1943–44 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1943–44 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	North
	South
	As of 1944; Rankings from AP Poll

1943–44 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1943–44 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1943–44 record	8–19 (4–12 PCC)
Head coach	Jack Friel (16th season);
Home arena	WSC Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

The 1943–44 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1943–44 college basketball season. Led by sixteenth-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at the WSC Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 8–19 overall in the regular season and 4–12 in conference play, last in the Northern division.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "Huskies break 5 hoop records". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. March 6, 1944. p. 13.
^ "Huskies topples Cougars, 62-43". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 5, 1944. p. 11.
^ "Records set in N.D. circuit". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 6, 1944. p. 2.

1943–44 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North
Washington	15	–	1	.938	26	–	6	.813
Oregon	11	–	5	.688	16	–	10	.615
Idaho	5	–	11	.313	7	–	16	.304
Oregon State	5	–	11	.313	8	–	16	.333
Washington State	4	–	12	.250	8	–	19	.296
South
California	4	–	0	1.000	7	–	3	.700
UCLA	3	–	3	.500	10	–	10	.500
USC	1	–	5	.167	8	–	12	.400

As of 1944^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

v t Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Bohler Gymnasium (1928–1973) Beasley Coliseum (1973–present)
Rivalries	Idaho Washington
Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar
People	Statistical leaders
	1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics