The 1965–66 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented

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during the 1965–66 NCAA University Division basketball season. In the third season of the

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, the

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were led by sixth-year head coach

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and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in

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. They were overall and in conference play. Weber State and Gonzaga were co-champions of the Big Sky; it did not yet have an automatic berth to the 22-team NCAA tournament, which came two years later. The conference tournament was a full decade away.

References

External links

Sports Reference
– Weber State Wildcats: 1965–66 basketball season
2015–16 Media Guide: 1965–66 season
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Weber State Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. History Weber State University was founded ...