1978–79 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

1978–79 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

Idaho Vandals men's basketball
1978–79 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
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Conference	Big Sky Conference
1978–79 record	11–15 (4–10 Big Sky)
Head coach	Don Monson (1st year)
Home arena	Kibbie Dome
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The 1978–79 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1978–79 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Members of the Big Sky Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year head coach Don Monson and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. They were 11–15 overall and 4–10 in conference play.^[1]^[2]^[3]

After four seasons with last place finishes in the conference, Jim Jarvis resigned as head coach in June 1978 under recurring allegations^[4]^[5] of illegal recruiting.^[6]^[7]^[8] The program had been placed on probation for one year in January, resulting in a reprimand for Jarvis and his assistant coach by the university.^[5]^[9]^[10]

Jarvis was succeeded in August by alumnus Monson, an assistant at Michigan State,^[7] who had significantly greater success. Although the Vandals were again in the cellar in 1979, he led Idaho to a conference title in 1981 and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 1982.

References

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External links

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1978–79 basketball season
Gem of the Mountains: 1979 University of Idaho yearbook – 1978–79 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1979 editions

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1978–79 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Weber State	10	–	4	.714	25	–	9	.735
Northern Arizona	8	–	6	.571	14	–	14	.500
Idaho State	8	–	6	.571	14	–	13	.519
Montana	7	–	7	.500	14	–	13	.519
Gonzaga	7	–	7	.500	16	–	10	.615
Montana State	6	–	8	.429	15	–	11	.577
Boise State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	15	.423
Idaho	4	–	10	.286	11	–	15	.423

Rankings from AP Poll

v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976) Cowan Spectrum (1976–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Notable players
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 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 1999–00 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

1978–79 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

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