1979–80 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team
1979–80 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 17 |
AP | No. 17 [1] |
Record | 26–3 (13–1 Big Sky) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Dee Events Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Weber State † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 26 | – | 3 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1979–80 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by fifth-year head coach Neil McCarthy and played their home games on campus at Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah.
They were 24–2 overall in the regular season and 13–1 in conference play,[2][3] won the regular season title (by four games), and the conference tournament.[4][5] The sole conference loss was at Idaho, the league runner-up,[6][7] which broke an 18-game winning streak and dropped Weber's poll ranking (AP, UPI) from 15 to 17.[8][9]
The Wildcats appeared in the first five finals of the conference tournament and this was the third consecutive title.
Ranked seventeenth in both major polls,[1] Weber State received an automatic bid to the expanded 48-team NCAA Tournament. They were seeded seventh in the West region and hosted the subregional, but were upset by Lamar.[10][11]
Postseason results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Big Sky Tournament | |||||||||||
Fri, Feb 29 7:00 pm |
(1) No. 16 | (4) Montana State Semifinal |
W 93–70 | 25–2 |
Dee Events Center (8,089) Ogden, Utah | ||||||
Sat, March 1 8:00 pm |
(1) No. 16 | (3) Montana Final |
W 50–42 | 26–2 |
Dee Events Center (8,247) Ogden, Utah | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Thu, March 6* 9:37 pm |
(7W) No. 17 | (10W) Lamar First round |
L 86–87 | 26–3 |
Dee Events Center (11,505) Ogden, Utah | ||||||
References
- ^ a b "AP poll, UPI poll". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). AP, UPI. March 4, 1980. p. 4C.
- ^ "College standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 3, 1980. p. 4B.
- ^ Ewer, Bill (February 28, 1980). "Weber puts record on line in BSC playoffs". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B9.
- ^ "Weber rallies for tournament title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 2, 1980. p. 3D.
- ^ "1979-80 Big Sky Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ Robinson, Doug (February 1, 1980). "UI stops Weber win streak". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 4B.
- ^ Van Sickel, Charlie (February 1, 1980). "Monson outcoaches rival in big Idaho upset". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 23.
- ^ Robinson, Doug (February 4, 1980). "Weber starting a new streak". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B3.
- ^ "DePaul reigns, BYU up to 14th". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). wire services. February 5, 1980. p. 2B.
- ^ Rock, Brad (March 7, 1980). "Comeback 'Cats fall a point short". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 4B.
- ^ "Lamar surprises struggling Weber State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 7, 1980. p. 4C.
External links
- Sports Reference – Weber State Wildcats: 1979–80 basketball season