The 1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented
Washington State University for the
1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1988 and ended with the Final Four at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington on April 3, 1989.
Season headlines
* July 1, 1988 – the Pacific Coast Athletic Association ch ...
. Led by second-year head coach
Kelvin Sampson, the Cougars were members of the
Pacific-10 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
and played their home games on campus at
Beasley Coliseum in
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, eighth in the
At the
conference tournament, the Cougars defeated ninth seed
Oregon by 22 points in the first round.
In the quarterfinal against
top-ranked Arizona, the Cougars fell by eight points.
Postseason results
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Pacific-10 Tournament
References
External links
Sports Reference– Washington State Cougars: 1988–89 basketball season
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