Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Gene Visscher and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah.
[1] After Visscher abruptly resigned on Friday, January 24, fourth-year assistant Neil McCarthy took over as head coach.
The last was a 26-point road loss to independent Utah State in Logan on Wednesday, January 22.
[5][6] The USU Aggies were invited to the 32-team NCAA Tournament,[5] but were defeated in the first round by Big Sky champion Montana.
[7] Junior forward Jimmie Watts was named to the all-conference team for a second time; junior center Al DeWitt and senior forward Brad Tauscheck were honorable mention.