2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–20 (2–16 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
2002–03 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Arizona 17 – 1   .944 28 – 4   .875
No. 20 Stanford 14 – 4   .778 24 – 9   .727
California 13 – 5   .722 22 – 9   .710
Arizona State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 12   .625
Oregon † 10 – 8   .556 23 – 10   .697
Oregon State 6 – 12   .333 13 – 15   .464
USC 6 – 12   .333 13 – 17   .433
UCLA 6 – 12   .333 10 – 19   .345
Washington 5 – 13   .278 10 – 17   .370
Washington State 2 – 16   .111 7 – 20   .259
† 2003 Pac-10 tournament winner
As of July 10, 2011[1]
Rankings from Coaches Poll[2]

The 2002–03 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 2002–03 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Graham, 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 7–20 overall in the regular season and 2–16 in conference play, last in the standings.[3][4][5] The conference tournament included only the top eight teams from the standings.

Days after the season ended, Graham was fired;[6][7][8][9] his successor was Dick Bennett, formerly the head coach at Wisconsin.[10][11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ "Pacific 10 conference 2002–03 standings". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "Trojans polish off Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 9, 2003. p. 1B.
  4. ^ "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 2003. p. D1.
  5. ^ Strickland, Carter (March 9, 2002). "Swan song for Cougs' lame duck". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  6. ^ Strickland, Carter (March 11, 2003). "Inevitable happens: Graham fired". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  7. ^ Bauer, Doug (March 11, 2003). "Cougars drop curtain". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  8. ^ Richardson, Vince (March 11, 2003). "Graham era ends". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  9. ^ Wiley, John K. (March 11, 2003). "Cougars exercise the option to fire Graham". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.
  10. ^ Strickland, Carter (March 29, 2003). "Bennett introduced to his public today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  11. ^ Bauer, Doug (March 30, 2003). "Back in the game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  12. ^ Wiley, John K. (March 30, 2003). "Cougars finger Bennet to rebuild program". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. C1.
  13. ^ Richardson, Vince (March 31, 2003). "WSU hires Bennett". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
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