1940–41 Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball Team

	1940–41 Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball Team The 1940–41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the college basketball season. Led by thirteenth-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 overall in the regular season and in conference play, first place in Northern division. They met Southern division Stanford in a best-of-three series in Pullman for the PCC title, which the Cougars swept in Washington State advanced to the eight-team NCAA tournament in Kansas City; they defeated Creighton and Arkansas to advance to the final, but lost to Wisconsin by five points. This remains the most successful season for Cougar men's basketball; WSU has made five NCAA tournament appearances since (1980, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2008), and the best result is the Sweet Sixteen in 2008. Postseason results , - !colspan=5 style=, , - !colspan=5 st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Jack Friel John Bryan Friel (August 26, 1898 – December 12, 1995) was an American college basketball coach, the head coach of the Washington State Cougars for 30 seasons, from 1928 He holds the school record for victories by a men's basketball coach with 495, and led Washington State to the NCAA tournament championship game in 1941. He was later the first commissioner of the Big Sky Conference. Friel played college basketball at Washington State before becoming a high school coach. In 1928, he was named the head coach of Washington State. His teams won one Pacific Coast Conference championship and three divisional titles. Friel officiated college football games and was head coach of the Cougars baseball team from 1943 to 1945. Early years Born in Waterville, Washington, Friel enrolled at Washington State College in 1916, then served in Europe during World War I. He returned to Pullman after the war and was the captain of the basketball team, playing at forward and earning all-con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2006–07 Washington State Cougars Men's Basketball Team The 2006–07 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2006–2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Tony Bennett. The team played its home games in Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington. Roster Schedule , - !colspan=8, Exhibition , - !colspan=8, Regular Season , - !colspan=8, Pac-10 tournament , - !colspan=8, NCAA tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team Washington State Cougars men's basketball seasons Washington State Cougars Washington State Washington State Washington State Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament Participants Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua (typeface class), Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject ''Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]