1989–90 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Kelvin Sampson, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

1989–90 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	7–22 (1–17 Pac-10)
Head coach	Kelvin Sampson (3rd season)
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Oregon State	15	–	3		.833			22	–	7		.759
No. 14 Arizona †	15	–	3		.833			25	–	7		.781
California	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Oregon	10	–	8		.556			15	–	14		.517
Stanford	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
USC	6	–	12		.333			12	–	16		.429
Arizona State	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
Washington	5	–	13		.278			11	–	17		.393
Washington State	1	–	17		.056			7	–	22		.241
† Conference tournament winner As of April 15, 1990^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 7–21 overall in the regular season and 1–17 in conference play, last in the standings.^[2][3][4] The sole Pac-10 victory was by one point over USC on November 30,^[5][6] and the season's last win was on December 29.^[7][8]

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.^[9][10]

Postseason result

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Thu, March 8 8:00 pm	vs. (7) USC First round	L 68–85	7–22	University Activity Center (7,773) Tempe, Arizona
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

1. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
2. Bergum, Steve (March 7, 1990). "Cougars going south with skid". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
3. Meehan, Jim (March 7, 1990). "WSU hopes to repeat history". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 10A.
4. Bergum, Steve (March 8, 1990). "Struggling UCLA, coach on bubble". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
5. Sahlberg, Bert (December 1, 1989). "Cougars' bombs beat SC 68-67". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
6. Schulte, Chris (December 1, 1989). "WSU's thrilling win doesn't thrill coach". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1B.
7. "Cougs deal Ohio Paine-ful loss". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 30, 1989. p. B1.
8. Sahlberg, Bert (December 30, 1989). "Paine's last-second heroics lift WSU past Ohio 72-69". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
9. "Cougs blow big lead, nightmare ends". Idahonian. (Moscow). March 9, 1990. p. 1B.
10. "USC 85, Wash State 68". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 1990. p. 6B.

External links

• Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1989–90 basketball season