1980–81 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1980–81 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	As of April 15, 1980; Rankings from AP Poll

1980–81 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1980–81 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10
1980–81 record	10–17 (3–15 Pac-10)
Head coach	George Raveling (9th season);
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The 1980–81 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by tenth-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 10–17 overall in the regular season and 3–15 in conference play, last in the standings.^[2]^[3] There was no conference tournament yet, which debuted six years later. The previous season, WSU made the 48-team NCAA tournament and finished at 22–6, among the best records in school history.

This was the Cougars' first losing season in six years, since 1974–75.^[3]

References[]

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "Cougs seek positive ending". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 7, 1981. p. 12.
^ ^a ^b "Coug year frustrating". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 9, 1981. p. 21.

External links[]

Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1980–81 basketball season

[1] "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[cspend-2] "Cougs seek positive ending". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 7, 1981. p. 12.

[cyfrus-3] "Coug year frustrating". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 9, 1981. p. 21.

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1980–81 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Oregon State	17	–	1	.944	26	–	2	.929
No. 3 Arizona State	16	–	2	.889	24	–	4	.857
No. 10 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	20	–	7	.741
USC	9	–	9	.500	14	–	13	.519
Washington	8	–	10	.444	14	–	13	.519
Arizona	8	–	10	.444	13	–	14	.481
Oregon	6	–	12	.333	13	–	14	.481
California	5	–	13	.278	13	–	14	.481
Stanford	5	–	13	.278	9	–	18	.333
Washington State	3	–	15	.167	10	–	17	.370

As of April 15, 1980^[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
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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics