The 1972–73 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented
Weber State College during the 1972–73 NCAA University Division basketball season. Members of the
Big Sky Conference, the
Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Gene Visscher and played their home games on campus at
Wildcat Gym in
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately east of the Great Salt Lake and north of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,321 in 2020, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's eighth ...
. They were in the regular season and in conference play.
The
conference tournament was three years away, and for the sixth consecutive season, Weber State won the Big Sky title and played in the 25-team
NCAA tournament. In the
West regional at nearby
Logan
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, they met
Jerry Tarkanian's fourth-ranked
Long Beach State 49ers in the first round for the third time in the four years.
The Wildcats led by two points at the half, but lost by a dozen.
Weber's next NCAA appearance was five years later in
1978
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.
Senior center Rich Cooper and senior guard Brady Small were named to the all-conference team; junior guard Dan Dion and senior forward Ken Gubler were on the second team.
Postseason result
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NCAA tournament
References
External links
Sports Reference– Weber State Wildcats: 1972–73 basketball season
2015–16 Media Guide: 1972–73 season
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