1969–70 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1969–70 Pacific–8 Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1969–70 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-8
1969–70 record	12–14 (2–12 Pac-8)
Head coach	Marv Harshman (12th season)
Assistant coach	Jud Heathcote
Home arena	Bohler Gymnasium

The 1969–70 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1969–70 college basketball season. Led by twelfth-year head coach Marv Harshman, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 19–7 overall in the regular season and 9–5 in conference play, tied for second in the standings.[1][2]

After dropping consecutive games to champion UCLA, the Cougars finished the season on a six-game winning streak. Their overall record was the best at Washington State since the national runner-up season (26–6) of 1940–41.[2]

References

Brown, Bruce (March 7, 1970). "Humble Harshman elated by Cougars exciting year". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 11.
Missildine, Harry (March 8, 1970). "Cougars blast Washington for best finish in 29 years". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 2, sports.

External links

Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1969–70 basketball season

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[hhelt-1] Brown, Bruce (March 7, 1970). "Humble Harshman elated by Cougars exciting year". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 11.

[bfin29-2] Missildine, Harry (March 8, 1970). "Cougars blast Washington for best finish in 29 years". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 2, sports.

1969–70 Pacific–8 Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UCLA	12	–	2	.857	28	–	2	.933
Washington State	9	–	5	.643	19	–	7	.731
No. 20 USC	9	–	5	.643	18	–	8	.692
Oregon	8	–	6	.571	17	–	9	.654
Washington	7	–	7	.500	17	–	9	.654
California	5	–	9	.357	11	–	15	.423
Oregon State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	16	.385
Stanford	2	–	12	.143	5	–	20	.200

Rankings from AP Poll

Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Venues	Bohler Gymnasium (1928–1973) Beasley Coliseum (1973–present)
Rivalries	Idaho Washington
Culture & lore	History Butch T. Cougar
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 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
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics