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 NCAA college basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Greenwood,[3][4][5][6] 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
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UCLA14–0 1.00030–0  1.000
Washington10–4 .71420–6  .769
Oregon State9–5 .64318–10  .643
USC9–5 .64316–10  .615
California6–8 .42913–16  .448
Stanford5–9 .35710–15  .400
Washington State3–11 .21411–15  .423
Oregon0–14 .0006–20  .231
As of April 15, 1972[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.[7]

Hired in July to succeed Marv Harshman,[8][9] Greenwood was an assistant at Iowa for a year and before that the head coach at Washington University in St. Louis;[3][6] he resigned from WSU in mid-March, after just one season.[1][10] Assistant coach Dale Brown became the head coach at LSU a week later,[11][12][13][14] and freshman coach Homer Drew went with him to Baton Rouge.[15]

George Raveling, an assistant at Maryland under Lefty Driesell, was hired by WSU athletic director Ray Nagel a few weeks later in April,[16][17] and led the Cougar program for eleven years.[18]

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. "Most news is bad news for new Cougar cage coach". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 17, 1971. p. 5, sports.
  5. "Cougar cage coach to introduce new system". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 14, 1971. p. 5, sports.
  6. Withers, Bud (November 24, 1971). "Outlook not so bright for WSU". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 3B.
  7. Brown, Bruce (March 11, 1972). "Ban on NIT event lamented for UW". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
  8. "Iowa yields hoop coach for Cougars". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). July 10, 1971. p. 9.
  9. "Greenwood new WSU hoop coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). July 10, 1971. p. 10.
  10. Brown, Bruce (March 17, 1972). "New hoop coach sought at WSU". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 15.
  11. Missildine, Harry (March 23, 1972). "WSU will seek Brown's candidacy". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 16.
  12. "Brown delighted with LSU post". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 25, 1972. p. 10.
  13. Missildine, Harry (March 27, 1972). "Hails and farewells". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 10.
  14. Vogt, Tom (April 4, 1972). "Hello Dolly, hello LSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 13.
  15. "Drew joins LSU staff". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 1, 1972. p. 12.
  16. "Raveling is WSU choice". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 11, 1972. p. 17.
  17. Missildine, Harry (April 12, 1972). "Cougars' new coach busy with touring, telephoning". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 16.
  18. Devlin, Vince (March 16, 1983). "Raveling". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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