The 1970–71 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1970–71 NCAA college basketball season. Led by thirteenth-year head coach

Marv Harshman Marvel Keith Harshman (October 4, 1917 – April 12, 2013) was a college basketball coach, a head coach for forty years in the state of Washington at Pacific Lutheran University, Washington State University, and the University of Washington. Ear ...

, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at

Bohler Gymnasium Bohler Gymnasium is a 3,000 seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Opened in 1928 and located directly northwest of Rogers Field (now the site of Martin Stadium), it was home to the Co ...

Pullman, Washington Pullman () is the largest city in Whitman County, located in southeastern Washington within the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. The population was 29,799 at the 2010 census, and estimated to be 34,506 in 2019. Originally founded as Thr ...

. The Cougars were overall in the regular season and in conference play, tied for last in the standings. At the end of the season, assistant

Jud Heathcote George Melvin "Jud" Heathcote (May 27, 1927 – August 28, 2017) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a college basketball head coach for 24 seasons: five at the University of Montana and nineteen at Michigan State University H ...

became head coach at the University of Montana. A fixture in Pullman since 1958, Harshman departed in June for rival Washington in Seattle. Bob Greenwood, an assistant at Iowa and former head coach at Washington University in St. Louis, was hired in July.

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