2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Graham, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
2002–03 record7–20 (2–16 Pac-10)
Head coachPaul Graham (4th season)
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Arizona171 .944  284  .875
No. 20 Stanford144 .778  249  .727
California135 .722  229  .710
Arizona State117 .611  2012  .625
Oregon108 .556  2310  .697
Oregon State612 .333  1315  .464
USC612 .333  1317  .433
UCLA612 .333  1019  .345
Washington513 .278  1017  .370
Washington State216 .111  720  .259
2003 Pacific-10 Tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[1]; Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The Cougars were 7–20 overall in the regular season and 2–16 in conference play, last in the standings.[3][4][5] The conference tournament included only the top eight teams from the standings.

Days after the season ended, Graham was fired;[6][7][8][9] his successor was Dick Bennett, formerly the head coach at Wisconsin.[10][11][12][13]

References

  1. "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. "Trojans polish off Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 9, 2003. p. 1B.
  4. "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 2003. p. D1.
  5. Strickland, Carter (March 9, 2002). "Swan song for Cougs' lame duck". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  6. Strickland, Carter (March 11, 2003). "Inevitable happens: Graham fired". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  7. Bauer, Doug (March 11, 2003). "Cougars drop curtain". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  8. Richardson, Vince (March 11, 2003). "Graham era ends". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  9. Wiley, John K. (March 11, 2003). "Cougars exercise the option to fire Graham". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.
  10. Strickland, Carter (March 29, 2003). "Bennett introduced to his public today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  11. Bauer, Doug (March 30, 2003). "Back in the game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  12. Wiley, John K. (March 30, 2003). "Cougars finger Bennet to rebuild program". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. C1.
  13. Richardson, Vince (March 31, 2003). "WSU hires Bennett". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
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