1998–99 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1998–99 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record10–19 (4–14 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Maher
  • Warren Riley
  • Lorenzo Hall [1]
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1998–99 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Stanford 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788
No. 12 Arizona 13 – 5   .722 22 – 7   .759
No. 15 UCLA 12 – 6   .667 22 – 9   .710
Washington 10 – 8   .556 17 – 12   .586
California 8 – 10   .444 22 – 11   .667
Oregon 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
USC 7 – 11   .389 15 – 13   .536
Oregon State 7 – 11   .389 13 – 14   .481
Arizona State 6 – 12   .333 14 – 16   .467
Washington State 4 – 14   .222 10 – 19   .345
As of July 26, 2011[2]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998–99 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Kevin Eastman,[3] 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 10–19 overall in the regular season and 4–14 in conference play, last in the standings.[4][5][6] There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

Shortly after the regular season ended, Eastman voluntarily resigned.[1][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Pond, Alex (March 10, 1999). "WSU basketball coach resigns". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  2. ^ "1998-99 Final Pac-10 Standings". Stanford men's basketball. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  3. ^ Stricklane, Carter (March 7, 1999). "Eastman's future up in air". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  4. ^ "Huskies take bite out of Cougs". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 7, 1999. p. 1B.
  5. ^ "UW dumps WSU, nabs No. 7 seed". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. March 8, 1999. p. 1C.
  6. ^ "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 7, 1999. p. 1G.
  7. ^ Bauer, Doug (March 11, 1999). "WSU's Eastman steps down". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  8. ^ Stricklane, Carter (March 11, 1999). "Eastman leaves on his terms". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.