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 | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 |
| Record | 10–18 (4–14 Pac-10) |
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| Home arena | Beasley Coliseum |
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| 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- ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1984. p. 1B.
- ^ Brown, Bruce; Stewart, Chuck (April 4, 1983). "Raveling ponders offer". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
- ^ Brown, Bruce (April 5, 1983). "Raveling answers Iowa call". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
- ^ "Raveling decides to leave Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 5, 1983. p. 1C.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (February 12, 1984). "Iowa: Nothing is un-Raveling - yet". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ^ "WSU names Len Stevens". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). April 5, 1983. p. 17.
- ^ Grippi, Vince (April 6, 1983). "Stevens to coach Cougars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ "NCAA playoff tickets are available at WSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 4, 1984. p. D4.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (March 12, 1984). "Hoyas, Duke, Huskies head Pullman field". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (March 19, 1984). "Huskies battle for Seattle". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
- ^ Zeigler, Mark (February 23, 1984). "Hoop crew hopes to tame WSU, but beating Cougars not easy". Stanford Daily. (California). (Stanford University). p. 6.
- ^ "Seattle Pacific at WSU: At a glance". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 1, 1983. p. 20.
- ^ "WSU sports new look, old results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 2, 1983. p. 20.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1983–84 basketball season