1928–29 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1928–29 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record9–14 (5–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home arenaWSC Gymnasium
Seasons
1928–29 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Washington 10 – 0   1.000 18 – 2   .900
Idaho 6 – 4   .600 11 – 10   .524
Washington State 5 – 5   .500 9 – 14   .391
Oregon State 4 – 6   .400 12 – 8   .600
Oregon 3 – 7   .300 10 – 8   .556
Montana 2 – 8   .200 9 – 11   .450
South
California † 9 – 0   1.000 17 – 3   .850
Stanford 6 – 3   .667 13 – 6   .684
USC 2 – 7   .222 16 – 6   .727
UCLA 1 – 8   .111 7 – 9   .438
† Conference playoff series winner

The 1928–29 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1928–29 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at WSC Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 9–14 overall in the regular season and 5–5 in conference play, third in the Northern division.[2]

Alumnus Friel was the head coach at North Central High School in Spokane, and won the state title in his third and final season at NCHS in 1928.[3][4] A former team captain and all-conference player under Fred Bohler, Friel led Washington State as head coach for three decades.[5]


References

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cougars finish in third place". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). February 25, 1929. p. 16.
  3. ^ "Jack Friel named Big Sky executive". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 8, 1963. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Indian victors honored today". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 12, 1928. p. 14.
  5. ^ Blanchette, John (December 14, 1995). "Death takes Jack Friel". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.