1993–94 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1993–94 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First round
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record20–11 (10–8 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1993–94 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Arizona 14 – 4   .778 29 – 6   .829
No. 17 UCLA 13 – 5   .722 21 – 7   .750
No. 16 California 13 – 5   .722 22 – 8   .733
Washington State 10 – 8   .556 20 – 11   .645
Stanford 10 – 8   .556 17 – 11   .607
Arizona State 10 – 8   .556 15 – 13   .536
USC 9 – 9   .500 16 – 12   .571
Oregon 6 – 12   .333 10 – 17   .370
Washington 3 – 15   .167 5 – 22   .185
Oregon State 2 – 16   .111 6 – 21   .222
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993–94 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1993–94 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Kelvin Sampson, 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 20–10 overall in the regular season and 10–8 in conference play, tied for fourth in the standings. There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

For the first time in eleven years, WSU was invited to the 64-team NCAA tournament. Seeded eighth in the East region, they met ninth seed Boston College in the first round in Landover, Maryland,[1] but lost by three points.[2][3][4]

This was Sampson's last season in Pullman; he left in late April for Oklahoma of the Big Eight Conference.[5][6] The next head coach was Kevin Eastman, who previously led UNC Wilmington.[7]

WSU's next NCAA appearance was thirteen years away in 2007, under head coach Tony Bennett.

Postseason results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
NCAA tournament
Fri, March 18*
11:40 am, CBS 		(8E) vs. (9E) Boston College
First round 		L 64–67  20–11
 USAir Arena 
Landover, Maryland
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References

  1. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 18, 1994). "To beat odds, WSU needs inside numbers". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  2. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 19, 1994). "Cougs crumble in crunch". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  3. ^ "B.C. closes door on WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). staff and wire reports. March 19, 1994. p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Cougs like effort, not execution". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). March 19, 1994. p. 1D.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Tim (April 25, 1994). "WSU's Sampson now a Sooner". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
  6. ^ Bergum, Steve (April 26, 1994). "Sampson bolts". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  7. ^ Miedema, Laurence (May 10, 1994). "Eastman now officially a Cougar". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.