Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Adrian Buoncristiani and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington.
[1][2] Gonzaga was third in the regular season standings and qualified for the four-team conference tournament, hosted by Idaho State in Pocatello.
This was the Zags' sole appearance in the postseason while in the Big Sky, narrowly missing the next two conference tournaments.
They joined the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC, now WCC) in the summer of 1979, and its tourney debuted in 1987.
Senior forward Jim Grady was on the all-conference team, and center Willie Moss was honorable mention.