1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1983–84 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Len Stevens, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.
- Len Stevens (1st season)
- Stu Jackson
- Prescott "Puck" Smith
| 1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 |
| Record | 10–18 (4–14 Pac-10) |
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| Home arena | Beasley Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Washington | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Oregon State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of April 15, 1984[1] Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cougars were 10–18 overall in the regular season and 4–14 in conference play, last in the standings.[2] There was no conference tournament this season; it debuted three years later.
In early April 1983, Stevens was quickly promoted to head coach when George Raveling left Pullman for Iowa in the Big Ten.[3][4][5][6] Prior to his two years as a Cougar assistant, Stevens was the head coach for three seasons at St. Martin's College in Lacey.[7][8]
As they had two years earlier, WSU hosted the first two rounds in the West regional of the 53-team NCAA tournament at Beasley Coliseum.[9][10][11] This was the third and most recent NCAA Tournament in Pullman; the Spokane Arena opened in 1995 and has hosted several times.
The court surface at Beasley Coliseum was tartan (polyurethane) for its first decade;[12] a traditional hardwood floor debuted at the start of this season.[13][14]