1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10
Record13–16 (7–11 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dave Harshman
  • Kim Motta
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
1987–88 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Arizona 17 1   .944 35 3   .921
Oregon State 12 6   .667 20 11   .645
UCLA 12 6   .667 16 14   .533
Stanford 11 7   .611 21 12   .636
Oregon 10 8   .556 16 14   .533
Washington State 7 11   .389 13 16   .448
Arizona State 6 12   .333 13 16   .448
USC 5 13   .278 7 21   .250
California 5 13   .278 9 20   .310
Washington 5 13   .278 10 19   .345
Conference tournament winner
As of April 15, 1988
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987–88 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University for the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-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 12–15 overall in the regular season and 7–11 in conference play, sixth in the standings.

At the conference tournament's last quarterfinal, WSU upset third seed UCLA by two points. In the semifinal, the Cougars took second-seeded Oregon State to double overtime, but lost by six points.

Sampson was promoted to head coach in April 1987, and led the program for seven seasons.