1965–66 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1965–66 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings
	As of April 15, 1966; Rankings from AP Poll

1965–66 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1965–66 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
1965–66 record	15–11 (6–8 AAWU, Pac-8)
Head coach	Marv Harshman (8th season);
Home arena	Bohler Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1965–66 college basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Cougars were members of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, Pac-8) and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 15–11 overall in the regular season and 6–8 in conference play, tied for fourth in the standings. ^[2]^[3]

The fifteen wins were the most for Washington State in fourteen years.^[2]

References[]

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Best in 16 years is Cougar record". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 8, 1966. p. 11.
^ Missildine, Harry (March 8, 1966). "WSU finishes 15-11 year, beating Washington 81-74". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 12.

1965–66 AAWU Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Oregon State	12	–	2	.857	21	–	7	.750
UCLA	10	–	4	.714	18	–	8	.692
Stanford	8	–	6	.571	13	–	12	.520
Washington State	6	–	8	.429	15	–	11	.577
Oregon	6	–	8	.429	13	–	13	.500
USC	6	–	8	.429	13	–	13	.500
Washington	4	–	10	.286	10	–	15	.400
California	4	–	10	.286	9	–	16	.360

As of April 15, 1966^[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