1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-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.

1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record13–16 (7–11 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dave Harshman
  • Kim Motta
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Arizona171 .944353  .921
Oregon State126 .6672011  .645
UCLA126 .6671614  .533
Stanford117 .6112112  .636
Oregon108 .5561614  .533
Washington State711 .3891316  .448
Arizona State612 .3331316  .448
USC513 .278721  .250
California513 .278920  .310
Washington513 .2781019  .345
Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1988
Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 12–15 overall in the regular season and 7–11 in conference play, sixth in the standings.

At the conference tournament's last quarterfinal, WSU upset third seed UCLA by two points. In the semifinal, the Cougars took second-seeded Oregon State to double overtime, but lost by six points.

Sampson was promoted to head coach in April 1987, and led the program for seven seasons.

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