| 1982–83Washington State Cougars men's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Second round | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 |
| Record | 23–7 (14–4 Pac-10) |
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| Home arena | Beasley Coliseum |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7UCLA | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of April 15, 1983[1] Rankings fromAP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1982–83 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team representedWashington State University for the1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eleventh-year head coachGeorge Raveling,[2] the Cougars were members of thePacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus atBeasley Coliseum inPullman, Washington.
The Cougars were22–6 overall in the regular season and14–4 in conference play; runner-up toUCLA, who they split with in the season series. There was noconference tournament this season; it debutedfour years later. They had a chance to tie the Bruins for the title,[3] but lost by a point to rivalWashington inSeattle to end the regular season.[4][5]
After missing it the previous two seasons, WSU was invited to the 52-teamNCAA tournament and were seeded eighth in theWest region; they met ninth-seedWeber State, theBig Sky champion, in the first round inBoise. WSU's only two non-conference losses were to Big Sky teams, neighborIdaho andMontana, on the road in December. The Cougars defeated Weber by ten points.[6][7]
The next opponent was the top seed in the West, #4Virginia with centerRalph Sampson, who had a first-round bye.The Cougars stayed with the Cavaliers, but lost by five points.[8][9]
Washington State's 23–7 record was their best in 42 years, since thenational runner-up team of 1941 went26–6.[8]
Raveling was thePac-10 coach of the year and the national runner-up forAP coach of the year.[10] In early April, he left Pullman to succeedLute Olsen atIowa in theBig Ten Conference;[11][12][13][14] assistantLen Stevens was quickly promoted tohead coach.[15][16]
A third-round selection the1983 NBA draft, senior guard/forwardCraig Ehlo had a fourteen-year career in theNBA.
WSU's next NCAA appearance was eleven years away in1994, under head coachKelvin Sampson.
The court surface at Beasley Coliseum wastartan (polyurethane) for its first decade and this was its final season;[17] a traditional hardwood floor debuted at the start of thenext season.[18][19]
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 27, 1982* | at Wisconsin | W 66–64 | 1–0 | UW Fieldhouse Madison, Wisconsin | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| Thu, March 17* 6:10 pm, CBS | (8W) | vs. (9W) Weber State First round | W 62–52 | 23–6 | BSU Pavilion (11,200) Boise, Idaho | ||||||
| Sat, March 19* 11:10 am, CBS | (8W) | vs. (1W) No. 4 Virginia Second round | L 49–54 | 23–7 | BSU Pavilion (12,177) Boise, Idaho | ||||||