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1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-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.

1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record10–19 (4–14 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dave Harshman
  • Kim Motta [1]
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1988–89 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Arizona † 17 – 1   .944 29 – 4   .879
No. 13 Stanford 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788
UCLA 13 – 5   .722 21 – 10   .677
Oregon State 13 – 5   .722 22 – 8   .733
California 10 – 8   .556 20 – 13   .606
Washington 8 – 10   .444 12 – 16   .429
Arizona State 5 – 13   .278 12 – 16   .429
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 10 – 19   .345
Oregon 3 – 15   .167 8 – 21   .276
USC 2 – 16   .111 10 – 22   .313
† Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1989[2]
Rankings from AP poll

The Cougars were 9–18 overall in the regular season and 4–14 in conference play, eighth in the standings.[1][3][4]

At the conference tournament, the Cougars defeated ninth seed Oregon by 22 points in the first round.[5][6][7] In the quarterfinal against top-ranked Arizona, the Cougars fell by eight points.[8][9][10]

Postseason results edit

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Thu, March 9
7:00 pm 		vs. (9) Oregon
First round 		W 78–56  10–18
 Great Western Forum (4,830)
Inglewood, California
Fri, March 10
3:00 pm 		vs. No. 1 (1) Arizona
Quarterfinal 		L 54–62  10–19
 Great Western Forum (7,195)
Inglewood, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bergum, Steve (March 9, 1989). "Cougars believe they have a chance". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D2.
  2. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Meehan, Jim (March 8, 1989). "WSU looks to drown Ducks". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 7A.
  4. ^ Clark, Bob (March 9, 1989). "Ducks open with Cougs in tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  5. ^ "Duck soup: Cougars feast". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 10, 1989. p. 1B.
  6. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 10, 1989). "Cougs down Ducks in Pac-10 opener". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  7. ^ Clark, Bob (March 10, 1989). "WSU makes it final for Ducks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  8. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 11, 1989). "Cougars give Arizona a scare". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  9. ^ "Cougars nearly topple 'Cats". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 11, 1989. p. 1D.
  10. ^ Clark, Bob (March 11, 1989). "'Cats survive a scare from WSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 4C.

External links edit

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