1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1988–89
Team:	Washington State Cougars
Conference:	Pacific-10
Short Conf:	Pac-10
Record:	10–19
Conf Record:	4–14
Hc Year:	2nd
Asst Coach1:	Dave Harshman
Asst Coach2:	Kim Motta ^[1]

The 1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-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, eighth in the

At the conference tournament, the Cougars defeated ninth seed Oregon by 22 points in the first round.^{[2] [3] [4]} In the quarterfinal against top-ranked Arizona, the Cougars fell by eight points.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Postseason results

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External links

• Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1988–89 basketball season

Notes and References

1. News: Cougars believe they have a chance . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Bergum . Steve . March 9, 1989 . D2.
2. News: Duck soup: Cougars feast . Idahonian . (Moscow) . March 10, 1989 . 1B.
3. News: Cougs down Ducks in Pac-10 opener . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Bergum . Steve . March 10, 1989 . C1.
4. News: WSU makes it final for Ducks . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Clark . Bob . March 10, 1989 . 1C.
5. News: Cougars give Arizona a scare . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Bergum . Steve . March 11, 1989 . B1.
6. News: Cougars nearly topple 'Cats . Idahonian . (Moscow) . March 11, 1989 . 1D.
7. News: 'Cats survive a scare from WSU . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Clark . Bob . March 11, 1989 . 4C.