1979–80 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1979–80 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at the Performing Arts Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.
1979–80 Washington State Cougars men's basketball | |
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NCAA Tournament, First round | |
Conference | Pacific-10 |
1979–80 record | 22–6 (14–4 Pac-10) |
Head coach | George Raveling (8th season) |
Home arena | Performing Arts Coliseum |
1979–80 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
^#5 Oregon State | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 3 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Arizona | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*UCLA | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of April 15, 1979[1] *Oregon State vacated all tournament games (0–1) due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (16-2, 26-4) ^UCLA vacated all tournament games (5–1) due to NCAA sanctions. Disputed record (22-10, 12-6); Rankings from AP Poll |
The Cougars were 22–5 overall in the regular season and 14–4 in conference play, third in the standings.
For the first time since its national runner-up finish in 1941, WSU was invited to the 48-team NCAA Tournament and were seeded fifth in the Mideast region; they met twelfth seed Penn, the Ivy League champion, in the first round in West Lafayette, Indiana.[2][3] The Cougars had a ten-point lead early in the second half, but it was tied at 51 with just under four minutes to go when Don Collins fouled out and Penn outscored the Cougars eleven to four.[4][5][6]
WSU's next NCAA appearance was three years away in 1983.
Postseason result
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Thu, March 6* 6:10 pm |
(5 ME) | vs. (12ME) Penn First round |
W 62–55 | 22–6 |
Mackey Arena (12,632) West Lafayette, Indiana | ||||||
References
- "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- Pickett, Todd (March 6, 1980). "Cougs meet Penn today in opening round". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1C.
- Missildine, Harry (March 6, 1980). "Cougs venture into Ivy domain". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 23.
- Missildine, Harry (March 7, 1980). "Ivy champs poison Cougs' NCAA bid". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.
- Pickett, Todd (March 7, 1980). "Penn humbles Cougars in NCAA tourney". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1C.
- "It's all over for George and WSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 7, 1980. p. 1C.
External links
- Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1979–80 basketball season