1966–67 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

1966–67 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
1966–67 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Big Sky Co-champions
Conference	Big Sky Conference
1966–67 record	21–6 (7–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Hank Anderson (16th season);
Home arena	Kennedy Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University during the 1966–67 NCAA University Division basketball season. In the fourth season of the Big Sky Conference, the Bulldogs were led by sixteenth-year head coach Hank Anderson and played their home games on campus at Kennedy Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. They were 21–6 overall and 7–3 in conference play.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Gonzaga repeated as co-champions of the Big Sky, this time with Montana State;^[1]^[2]^[3] the conference did not yet have an automatic berth to the 23-team NCAA Tournament,^[4] which came the next year. The 14-team National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was not interested in either team, and without a post-season berth on the line, no playoff was held.^[4]

Senior center Gary Lechman led the Big Sky in points, field goal percentage, and rebounding, while Gonzaga led in the team statistics.^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Zags gain share of Big Sky title". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 6, 1967. p. 17.
^ ^a ^b "Zag seniors end career with share of Big Sky title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 6, 1967. p. 11.
^ ^a ^b "Zags-Bobcats tie". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. March 6, 1967. p. 6B.
^ ^a ^b Sheya, Norm (March 7, 1967). "Big Sky, big sigh". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). (opinion). p. D2.
^ "Gary, Zags dominate final stats". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 8, 1967. p. 10.

External links[]

Sports Reference – Gonzaga Bulldogs: 1966–67 basketball season

[bscdrs-1] "Zags gain share of Big Sky title". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 6, 1967. p. 17.

[zsecar-2] "Zag seniors end career with share of Big Sky title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 6, 1967. p. 11.

[zgbcti-3] "Zags-Bobcats tie". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. March 6, 1967. p. 6B.

[bsbsi-4] Sheya, Norm (March 7, 1967). "Big Sky, big sigh". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). (opinion). p. D2.

[gyzgs-5] "Gary, Zags dominate final stats". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 8, 1967. p. 10.

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1966–67 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	7	–	3	.700	21	–	6	.778
Montana State	7	–	3	.700	15	–	11	.577
Weber State	5	–	5	.500	18	–	7	.720
Idaho	5	–	5	.500	15	–	12	.556
Idaho State	5	–	5	.500	11	–	16	.407
Montana	1	–	9	.100	7	–	17	.292

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