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1991–92 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

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1991–92 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record22–11 (9–9 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
Seasons
1991–92 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 UCLA 16 2   .889 28 5   .848
No. 8 USC 15 3   .833 24 6   .800
No. 10 Arizona 13 5   .722 24 7   .774
Stanford 10 8   .556 18 11   .621
Washington State 9 9   .500 22 11   .667
Arizona State 9 9   .500 19 14   .576
Oregon State 7 11   .389 15 16   .484
Washington 5 13   .278 12 17   .414
California 4 14   .222 10 18   .357
Oregon 2 16   .111 6 21   .222
As of April 15, 1991[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991–92 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-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 21–10 overall in the regular season and 9–9 in conference play, tied for fifth in the standings. There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

For the first time, Washington State played in the National Invitation Tournament,[2] and advanced to the second round.[3][4]

Postseason results

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Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
National Invitation Tournament
Wed, March 18*
9:00 pm, ESPN
Minnesota
First round
W 72–70  22–10
Beasley Coliseum (4,003)
Pullman, Washington
Mon, March 23*
6:30 pm
at New Mexico
Second round
L 71–79  22–11
The Pit (11,184)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References

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  1. ^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Tim (March 16, 1992). "Cougs settle for leftovers". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
  3. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 19, 1992). "Lewis keeps WSU in NIT". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  4. ^ Bergum, Steve (March 24, 1992). "Lobos bury Cougar dream". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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