American college basketball season
The 1982–83 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . Members of the Big Sky Conference , the Wildcats were led by eighth-year head coach Neil McCarthy and played their home games on campus at Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah .
The Wildcats were 21–7 overall in the regular season and 10–4 in conference play; co-champions with Nevada , who won the tiebreaker and gained the right to host the conference tournament .[ 1]
In the opening semifinal in Reno, Montana gave Weber State all they could handle, but fell short by a point.[ 2] In the final against host Nevada, the Wildcats won by nine points and advanced to the 52-team NCAA tournament .[ 3]
Seeded ninth in the West region , Weber State met Washington State in the first round in Boise ,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
No Wildcats were selected for the all-conference team; senior forward Royal Edwards was on the second team, and honorable mention went to guard John Price, forward Randy Worster, guard Greg Jones, and center Tom Heywood.[ 7] [ 8]
Postseason result
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Big Sky tournament
Fri, March 11 10:30 pm
(2)
vs. (3) Montana Semifinal W 54–53 22–7
Centennial Coliseum Reno, Nevada
Sat, March 12 8:30 pm
(2)
at (1) Nevada Final W 87–78 23–7
Centennial Coliseum (5,425)Reno, Nevada
NCAA tournament
Thu, March 17 *7:10 pm, CBS
(9W)
vs. (8W) Washington State First round L 52–62 23–8
BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Mountain time.
References
^ Sorenson, Mike (March 10, 1983). "Wildcats hope to continue hex over Montana" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 2D. ^ "Weber State nips Grizzlies" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). March 12, 1983. p. 15.^ "Weber State goes Sky-high" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). March 13, 1983. p. D1.^ Devlin, Vince (March 17, 1983). "Weber State coach is cocky – but he has a right to be" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. 25. ^ Robinson, Doug (March 18, 1983). "WSU hands Weber an early exit" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 4B. ^ Devlin, Vince (March 18, 1983). "Cougs earn a crack at Ralph" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. 25. ^ "Weber player top reserve" . Deseret News . (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. March 16, 1983. p. D1.^ "Big Sky: Kellerman, Smith, Hopson, and Arnold receive honors" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). March 16, 1983. p. 2C.
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