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1980–81 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

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1980–81 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record10–17 (3–15 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1980–81 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
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
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cougs seek positive ending". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 7, 1981. p. 12.
  3. ^ a b "Coug year frustrating". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 9, 1981. p. 21.
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