| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1972–73 |
| Team: | Washington State Cougars |
| Conference: | Pacific-8 |
| Short Conf: | Pac-8 |
| Record: | 6–20 |
| Conf Record: | 2–12 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
The 1972–73 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1972–73 NCAA college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach George Raveling, 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 overall in the regular season and in conference play, last in the standings.[1] The two conference wins were both at home: Stanford in early January in Raveling's and Oregon State This was the last season for varsity basketball at Bohler Gym;[1] the Performing Arts Center (now Beasley Coliseum) opened in
Raveling was hired in April 1972; he was previously an assistant at Maryland under Lefty Driesell,[2] [3] and led the Cougar program for eleven seasons.[4]