1968–69 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1968–69 Weber State Wildcats Big Sky Conference Big Sky 17 27–3 15–0 Phil Johnson 1st Gene Visscher Wildcat Gym Big Sky Champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 1968–69 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1968–69 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Phil Johnson and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah. They were 25–2 in the regular season and 15–0 in conference play.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8mxYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EvgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5580%2C2515614 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Big Sky final standings March 10, 1969 16 For the second consecutive season, Weber State won the Big Sky title and played in the 25-team NCAA tournament. In the West regional at Las Cruces, New Mexico, they defeated Seattle by two points and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OZYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yXoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=892%2C1796627 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Ferguson George Weber State's prestige soars March 10, 1969 C1 against third-ranked Santa Clara. The Broncos won by four points in overtime,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=drZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fOkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7424%2C5182815 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press SC needs overtime to eliminate Weber March 14, 1969 20 and Weber won the third-place game over #12 New Mexico State by two.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MJYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yXoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=768%2C3386667 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Yengich Nick NCAA not moral victory for Weber's Wildcats March 17, 1969 6B Johnson had been an assistant coach at Weber under Dick Motta, his high school coach, who left to become head coach of the NBA's Chicago Bulls. After his third year as head coach of the Wildcats, Johnson joined Motta as an assistant in Chicago in 1971.https://www.si.com/vault/1971/10/25/613505/beware-little-big-man-is-here Sports Illustrated Deford Frank Frank Deford Beware, Little Big Man is here October 25, 1971 46 Postseason results yes no |- !colspan=9 style=Weber State Wildcats| NCAA Tournament Sat, March 8 7:05 pm yes yes no Seattle Pan American Center Las Cruces, New Mexico First round 75–73 26–2 12,140 Thu, March 13 yes yes no Santa Clara 3 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California Regional semifinal (Sweet 16) 59–63 OT 26–3 11,700 Sat, March 15 yes yes no New Mexico State 12 Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California Regional Third Place 58–56 27–3 11,190 no AP Poll Mountain time References 2 External links Sports Reference – Weber State Wildcats: 1968–69 basketball season 2015–16 Media Guide: 1968–69 season Category:Weber State Wildcats men's basketball seasons Weber State Weber State