1971–72 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1971–72 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1971–72 college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Greenwood,[3][4] the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.

1971–72 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-8
1971–72 record11–15 (3–11 Pac-8)
Head coach
  • Bob Greenwood (1st season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBohler Gymnasium
1971–72 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 UCLA140 1.000  300  1.000
Washington104 .714  206  .769
Oregon State95 .643  1810  .643
USC95 .643  1610  .615
California68 .429  1316  .448
Stanford59 .357  1015  .400
Washington State311 .214  1115  .423
Oregon014 .000  620  .231
As of April 15, 1971[2]; Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 11–15 overall in the regular season and 3–11 in conference play, seventh in the standings.[5]

Hired in July to succeed Marv Harshman,[6][7] Greenwood resigned in mid-March, after just one season.[1][8] Assistant coach Dale Brown became the head coach at LSU a week later,[9][10][11][12] and freshman coach Homer Drew went with him to Baton Rouge.[13]

George Raveling, an assistant at Maryland under Lefty Driesell, was hired by WSU athletic director Ray Nagel a few weeks later in April,[14][15] and led the Cougar program for eleven years.[16]

References

  1. "Greenwood resigns Cougar post in flurry of official no comments". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 17, 1972. p. 34.
  2. "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  3. Vogt, Tom (July 17, 1971). "Greenwood happy to be at WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 13.
  4. "Cougar cage coach to introduce new system". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 14, 1971. p. 5, sports.
  5. Brown, Bruce (March 11, 1972). "Ban on NIT event lamented for UW". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
  6. "Iowa yields hoop coach for Cougars". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). July 10, 1971. p. 9.
  7. "Greenwood new WSU hoop coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). July 10, 1971. p. 10.
  8. Brown, Bruce (March 17, 1972). "New hoop coach sought at WSU". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
  9. Missildine, Harry (March 23, 1972). "WSU will seek Brown's candidacy". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 16.
  10. "Brown delighted with LSU post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 25, 1972. p. 10.
  11. Missildine, Harry (March 27, 1972). "Hails and farewells". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 10.
  12. Vogt, Tom (April 4, 1972). "Hello Dolly, hello LSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 13.
  13. "Drew joins LSU staff". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 1, 1972. p. 12.
  14. "Raveling is WSU choice". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 11, 1972. p. 17.
  15. Missildine, Harry (April 12, 1972). "Cougars' new coach busy with touring, telephoning". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 16.
  16. Devlin, Vince (March 16, 1983). "Raveling". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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