2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2003 Pacific-10 Tournament winner ; As of July 10, 2011; Rankings from Coaches Poll

2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2002–03 record	7–20 (2–16 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Graham (4th season);
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Graham, 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 7–20 overall in the regular season and 2–16 in conference play, last in the standings.^[3]^[4]^[5] The conference tournament included only the top eight teams from the standings.

Days after the season ended, Graham was fired;^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] his successor was Dick Bennett, formerly the head coach at Wisconsin.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

References[]

^ "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
^ "Trojans polish off Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 9, 2003. p. 1B.
^ "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 2003. p. D1.
^ Strickland, Carter (March 9, 2002). "Swan song for Cougs' lame duck". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
^ Strickland, Carter (March 11, 2003). "Inevitable happens: Graham fired". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
^ Bauer, Doug (March 11, 2003). "Cougars drop curtain". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Richardson, Vince (March 11, 2003). "Graham era ends". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
^ Wiley, John K. (March 11, 2003). "Cougars exercise the option to fire Graham". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.
^ Strickland, Carter (March 29, 2003). "Bennett introduced to his public today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
^ Bauer, Doug (March 30, 2003). "Back in the game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Wiley, John K. (March 30, 2003). "Cougars finger Bennet to rebuild program". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. C1.
^ Richardson, Vince (March 31, 2003). "WSU hires Bennett". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.

External links[]

Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 2002–03 basketball season

[1] "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[2] "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

[poloff-3] "Trojans polish off Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 9, 2003. p. 1B.

[ptbst-4] "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 2003. p. D1.

[cglmduk-5] Strickland, Carter (March 9, 2002). "Swan song for Cougs' lame duck". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.

[inevhpp-6] Strickland, Carter (March 11, 2003). "Inevitable happens: Graham fired". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.

[cdrpctn-7] Bauer, Doug (March 11, 2003). "Cougars drop curtain". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.

[grmeren-8] Richardson, Vince (March 11, 2003). "Graham era ends". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.

[opex-9] Wiley, John K. (March 11, 2003). "Cougars exercise the option to fire Graham". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.

[bmhptod-10] Strickland, Carter (March 29, 2003). "Bennett introduced to his public today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.

[bitgm-11] Bauer, Doug (March 30, 2003). "Back in the game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.

[cgfgrb-12] Wiley, John K. (March 30, 2003). "Cougars finger Bennet to rebuild program". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. C1.

[hrebnt-13] Richardson, Vince (March 31, 2003). "WSU hires Bennett". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.

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2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Arizona	17	–	1	.944	28	–	4	.875
No. 20 Stanford	14	–	4	.778	24	–	9	.727
California	13	–	5	.722	22	–	9	.710
Arizona State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Oregon†	10	–	8	.556	23	–	10	.697
Oregon State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
USC	6	–	12	.333	13	–	17	.433
UCLA	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
Washington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Washington State	2	–	16	.111	7	–	20	.259

† 2003 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of July 10, 2011^[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll^[2]

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