Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by second-year head coach Phil Johnson and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah.
In the West regional at nearby Provo, they met Jerry Tarkanian's Long Beach State 49ers in the first round and lost by 19 points.
[2][3] Junior forward Willie Sojourner was a unanimous selection to the all-conference team, joined by senior guard Sessions Harlan.
[4] Sojourner was an honorable mention AP All-American twice and was All-Big Sky for three consecutive seasons.
After the following season, Johnson became an assistant in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls under Dick Motta, whom he had played for in high school in Idaho and coached under at Weber.