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 | |
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Conference | Pacific-8 |
1971–72 record | 11–15 (3–11 Pac-8) |
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Home arena | Bohler Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 UCLA | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 6 | .769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 6 | – | 20 | .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
- "Greenwood resigns Cougar post in flurry of official no comments". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 17, 1972. p. 34.
- "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- Vogt, Tom (July 17, 1971). "Greenwood happy to be at WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 13.
- "Cougar cage coach to introduce new system". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 14, 1971. p. 5, sports.
- Brown, Bruce (March 11, 1972). "Ban on NIT event lamented for UW". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
- "Iowa yields hoop coach for Cougars". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). July 10, 1971. p. 9.
- "Greenwood new WSU hoop coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). July 10, 1971. p. 10.
- Brown, Bruce (March 17, 1972). "New hoop coach sought at WSU". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
- Missildine, Harry (March 23, 1972). "WSU will seek Brown's candidacy". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 16.
- "Brown delighted with LSU post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 25, 1972. p. 10.
- Missildine, Harry (March 27, 1972). "Hails and farewells". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 10.
- Vogt, Tom (April 4, 1972). "Hello Dolly, hello LSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 13.
- "Drew joins LSU staff". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 1, 1972. p. 12.
- "Raveling is WSU choice". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 11, 1972. p. 17.
- Missildine, Harry (April 12, 1972). "Cougars' new coach busy with touring, telephoning". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 16.
- Devlin, Vince (March 16, 1983). "Raveling". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
External links
- Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1971–72 basketball season