1977–78 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

1977–78 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana	12	–	2	.857	20	–	8	.714
Idaho State	11	–	3	.786	16	–	10	.615
Weber State †	9	–	5	.643	19	–	10	.655
Boise State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	14	.481
Gonzaga	7	–	7	.500	14	–	15	.483
Northern Arizona	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
Montana State	3	–	11	.214	9	–	17	.346
Idaho	1	–	13	.071	4	–	22	.154

† Big Sky Conference tournament winner

The 1977–78 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by sixth-year head coach Adrian Buoncristiani and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 14–15 in the regular season and 7–7 in conference play.^[1]^[2]

Gonzaga was fifth in the regular season standings and did not qualify for the four-team conference tournament.

Weeks after the conclusion of the season, Buoncristiani was encouraged to resign in April, days before letter of intent signing day.^[3]^[4] He was succeeded by Dan Fitzgerald, a former GU assistant during ABC's first two years with the Bulldogs and a teammate from high school (St. Ignatius) in San Francisco.

References

^ "College basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 27, 1978. p. 4B.
^ "College cage standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 7, 1978. p. 17.
^ Van Sickel, Charlie (April 7, 1978). "Gonzaga fires cage coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 29.
^ Van Sickel, Charlie (April 8, 1978). "Win battle, lose war". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 12.

External links

Sports Reference – Gonzaga Bulldogs: 1977–78 basketball season

[ergfmcbst-1] "College basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 27, 1978. p. 4B.

[cbbssrv-2] "College cage standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 7, 1978. p. 17.

[gfccvs-3] Van Sickel, Charlie (April 7, 1978). "Gonzaga fires cage coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 29.

[wblw-4] Van Sickel, Charlie (April 8, 1978). "Win battle, lose war". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. 12.

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