1989–90 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1989–90 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–22 (1–17 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1989–90 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Oregon State 15 – 3   .833 22 – 7   .759
No. 14 Arizona † 15 – 3   .833 25 – 7   .781
California 12 – 6   .667 22 – 10   .688
UCLA 11 – 7   .611 22 – 11   .667
Oregon 10 – 8   .556 15 – 14   .517
Stanford 9 – 9   .500 18 – 12   .600
USC 6 – 12   .333 12 – 16   .429
Arizona State 6 – 12   .333 15 – 16   .484
Washington 5 – 13   .278 11 – 17   .393
Washington State 1 – 17   .056 7 – 22   .241
† Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1990[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989–90 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Kelvin Sampson, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 7–21 overall in the regular season and 1–17 in conference play, last in the standings.[2][3][4] The sole Pac-10 victory was by one point over USC on November 30,[5][6] and the season's last win was on December 29.[7][8]

At the conference tournament, the Cougars met seventh seed USC in the first round and lost by seventeen points, ending the season on an eighteen-game losing streak.[9][10]

Postseason result

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Thu, March 8
8:00 pm 		vs. (7) USC
First round 		L 68–85  7–22
 University Activity Center (7,773)
Tempe, Arizona
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References

  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 7, 1990). "Cougars going south with skid". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  3. ^ Meehan, Jim (March 7, 1990). "WSU hopes to repeat history". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 10A.
  4. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 8, 1990). "Struggling UCLA, coach on bubble". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  5. ^ Sahlberg, Bert (December 1, 1989). "Cougars' bombs beat SC 68-67". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
  6. ^ Schulte, Chris (December 1, 1989). "WSU's thrilling win doesn't thrill coach". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1B.
  7. ^ "Cougs deal Ohio Paine-ful loss". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 30, 1989. p. B1.
  8. ^ Sahlberg, Bert (December 30, 1989). "Paine's last-second heroics lift WSU past Ohio 72-69". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  9. ^ "Cougs blow big lead, nightmare ends". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 9, 1990. p. 1B.
  10. ^ "USC 85, Wash State 68". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 1990. p. 6B.