The 2004–05 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented
Washington State University for the
2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2004, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship game on Apri ...
. Led by second-year head coach
Dick Bennett, 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, tied for sixth in the
Seeded sixth in the
conference tournament, the Cougars met third seed
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
in the quarterfinal round. The Cougars had swept the regular season series, but lost by
Postseason result
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Pacific-10 Tournament
References
External links
Sports Reference– Washington State Cougars: 2004–05 basketball season
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