1979–80 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

Washington State Cougars men's basketball
1979–80 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, First round
Conference	Pacific-10
1979–80 record	22–6 (14–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	George Raveling (8th year)
Home arena	Performing Arts Coliseum
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Template:1979–80 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings The 1979–80 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at the Performing Arts Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 22–5 overall in the regular season and 14–4 in conference play, third in the standings.

For the first time since its national runner-up finish in 1941, WSU was invited to the 48-team NCAA Tournament and were seeded fifth in the Mideast region; they met twelfth seed Penn, the Ivy League champion, in the first round in West Lafayette, Indiana.^[1]^[2] The Cougars had a ten-point lead early in the second half, but it was tied at 51 with just under four minutes to go when Don Collins fouled out and Penn outscored the Cougars eleven to four.^[3]^[4]^[5]

WSU's next NCAA appearance was three years away in 1983.

Postseason result

Date Time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
NCAA Tournament
Thu, March 6* 6:10 pm	vs. (12ME) Penn First round	L 62–55	22–6	Mackey Arena (12,632) West Lafayette, Indiana
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

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External links

Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1979–80 basketball season

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