The 1978–79 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Neil McCarthy and played their home games on campus at Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah.
| 1978–79 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 25–9 (10–4 Big Sky) |
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| Home arena | Dee Events Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Big Sky Conference tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They were 22–8 overall in the regular season and 10–4 in conference play,[1][2][3] won the regular season title,[4] and the conference tournament.[5][6][7] The Wildcats appeared in the first five finals of the conference tournament; this was the second of three consecutive titles.
Weber State earned the Big Sky's automatic bid to the expanded 40-team NCAA tournament, where they were seeded seventh in the Midwest region, the first time the Big Sky representative was not in the West region. The Wildcats met New Mexico State in the first round in Lawrence, Kansas; the Aggies won the previous meeting in December.[8] This time the Wildcats prevailed in overtime,[9][10][11] but were stopped two days later by second-seeded Arkansas.[12][13]
Three Wildcats, all juniors, were named to the all-conference team. Guard Bruce Collins was a repeat selection, joined by forward David Johnson and center Richard Smith; both were on the previous season's second team.[14][15][16]
Postseason results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Big Sky tournament | |||||||||||
| Fri, March 2 7:00 pm |
(1) | (4) Montana Semifinal |
W 98–71 | 23–8 |
Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah | ||||||
| Sat, March 3 8:00 pm |
(1) | (2) Northern Arizona Final |
W 92–70 | 24–8 |
Dee Events Center Ogden, Utah | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| Fri, March 9* 6:06 pm |
(7 MW) | vs. (10 MW) New Mexico State First round |
W 81–78 OT | 25–8 |
Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas | ||||||
| Sun, March 11* 1:36 pm |
(7 MW) | vs. (2 MW) No. 7 Arkansas Second round |
L 63–74 | 25–9 |
Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas | ||||||
References
edit- ^ "Final college basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 5, 1979. p. 3B.
- ^ "College basketball standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 27, 1979. p. 21.
- ^ "College basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 26, 1979. p. 4B.
- ^ "Weber awaits BSC tournament Friday at Dee Events Center". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). February 26, 1979. p. 2B.
- ^ Rock, Brad (March 3, 1979). "Weber vs. NAU for 'Sky crown". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A3.
- ^ Rock, Brad (March 5, 1979). "Weber rules Big Sky, eyes NCAA". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B3.
- ^ "Big Sky belongs to Weber". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 4, 1979. p. 4B.
- ^ Woodling, Chuck (March 8, 1979). "Road-toughened Weber gets second shot at Ags". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 11.
- ^ "Weber clips Aggies in overtime". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 10, 1979. p. 4B.
- ^ Robinson, Doug (March 10, 1979). "Weber stays alive, awaits Arkansas". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A3.
- ^ Woodling, Chuck (March 10, 1979). "Weber wriggles by Ags, gains Razorback rematch". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 11.
- ^ Cottrell, Chris (March 12, 1979). "Hogs still prime porkers". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 13.
- ^ Robinson, Doug (March 12, 1979). "Arkansas knocks off Wildcats". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 1D.
- ^ "3 Wildcats on all-Big Sky team". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. March 7, 1979. p. E4.
- ^ "Cathey named All-Big Sky". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 7, 1979. p. C1.
- ^ "All league: Newman on Big Sky second unit". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). March 7, 1979. p. 3B.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Weber State Wildcats: 1978–79 basketball season