1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 16–10 overall and 7–7 in conference play.[1][2][3]

1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
1978–79 record16–10 (7–7 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home arenaKennedy Pavilion
1978–79 Big Sky men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Weber State104 .714  259  .735
Northern Arizona86 .571  1414  .500
Idaho State86 .571  1413  .519
Montana77 .500  1413  .519
Gonzaga77 .500  1610  .615
Montana State68 .429  1511  .577
Boise State68 .429  1115  .423
Idaho410 .286  1115  .423
Conference tournament winner

Gonzaga tied for fourth in the regular season standings but did not qualify for the four-team conference tournament. They lost their final game to Boise State in overtime and were on the short end of the tiebreaker with Montana for the fourth seed.[4][5][6]

This was the sixteenth and final year in the Big Sky Conference for charter member Gonzaga; in the summer they moved to the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC), trading places with Nevada.

References

  1. "Final college basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 5, 1979. p. 3B.
  2. "College basketball standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 27, 1979. p. 21.
  3. "College basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 26, 1979. p. 4B.
  4. "Overtime! Bad news for WSU, Gonzaga..." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 26, 1979. p. 23.
  5. Brown, Butch (February 26, 1979). "Big Sky playoffs next; Zags out". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 24.
  6. "Big Sky". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 25, 1979. p. 4B.
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