1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

1978–79 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	† Conference tournament winner ;

Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
1978–79 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
1978–79 record	16–10 (7–7 Big Sky)
Head coach	Dan Fitzgerald (1st season);
Home arena	Kennedy Pavilion

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]

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

"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.
"Overtime! Bad news for WSU, Gonzaga..." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 26, 1979. p. 23.
Brown, Butch (February 26, 1979). "Big Sky playoffs next; Zags out". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 24.
"Big Sky". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 25, 1979. p. 4B.

External links

Sports Reference – Gonzaga Bulldogs: 1978–79 basketball season

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[ergfmcbst-1] "Final college basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 5, 1979. p. 3B.

[cbbssrv-2] "College basketball standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 27, 1979. p. 21.

[ergfbts-3] "College basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 26, 1979. p. 4B.

[otbnews-4] "Overtime! Bad news for WSU, Gonzaga..." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 26, 1979. p. 23.

[zgout-5] Brown, Butch (February 26, 1979). "Big Sky playoffs next; Zags out". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 24.

[lmtbskfre-6] "Big Sky". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. February 25, 1979. p. 4B.

1978–79 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
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

† Conference tournament winner

Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	Russell Gymnasium (1907–1958) Spokane Coliseum (1958–1965, 1979–1980) Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1965–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present) Spokane Arena (alternate, 1995–present)
Rivalries	BYU Saint Mary's Washington Idaho (dormant)
Culture & lore	Spike the Bulldog "Go, Gonzaga!"
People	Head coaches Record holders
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics