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1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Len Stevens, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record10–18 (4–14 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1983–84 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Washington 15 – 3   .833 24 – 7   .774
No. 17 Oregon State 15 – 3   .833 22 – 7   .759
Oregon 11 – 7   .611 16 – 13   .552
UCLA 10 – 8   .556 17 – 11   .607
Stanford 8 – 10   .444 19 – 12   .613
Arizona State 8 – 10   .444 13 – 15   .464
Arizona 8 – 10   .444 11 – 17   .393
USC 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355
California 5 – 13   .278 12 – 16   .429
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 10 – 18   .357
As of April 15, 1984[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 10–18 overall in the regular season and 4–14 in conference play, last in the standings.[2] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted three years later.

In early April 1983, Stevens was quickly promoted to head coach when George Raveling left Pullman for Iowa in the Big Ten.[3][4][5][6] Prior to his two years as a Cougar assistant, Stevens was the head coach for three seasons at St. Martin's College in Lacey.[7][8]

As they had two years earlier, WSU hosted the first two rounds in the West regional of the 53-team NCAA tournament at Beasley Coliseum.[9][10][11] This was the third and most recent NCAA Tournament in Pullman; the Spokane Arena opened in 1995 and has hosted several times.

The court surface at Beasley Coliseum was tartan (polyurethane) for its first decade;[12] a traditional hardwood floor debuted at the start of this season.[13][14]

References edit

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1984. p. 1B.
  3. ^ Brown, Bruce; Stewart, Chuck (April 4, 1983). "Raveling ponders offer". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
  4. ^ Brown, Bruce (April 5, 1983). "Raveling answers Iowa call". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
  5. ^ "Raveling decides to leave Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 5, 1983. p. 1C.
  6. ^ Devlin, Vince (February 12, 1984). "Iowa: Nothing is un-Raveling - yet". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  7. ^ "WSU names Len Stevens". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). April 5, 1983. p. 17.
  8. ^ Grippi, Vince (April 6, 1983). "Stevens to coach Cougars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  9. ^ "NCAA playoff tickets are available at WSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 4, 1984. p. D4.
  10. ^ Devlin, Vince (March 12, 1984). "Hoyas, Duke, Huskies head Pullman field". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
  11. ^ Devlin, Vince (March 19, 1984). "Huskies battle for Seattle". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
  12. ^ Zeigler, Mark (February 23, 1984). "Hoop crew hopes to tame WSU, but beating Cougars not easy". Stanford Daily. (California). (Stanford University). p. 6.
  13. ^ "Seattle Pacific at WSU: At a glance". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 1, 1983. p. 20.
  14. ^ "WSU sports new look, old results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 2, 1983. p. 20.

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