2003–04 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-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.

2003–04 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
2003–04 record13–16 (7–11 Pac-10)
Head coachDick Bennett (1st season)
Assistant coachTony Bennett
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
2003–04 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Stanford†17–1 .944  30–2  .938
Washington12–6 .667  19–12  .613
Arizona11–7 .611  20–10  .667
Oregon9–9 .500  18–13  .581
California9–9 .500  13–15  .464
USC8–10 .444  13–15  .464
Washington State7–11 .389  13–16  .448
UCLA7–11 .389  11–17  .393
Oregon State6–12 .333  12–16  .429
Arizona State4–14 .222  10–17  .370
† 2004 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of April 4, 2004[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The Cougars were 13–15 overall in the regular season and 7–11 in conference play, tied for seventh in the standings.[3][4][5]

Seeded eighth in the conference tournament, the Cougars met top seed and second-ranked Stanford in the quarterfinal round and lost by 21 points.[6][7][8]

Bennett was hired in March 2003; he was formerly the head coach at Wisconsin.[9][10][11][12]

Postseason result
Date
time, TV		 Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Pacific-10 Tournament
Thu, March 8
12:15 pm, FSN		 vs. No. 2 (1) Stanford
Quarterfinal		 L 47–68  13–16
 Staples Center 
Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.
gollark: It is, admittedly, not particularly interactive.
gollark: Also, if you have https://lucasnorth.uk/sapply/ results you should submit them to me for my interactive visualizer: https://osmarks.tk/polcomp-visualizer.html
gollark: > We should just make every state a different political extreme and let whoever likes it most in a place live thereI actually *would* like that, at larger scales, which is why I would not really support unified world government.
gollark: 🦀
gollark: Which one is it?

References
  1. "Pacific 10 conference 2003–04 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. "2004 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved April 4, 2004.
  3. Wiley, John K. (March 7, 2004). "Ticket to L.A." Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  4. Fox, Tom (March 8, 2004). "WSU earns Pac-10 bid". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  5. Meehan, Jim (March 7, 2004). "Cougs win: They're in". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  6. Bergum, Steve (March 12, 2004). "Cardinal stifle WSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  7. "Stanford buries Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). staff and wire reports. March 12, 2004. p. 1B.
  8. Harris, Beth (March 12, 2004). "WSU falls to Stanford". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  9. Strickland, Carter (March 29, 2003). "Bennett introduced to his public today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  10. Bauer, Doug (March 30, 2003). "Back in the game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  11. Wiley, John K. (March 30, 2003). "Cougars finger Bennet to rebuild program". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. C1.
  12. Richardson, Vince (March 31, 2003). "WSU hires Bennett". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.