2001–02 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2001–02 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
2001–02 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–21 (1–17 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Graham (3rd season);
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2001–02 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Graham, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

2001–02 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Oregon	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
California	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
No. 10 Arizona†	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
No. 18 USC	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Stanford	12	–	6	.667	20	–	10	.667
No. 20 UCLA	11	–	7	.611	21	–	12	.636
Arizona State	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Washington	5	–	13	.278	11	–	17	.393
Oregon State	4	–	14	.222	11	–	17	.393
Washington State	1	–	17	.056	6	–	21	.222

† Conference tournament winner As of July 10, 2011^[1] Rankings from Coaches Poll^[2]

The Cougars were 6–21 overall in the regular season and 1–17 in conference play, last in the standings.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The conference tournament, last played in 1990, resumed this year, but only the top eight teams qualified.

References edit

^ "Pacific 10 conference 2001–02 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "2002 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ Strickland, Carter (March 3, 2002). "Locklier helps ease pain". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C4.
^ Norris, Stephen A. (March 3, 2002). "Cougs' Locklier goes out with a bang". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
^ "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 3, 2002. p. 1G.