1973–74 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1973–74 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1973–74 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-8
Record	8–21 (3–11 Pac-8)
Head coach	George Raveling (2nd season);
Home arena	Performing Arts Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA	12	–	2	.857	26	–	4	.867
USC	11	–	3	.786	24	–	5	.828
Oregon	9	–	5	.643	15	–	11	.577
Washington	7	–	7	.500	16	–	10	.615
Oregon State	6	–	8	.429	13	–	13	.500
Stanford	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
California	3	–	11	.214	9	–	17	.346
Washington State	3	–	11	.214	8	–	21	.276

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1973–74 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at the new Performing Arts Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 8–21 overall in the regular season and 3–11 in conference play, tied for last in the standings.^[2]^[3]

The court surface at the new coliseum was tartan (polyurethane) for its first decade;^[4] a traditional hardwood floor debuted in the fall of 1983.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
^ Aldrich, Allen (March 10, 1974). "Washington rips Cougars in season finale". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 14.
^ Brown, Bruce (March 11, 1974). "WSU coach feels team needs help". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.
^ 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

Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1973–74 basketball season

[1] "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 23, 2011.

[wrcisf-2] Aldrich, Allen (March 10, 1974). "Washington rips Cougars in season finale". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 14.

[wsuco-3] Brown, Bruce (March 11, 1974). "WSU coach feels team needs help". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.

[stnfrddly-4] Zeigler, Mark (February 23, 1984). "Hoop crew hopes to tame WSU, but beating Cougars not easy". Stanford Daily. (California). (Stanford University). p. 6.

[hrdwdddec-5] "Seattle Pacific at WSU: At a glance". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 1, 1983. p. 20.

[nlkores-6] "WSU sports new look, old results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 2, 1983. p. 20.

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v t e Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Bohler Gymnasium (1928–1973) Beasley Coliseum (1973–present)
Rivalries	Idaho Washington
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics