1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1987–88
Team:	Washington State Cougars
Conference:	Pacific-10
Short Conf:	Pac-10
Record:	13–16
Conf Record:	7–11
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Dave Harshman
Asst Coach2:	Kim Motta

The 1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Kelvin Sampson, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were overall in the regular season and in conference play, sixth in the

At the conference tournament's last quarterfinal, WSU upset third seed UCLA by two points.^{[1] [2] [3]} In the semifinal, the Cougars took second-seeded Oregon State to double overtime, but lost by six points.^[4]

Sampson was promoted to head coach in April 1987,^{[5] [6]} and led the program for seven seasons.

Postseason results

|- !colspan=9 style=| Regular season

|-!colspan=9 style=| Pacific-10 Tournament

External links

• Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1987–88 basketball season

Notes and References

1. News: WSU upsets UCLA, meets Oregon State . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Bergum . Steve . March 12, 1988 . B1.
2. News: Cougs edge the Bruins at tourney . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . March 12, 1988 . 5B.
3. News: Cougars surprise UCLA . Idahonian . (Moscow) . March 12, 1988 . 1D.
4. News: Beavers convinced win spells N-C-A-A . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Rosenburg . Kurt . March 13, 1988 . 1B.
5. News: Sampson accepts Cougar challenge . Idahonian . (Moscow) . April 10, 1987 . 1.
6. News: Sampson christens a new era at WSU . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Bergum . Steve . April 11, 1987 . B1.