2004–05 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2004–05 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2005 Pacific-10 Tournament winner ; As of April 8, 2005; Rankings from Coaches Poll ; 1 Holds tie-breaker

2004–05 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
2004–05 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2004–05 record	12–16 (7–11 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dick Bennett (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Tony Bennett
Home arena	Beasley Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Dick Bennett, 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 12–15 overall in the regular season and 7–11 in conference play, tied for sixth in the standings.^[2]

Seeded sixth in the conference tournament, the Cougars met third seed Stanford in the quarterfinal round. The Cougars had swept the regular season series, but lost by two points.^[3]^[4]

Postseason result[]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Thu, March 10 8:45 pm, FSN	vs. (3) Stanford Quarterfinal	L 58–60	12–16	Staples Center (14,393) Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References[]

^ "2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 8)". ESPN. Retrieved April 8, 2005.
^ "WSU drops regular season finale". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. March 7, 2005. p. 1B.
^ Kasses, Glenn (March 11, 2005). "Cougs come to familiar end". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
^ Harris, Beth (March 11, 2005). "WSU drops Pac-10 tournament opener". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.

External links[]

Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 2004–05 basketball season

[1] "2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Postseason (Apr. 8)". ESPN. Retrieved April 8, 2005.

[finle-2] "WSU drops regular season finale". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. March 7, 2005. p. 1B.

[ccfamen-3] Kasses, Glenn (March 11, 2005). "Cougs come to familiar end". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.

[dropo-4] Harris, Beth (March 11, 2005). "WSU drops Pac-10 tournament opener". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.

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2004–05 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Arizona	15	–	3	.833	30	–	7	.811
Washington†	14	–	4	.778	29	–	6	.829
No. 18 UCLA ¹	11	–	7	.611	18	–	11	.621
Stanford	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
Oregon State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Arizona State ¹	7	–	11	.389	18	–	14	.563
Washington State	7	–	11	.389	12	–	16	.429
Oregon ¹	6	–	12	.333	14	–	13	.519
California	6	–	12	.333	13	–	16	.448
USC	5	–	13	.278	12	–	17	.414

† 2005 Pacific-10 Tournament winner As of April 8, 2005; Rankings from Coaches Poll ^[1] ¹ Holds tie-breaker

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