1965–66 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

1965–66 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
1965–66 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Big Sky Co-champions
Conference	Big Sky Conference
1965–66 record	19–7 (8–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Hank Anderson (15th season);
Home arena	Kennedy Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. In the third season of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by fifteenth-year head coach Hank Anderson and played their home games on campus at the new Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 19–7 overall and 8–2 in conference play.^[1]^[2]

Gonzaga and Weber State were co-champions of the Big Sky;^[3]^[4] it did not yet have an automatic berth to the 22-team NCAA Tournament, which came two years later.

References[]

^ "Big Sky final standings". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 7, 1966. p. 16.
^ Missildine, Harry (March 7, 1966). "Zags battle from behind, grab season-ending win". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 10.
^ "Weber catches Zags-- and it's all over". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 7, 1966. p. 10.
^ Livingood, Jay (March 7, 1966). "Weber rips Montana, shares Big Sky title". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 6B.

1965–66 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Weber State	8	–	2	.800	20	–	5	.800
Gonzaga	8	–	2	.800	19	–	7	.731
Montana	6	–	5	.545	14	–	10	.583
Montana State	5	–	5	.500	7	–	15	.318
Idaho	2	–	8	.200	12	–	14	.462
Idaho State	1	–	9	.100	7	–	19	.269

v t Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	(1907–1958) Spokane Coliseum (1958–1965, 1979–1980) Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1965–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present) Spokane Arena (alternate, 1995–present)
Rivalries	Saint Mary's Washington Idaho (dormant)
Culture & lore	Spike the Bulldog ""
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics