▁to ▁become ▁Minister ▁of ▁Def ense . ▁Dra ba ▁is ▁acting ▁from ▁February ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 7 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Pol ish ▁polit icians ▁Category : Pol ish ▁law y ers ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Wars aw ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 9 – 8 0 ▁Washington ▁State ▁C oug ars ▁men ' s ▁basketball ▁team ▁represented ▁Washington ▁State ▁University ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 9 – 8 0 ▁NCAA ▁Division ▁I ▁men ' s ▁basketball ▁season . ▁Led ▁by ▁e ighth - year ▁head ▁coach ▁George ▁R avel ing , ▁the ▁C oug ars ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Pacific - 1 0 ▁Conference ▁and ▁played ▁their ▁home ▁games ▁on ▁campus ▁at ▁the ▁Perform ing ▁Arts ▁Col ise um ▁in ▁P ull man , ▁Washington . ▁ ▁The ▁C oug ars ▁were ▁ ▁overall ▁in ▁the ▁regular ▁season ▁and ▁ ▁in ▁conference ▁play , ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁stand ings . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁its ▁national ▁runner - up ▁finish ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁W SU ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁the ▁ 4 8 - team ▁NCAA ▁Tournament ▁and ▁were ▁seed ed ▁fifth ▁in ▁the ▁M ide ast ▁region ; ▁they ▁met ▁tw elf th ▁seed ▁P enn , ▁the ▁I vy ▁League ▁champion , ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁in ▁West ▁La f ay ette , ▁Indiana . ▁The ▁C oug ars