1983–84 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1983–84 Washington State Cougars 150 Pacific-10 Pac-10 10–18 4–14 Len Stevens 1st Stu Jackson Prescott "Puck" Smith Beasley Coliseum 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. The Cougars were 10–18 overall in the regular season and 4–14 in conference play, last in the standings.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6vdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6696%2C2599651 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Pac-10 standings March 11, 1984 1B 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2rUSAAAAIBAJ&pg=5564%2C513876 Spokane Chronicle Washington Brown Bruce Stewart Chuck Raveling ponders offer April 4, 1983 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rNURAAAAIBAJ&pg=6728%2C2200092 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Brown Bruce Raveling answers Iowa call April 5, 1983 25https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h_5VAAAAIBAJ&pg=2031%2C1115233 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon wire services Raveling decides to leave Cougars April 5, 1983 1Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bJIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3722%2C5775654 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Devlin Vince Iowa: Nothing is un-Raveling - yet February 12, 1984 D1 Prior to his two years as a Cougar assistant, Stevens was the head coach for three seasons at St. Martin's College in Lacey.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=27USAAAAIBAJ&pg=6820%2C758296 Spokane Chronicle Washington WSU names Len Stevens April 5, 1983 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rdURAAAAIBAJ&pg=6673%2C2532945 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Grippi Vince Stevens to coach Cougars April 6, 1983 C1 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wFdWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8O4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7016%2C1253357 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington NCAA playoff tickets are available at WSU March 4, 1984 D4https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=laQSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gPkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5319%2C2268347 Spokane Chronicle Washington Devlin Vince Hoyas, Duke, Huskies head Pullman field March 12, 1984 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tf1LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7058%2C497869 Spokane Chronicle Washington Devlin Vince Huskies battle for Seattle March 19, 1984 17 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;https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19840223-01.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# Stanford Daily California (Stanford University) Zeigler Mark Hoop crew hopes to tame WSU, but beating Cougars not easy February 23, 1984 6 a traditional hardwood floor debuted at the start of this season.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=58YRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4799%2C113395 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Seattle Pacific at WSU: At a glance December 1, 1983 20https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6MYRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6535%2C594408 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington WSU sports new look, old results December 2, 1983 20 References 2 External links Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1983–84 basketball season Category:Washington State Cougars men's basketball seasons Washington State Cougars Washington State Washington State