Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by fourth-year head coach Neil McCarthy and played their home games on campus at Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah.
Weber State earned the Big Sky's automatic bid to the expanded 40-team NCAA tournament, where they were seeded seventh in the Midwest region, the first time the Big Sky representative was not in the West region.
The Wildcats met New Mexico State in the first round in Lawrence, Kansas; the Aggies won the previous meeting in December.
[8] This time the Wildcats prevailed in overtime,[9][10][11] but were stopped two days later by second-seeded Arkansas.
Guard Bruce Collins was a repeat selection, joined by forward David Johnson and center Richard Smith; both were on the previous season's second team.