The 1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented

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for the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Len Stevens, the Cougars were members of the

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and played their home games on campus at

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. The Cougars were overall in the regular season and in conference play, last in the standings. There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted three years later. In early April 1983, Stevens was quickly promoted to head coach when

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left Pullman for

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in the

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. Prior to his two years as a Cougar assistant, Stevens was the head coach for three seasons at

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in Lacey. As they had two years earlier, WSU hosted the first two rounds in the West regional of the 53-team NCAA tournament at Beasley Coliseum. This was the third and most recent NCAA Tournament in Pullman; the

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opened in 1995 and has hosted several times. The court surface at Beasley Coliseum was

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(

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) for its first decade; a traditional hardwood floor debuted at the start of this season.

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