. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 12, 1988). "WSU upsets UCLA, meets Oregon State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  5. ^ "Cougs edge the Bruins at tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 12, 1988. p. 5B.
  6. ^ "Cougars surprise UCLA". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 12, 1988. p. 1D.
  7. ^ Rosenburg, Kurt (March 13, 1988). "Beavers convinced win spells N-C-A-A". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  8. ^ "Sampson accepts Cougar challenge". Idahonian. (Moscow). April 10, 1987. p. 1.
  9. ^ Bergum, Steve (April 11, 1987). "Sampson christens a new era at WSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.

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