1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University 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 Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	10–18 (4–14 Pac-10)
Head coach	Len Stevens (1st season)
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
Seasons ← 1982–83 1984–85 →

1983–84 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 15 Washington	15	–	3		.833			24	–	7		.774
No. 17 Oregon State	15	–	3		.833			22	–	7		.759
Oregon	11	–	7		.611			16	–	13		.552
UCLA	10	–	8		.556			17	–	11		.607
Stanford	8	–	10		.444			19	–	12		.613
Arizona State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	15		.464
Arizona	8	–	10		.444			11	–	17		.393
USC	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
California	5	–	13		.278			12	–	16		.429
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			10	–	18		.357
As of April 15, 1984^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 10–18 overall in the regular season and 4–14 in conference play, last in the standings.^[2] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted three years later.

In early April 1983, Stevens was quickly promoted to head coach when George Raveling left Pullman for Iowa in the Big Ten.^[3][4][5][6] Prior to his two years as a Cougar assistant, Stevens was the head coach for three seasons at St. Martin's College in Lacey.^[7][8]

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.^[9][10][11] This was the third and most recent NCAA Tournament in Pullman; the Spokane Arena opened in 1995 and has hosted several times.

The court surface at Beasley Coliseum was tartan (polyurethane) for its first decade;^[12] a traditional hardwood floor debuted at the start of this season.^[13][14]

References

1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
2. "Pac-10 standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 11, 1984. p. 1B.
3. Brown, Bruce; Stewart, Chuck (April 4, 1983). "Raveling ponders offer". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
4. Brown, Bruce (April 5, 1983). "Raveling answers Iowa call". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
5. "Raveling decides to leave Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. April 5, 1983. p. 1C.
6. Devlin, Vince (February 12, 1984). "Iowa: Nothing is un-Raveling - yet". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
7. "WSU names Len Stevens". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). April 5, 1983. p. 17.
8. Grippi, Vince (April 6, 1983). "Stevens to coach Cougars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
9. "NCAA playoff tickets are available at WSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 4, 1984. p. D4.
10. Devlin, Vince (March 12, 1984). "Hoyas, Duke, Huskies head Pullman field". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
11. Devlin, Vince (March 19, 1984). "Huskies battle for Seattle". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
12. Zeigler, Mark (February 23, 1984). "Hoop crew hopes to tame WSU, but beating Cougars not easy". Stanford Daily. (California). (Stanford University). p. 6.
13. "Seattle Pacific at WSU: At a glance". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 1, 1983. p. 20.
14. "WSU sports new look, old results". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 2, 1983. p. 20.

External links

• Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1983–84 basketball season