Английская Википедия:1976–77 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NCAA team season Шаблон:1976–77 Big Sky men's basketball standings The 1976–77 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1976–77 NCAA Division I basketball season. 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. They were Шаблон:Nowrap in the regular season and Шаблон:Nowrap in conference play.[1][2]

Gonzaga was third in the regular season standings and qualified for the four-team conference tournament, hosted by Idaho State in Pocatello.[1][3] The Bulldogs lost by a point in the semifinals to favored Шаблон:Nowrap ISU won the tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight, upsetting #2 UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen. It remains the best-ever showing in the NCAA tournament by a Big Sky team.

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.[4][5]

Postseason result

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References

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External links

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