2023–24 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

2023–24 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 23
Record25–10 (14–6 Pac-12)
Head coach
Associate head coachJim Shaw
Assistant coaches
  • Jeremy Harden
  • Wayne Hunter
  • Derrick Wrobel
Home arenaBeasley Coliseum
2023–24 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Arizona 15 5   .750 27 9   .750
No. 23 Washington State 14 6   .700 25 10   .714
Colorado 13 7   .650 26 11   .703
Oregon 12 8   .600 24 12   .667
UCLA 10 10   .500 16 17   .485
Utah 9 11   .450 22 15   .595
California 9 11   .450 13 19   .406
Washington 9 11   .450 17 15   .531
USC 8 12   .400 15 18   .455
Stanford 8 12   .400 14 18   .438
Arizona State 8 12   .400 14 18   .438
Oregon State 5 15   .250 13 19   .406
2024 Pac-12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team were led by head coach Kyle Smith in his 5th and final season for the Cougars. The Cougars played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington, as members in the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 14–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They defeated Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to Colorado in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the East region. There they beat Drake in the first round before losing to Iowa State in the second round.

The season marked the final season before conference realignment took effect in the Pac-12 as the conference nearly dissolved after the majority of Pac-12 schools left the conference to join other conferences. They will play in the West Coast Conference as an affiliate member for the next two years before returning to a reconstituted Pac-12.

On February 19, 2024, the Cougars returned to the AP Poll for the first time since the 2007–08 season.