The 1971–72 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the
University of Montana during the 1971–72 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Charter members of the
Big Sky Conference, the Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach
Jud Heathcote
George Melvin "Jud" Heathcote (May 27, 1927 – August 28, 2017) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a college basketball head coach for 24 seasons: five at the University of Montana and nineteen at Michigan State University H ...
and played their home games on campus at
Dahlberg Arena
Dahlberg Arena is a 7,321-seat multi-purpose arena in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Montana in Missoula. The arena opened in 1953 and is home to the Montana Grizzlies and Lady Griz basketball teams. It ...
in
Missoula, Montana. They finished the regular season at 14–11, with a 7–7 conference record.
The Big Sky
conference tournament debuted four years later, in
1976
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Heathcote, an assistant at
Washington State under
Marv Harshman
Marvel Keith Harshman (October 4, 1917 – April 12, 2013) was a college basketball coach, a head coach for forty years in the state of Washington at Pacific Lutheran University, Washington State University, and the University of Washington. ...
, was hired in March 1971.
References
External links
Sports Reference– Montana Grizzlies: 1971–72 basketball season
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