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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 college 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
Record6–20 (2–12 Pac-8)
Head coach
Home arenaBohler Gymnasium
Seasons
1972–73 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UCLA 14 – 0   1.000 30 – 0   1.000
USC 9 – 5   .643 18 – 10   .643
Oregon 8 – 6   .571 16 – 10   .615
Stanford 7 – 7   .500 14 – 11   .560
Washington 6 – 8   .429 16 – 11   .593
Oregon State 6 – 8   .429 15 – 11   .577
California 4 – 10   .286 11 – 15   .423
Washington State 2 – 12   .143 6 – 20   .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 edit

  1. ^ "2011-12 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 67. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  2. ^ a b 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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