The 1977–78 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Adrian Buoncristiani and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 14–15 in the regular season and 7–7 in conference play.[1][2][3][4]
| 1977–78 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 14–15 (7–7 Big Sky) |
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| Home arena | Kennedy Pavilion |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 4 | – | 22 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Big Sky Conference tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga was fifth in the regular season standings and did not qualify for the four-team conference tournament.[1][2]
No Bulldogs were named to the all-conference team; senior guard Jim DeWeese was on the second team, while junior center Paul Cathey and junior guard Scott Finnie were honorable mention.[5][6]
Weeks after the conclusion of the season, Buoncristiani was encouraged to resign in April, days before letter of intent signing day.[7][8][9] He was succeeded by Dan Fitzgerald, an assistant at Santa Clara; he was an assistant during ABC's first two years with the Bulldogs and also a teammate from high school (St. Ignatius) in San Francisco.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Season over for Gonzaga". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 27, 1978. p. 15.
- ^ a b "Zags receive help; fail to claim win". February 27, 1978. p. 20.
- ^ "College basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 27, 1978. p. 4B.
- ^ "College cage standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 7, 1978. p. 17.
- ^ "Montana's Richardson all-conference for third year". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 7, 1978. p. 1B.
- ^ "Grizzlies' 'M.R.R.' 3-timer". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 8, 1978. p. 17.
- ^ Van Sickel, Charlie (April 7, 1978). "Gonzaga fires cage coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 29.
- ^ Missildine, Harry (April 8, 1978). "The word is 'outrageous'". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ^ Van Sickel, Charlie (April 8, 1978). "Win battle, lose war". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 12.
- ^ "Gonzaga picks Dan Fitzgerald". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). April 17, 1978. p. 17.
- ^ "Gonzaga hires cage coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. April 17, 1978. p. 2B.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Gonzaga Bulldogs: 1977–78 basketball season