1996–97 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1996–97 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	As of November 23, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

1996–97 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1996–97 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1996–97 record	13–17 (5–13 Pac-10)
Head coach	Kevin Eastman (3rd season);
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Kevin Eastman, 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 13–17 overall in the regular season and 5–13 in conference play, eighth in the standings.^[2]^[3]

There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

References[]

^ "Pacific 10 conference 1996–97 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
^ "Dollar delivers for UCLA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). news wervice reports. March 9, 1997. p. 5H.
^ Staszkow, Craig (March 10, 1997). "Dollar's dash deflates Cougars". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.

1996–97 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 UCLA	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
No. 21 Stanford	12	–	6	.667	22	–	8	.733
California	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
USC	12	–	6	.667	17	–	11	.607
No. 15 Arizona	11	–	7	.611	25	–	9	.735
Washington	10	–	8	.556	17	–	11	.607
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	17	–	11	.607
Washington State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Oregon State	3	–	15	.167	7	–	20	.259
Arizona State	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

As of November 23, 2011^[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