1949–50 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team

The 1949–50 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1949–50 NCAA college basketball season. Led by 22nd-year head coach Jack Friel, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus at Bohler Gymnasium in Pullman, Washington.

1949–50 Washington State Cougars men's basketball
PCC Northern Division Champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	19–13 (11–5 PCC)
Head coach	Jack Friel (22nd season)
Home arena	Bohler Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1948–49 1950–51 →

1949–50 Pacific Coast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
No. 18 Washington State	11	–	5		.688			19	–	13		.594
Washington	8	–	8		.500			19	–	10		.655
Oregon State	8	–	8		.500			13	–	14		.481
Idaho	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
Oregon	6	–	10		.375			9	–	19		.321
South
No. 7 UCLA †	10	–	2		.833			24	–	7		.774
USC	7	–	5		.583			16	–	8		.667
California	4	–	8		.333			10	–	17		.370
Stanford	3	–	9		.250			11	–	14		.440
† Conference playoff series winner As of 1950[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The Cougars were 19–11 overall in the regular season and 11–5 in conference play, first place in Northern division. ^[2] They met Southern division winner UCLA in a best-of-three series in Los Angeles for the PCC title,^[2] which the seventh-ranked Bruins swept in two games.^[3][4][5]

Washington State's next winning record in conference play came seventeen years later, in the 1966–67 season.

Postseason results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Pacific Coast Conference Playoff Series
Fri, March 10 8:00 pm	No. 18	at No. 7 UCLA Game One	L 58–60	19–12	UCLA Men's Gym (2,700) Los Angeles, California
Sat, March 11 8:00 pm	No. 18	at No. 7 UCLA Game Two	L 49–52	19–13	UCLA Men's Gym (2,700) Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.