The Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team is the basketball team representing

Weber State University Weber State University (pronounced ) is a public university in Ogden, Utah, United States. It was founded in 1889 as Weber Stake Academy and earned its current name in 1991. As of fall 2023, the student population reached 30,536 students, cons ...

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. The program is classified in the

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and is a member of the

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. The team last played in the

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. The Wildcats are currently coached by Eric Duft. ''

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'' ranked Weber State 51st in its 2005 list of the 100 greatest college basketball programs of all time, while

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placed the program 116th in his 2009 all-time rankings in the ''ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia''. With a winning percentage of .630, the Wildcats have the 27th highest winning percentage in Division I college basketball through the end of the 2018–19 season.

Season by season records

''Updated through end of 2023–24 season''

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Wildcats have appeared in 16 NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 6–17. Two of those wins are among the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history. In

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, No. 14-seeded Weber State upset third-seeded

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. In

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, led by Harold Arceneaux, the Wildcats, again a No. 14 seed, faced perennial powerhouse

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in the first round in

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. North Carolina was making its 25th consecutive NCAA appearance and had been to the Final Four two years in a row. The Wildcats were heavy underdogs against the Tar Heels, but controlled the game, leading for most of the second half. North Carolina had no answer for Arceneaux, who scored from everywhere on the floor and finished with 36 points (20 in the second half). Weber State led by 10 points with 3:59 left in the game, and went on to win 76–74. They were the first team to defeat the Tar Heels in the first round since first-round byes were eliminated in 1985. The Wildcats pushed

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to overtime in the second round before losing 82–74. These were the deepest tournament runs by a Big Sky team since Idaho advanced to the Sweet 16 in 1982.

NIT results

The Wildcats have appeared in three

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s (NIT), with a combined record of 1–3.

CBI results

The Wildcats have appeared in one College Basketball Invitational (CBI) and lost their opening game.

CIT results

The Wildcats have appeared in three CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournaments (CIT), with a combined record of 6–3. They advanced to the championship game in 2013.

Honors and accolades

Retired numbers

Weber State players in the NBA/ABA

The following former Wildcats have appeared in at least one NBA or ABA game: *

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(C), 2008 * Larry Bergh (F), 1970 * Joel Bolomboy (F), 2017–2018 * Bob Davis (F), 1973 * Eddie Gill (G), 2001–2009 * Dillon Jones (F) 2025-present *

Damian Lillard Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr. (born July 15, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Dame Time", he played college basketball for the Weber State Wi ...

(G), 2013–present * Wat Misaka (G), 1948 *

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(G), 1997 * Willie Sojourner (F), 1971–1975 (ABA) * Dan Sparks (F), 1969-1970 *

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(G), 1970–1974

References

External links

* {{Big Sky Conference men's basketball navbox