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2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2002–03 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.

2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–20 (2–16 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Arizona 17 – 1   .944 28 – 4   .875
No. 20 Stanford 14 – 4   .778 24 – 9   .727
California 13 – 5   .722 22 – 9   .710
Arizona State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 12   .625
Oregon † 10 – 8   .556 23 – 10   .697
Oregon State 6 – 12   .333 13 – 15   .464
USC 6 – 12   .333 13 – 17   .433
UCLA 6 – 12   .333 10 – 19   .345
Washington 5 – 13   .278 10 – 17   .370
Washington State 2 – 16   .111 7 – 20   .259
† 2003 Pac-10 tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The Cougars were 7–20 overall in the regular season and 2–16 in conference play, last in the standings.[3][4][5] The conference tournament included only the top eight teams from the standings.

Days after the season ended, Graham was fired;[6][7][8][9] his successor was Dick Bennett, formerly the head coach at Wisconsin.[10][11][12][13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Trojans polish off Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 9, 2003. p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 2003. p. D1.
  5. ^ Strickland, Carter (March 9, 2002). "Swan song for Cougs' lame duck". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  6. ^ Strickland, Carter (March 11, 2003). "Inevitable happens: Graham fired". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  7. ^ Bauer, Doug (March 11, 2003). "Cougars drop curtain". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  8. ^ Richardson, Vince (March 11, 2003). "Graham era ends". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  9. ^ Wiley, John K. (March 11, 2003). "Cougars exercise the option to fire Graham". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.
  10. ^ Strickland, Carter (March 29, 2003). "Bennett introduced to his public today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  11. ^ Bauer, Doug (March 30, 2003). "Back in the game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  12. ^ Wiley, John K. (March 30, 2003). "Cougars finger Bennet to rebuild program". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. C1.
  13. ^ Richardson, Vince (March 31, 2003). "WSU hires Bennett". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.

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