1975–76 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1975–76 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Pacific-8
Record	18–8 (8–6 Pac-8)
Head coach	George Raveling (4th season)
Home arena	Performing Arts Coliseum
Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

1975–76 Pacific-8 Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 UCLA	12	–	2	.857	27	–	5	.844
Oregon State	10	–	4	.714	18	–	9	.667
Oregon	10	–	4	.714	19	–	11	.633
Washington	9	–	5	.643	22	–	6	.786
Washington State	8	–	6	.571	18	–	8	.692
California	4	–	10	.286	12	–	14	.462
Stanford	3	–	11	.214	9	–	18	.333
USC	0	–	14	.000	11	–	16	.407

As of April 15, 1976^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975–76 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach George Raveling, the Cougars were members of the Pacific-8 Conference and played their home games on campus at the Performing Arts Coliseum in Pullman, Washington.

The Cougars were 18–8 overall in the regular season and 8–6 in conference play, fifth in the standings;^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] it was Washington State's first winning season in six years.

On Wednesday, January 21, WSU met Palouse neighbor Idaho in the inaugural varsity basketball game in the recently enclosed Kibbie Dome in Moscow. The festivities included an alumni game, featuring Idaho great Gus Johnson, won by Washington State.^[6]^[7]^[8] The varsity Cougars also won the main event, 84–67, before 6,449 spectators,^[9] which easily set a campus attendance record for basketball that stood for five years.^[10]

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^ "2017-18 Men's Basketball Media Guide". Pac-12 Conference. p. 72. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "WSU wins as Huskies take fourth". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). UPI. March 7, 1976. p. 1B.
^ Emerson, Paul (March 7, 1976). "WSU nips UW 61-59". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Brown, Bruce (March 8, 1976). "Weekend's emotional for WSU hoop coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
^ "Bitter, sweet mark end". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 8, 1976. p. 16.
^ Emerson, Paul (January 21, 1976). "Dome opener". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Barrows, Bob (January 20, 1976). "Idaho cage great Gus Johnson returns to Palouse". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Spotleson, Bruce (January 22, 1976). "WSU also captures alumni game 74-63". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Emerson, Paul (January 22, 1976). "Crowd of 6,449 sees Cougar romp in dome". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
^ Missildine, Harry (January 9, 1981). "Vandals pass first Sky test". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 25.

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Sports Reference – Washington State Cougars: 1975–76 basketball season

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1975–76 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

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