1981–82 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1981–82 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	As of April 15, 1981; Rankings from AP Poll

1981–82 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1981–82 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10
1981–82 record	16–14 (10–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	George Raveling (10th season);
Assistant coach	Len Stevens
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1981–82 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 16–14 overall in the regular season and 10–8 in conference play, fifth in the standings.^[2] There was no conference tournament yet, which debuted five years later.

Washington State hosted the first two rounds in the West regional of the 48-team NCAA Tournament at Beasley Coliseum.^[3]^[4] The highest seeds, conference champions #2 Oregon State and #3 Idaho, had both defeated WSU on the tartan court this season; they advanced and met in the Sweet Sixteen in Provo, Utah.^[5]

References[]

^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "WSU goes down swinging". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 7, 1982. p. 10C.
^ "UI: To Pullman with a bye". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). staff and wire reports. March 8, 1982. p. 19.
^ "Pullman: It's Vandal country". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). March 8, 1982. p. 19.
^ Missildine, Harry (March 15, 1982). "Idaho: Next stop, Provo". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 15.

External links[]

Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1981–82 basketball season

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

[wgdswg-2] "WSU goes down swinging". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 7, 1982. p. 10C.

[3] "UI: To Pullman with a bye". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). staff and wire reports. March 8, 1982. p. 19.

[pmivc-4] "Pullman: It's Vandal country". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). March 8, 1982. p. 19.

[nxstppr-5] Missildine, Harry (March 15, 1982). "Idaho: Next stop, Provo". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 15.

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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

1981–82 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Oregon State	16	–	2	.889	25	–	5	.833
No. 19 UCLA	14	–	4	.778	21	–	6	.778
USC	13	–	5	.722	19	–	9	.679
Washington	11	–	7	.611	19	–	10	.655
Washington State	10	–	8	.556	16	–	14	.533
California	8	–	10	.444	14	–	13	.519
Arizona	8	–	10	.444	13	–	14	.481
Oregon	4	–	14	.222	9	–	18	.333
Arizona	4	–	14	.222	9	–	18	.333
Stanford	2	–	16	.111	7	–	20	.259

As of April 15, 1981^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll