1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1972–73 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.

1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-8
1972–73 record6–20 (2–12 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home arenaBohler Gymnasium
1972–73 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 UCLA140 1.000  300  1.000
USC95 .643  1810  .643
Oregon86 .571  1610  .615
Stanford77 .500  1411  .560
Washington68 .429  1611  .593
Oregon State68 .429  1511  .577
California410 .286  1115  .423
Washington State212 .143  620  .231
As of November 25, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 6–20 overall in the regular season and 2–12 in conference play, last in the standings.[2] The two conference wins were both at home: Stanford in early January in Raveling's Pac-8 debut,[3][4][5][6] and Oregon State in March.[7][8] This was the last season for varsity basketball at Bohler Gym;[2] the Performing Arts Center (now Beasley Coliseum) opened in June 1973.[9]

Raveling was hired in April 1972; he was previously an assistant at Maryland under Lefty Driesell,[10][11] and led the Cougar program for eleven seasons.[12]

References

  1. "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  2. Brown, Bruce (March 10, 1973). "Raveling not "broken up" by end of era at Bohler". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 13.
  3. Misslidine, Harry (January 7, 1973). "Dolven and Griffin key Cougars win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  4. "WSU whips Stanford: Dolven gets 28". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 7, 1973. p. 2B.
  5. Aldrich, Allen (January 7, 1973). "Dolven paces Cougs past Cards". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 16.
  6. Brown, Bruce (January 8, 1973). "WSU plan same". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 19.
  7. Withers, Bud (March 6, 1973). "WSU gets even as Beavers fall". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  8. Brown, Bruce (March 6, 1973). "Cougars celebrate win". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 19.
  9. "Ceremony opens center". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). June 4, 1973. p. 1.
  10. "Raveling is WSU choice". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 11, 1972. p. 17.
  11. Missildine, Harry (April 12, 1972). "Cougars' new coach busy with touring, telephoning". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 16.
  12. Devlin, Vince (March 16, 1983). "Raveling". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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