1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-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.

1988–89 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record10–19 (4–14 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dave Harshman
  • Kim Motta
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
1988–89 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Arizona171 .944294  .879
No. 13 Stanford153 .833267  .788
UCLA135 .7222110  .677
Oregon State135 .722228  .733
California108 .5562013  .606
Washington810 .4441216  .429
Arizona State513 .2781216  .429
Washington State414 .2221019  .345
Oregon315 .167821  .276
USC216 .1111022  .313
Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1989
Rankings from AP poll

The Cougars were 9–18 overall in the regular season and 4–14 in conference play, eighth in the standings.

At the conference tournament, the Cougars defeated ninth seed Oregon by 22 points in the first round. In the quarterfinal against top-ranked Arizona, the Cougars fell by eight points.

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