The 1989–90 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented

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for the

1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1989 and ended with the Final Four at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado on April 2, 1990. The UNLV Runnin' Rebels won their first NCAA national championship with a ...

. Led by third-year head coach

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, 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 The sole Pac-10 victory was by one point over

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on and the season's last win was on At the conference tournament, the Cougars met seventh seed USC in the first round and lost by seventeen points, ending the season on an eighteen-game losing streak.

Postseason result

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References

External links

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