1965–66 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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|mode=Basketball

|year=1965–66

|team=Weber State Wildcats

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|conference=Big Sky Conference

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|short_conf=Big Sky

|record=20–5

|conf_record=8–2

|head_coach=Dick Motta

|hc_year = 6th

|asst_coach1=Phil Johnson

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|mvp=

|stadium=Wildcat Gym

|champion=Big Sky Co-champions

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{{1965–66 Big Sky men's basketball standings}}

The 1965–66 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State College during the 1965–66 NCAA University Division basketball season. In the third season of the Big Sky Conference, the Wildcats were led by sixth-year head coach Dick Motta and played their home games on campus at Wildcat Gym in Ogden, Utah. They were {{nowrap|20–5}} overall and {{nowrap|8–2}} in conference play.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fd9YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7090%2C1506858 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Big Sky final standings |date=March 7, 1966|page=16}}

Weber State and Gonzaga were co-champions of the Big Sky;{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oZcJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eEkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7115%2C1389054 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Livingood |first=Jay |title=Weber rips Montana, shares Big Sky title |date=March 7, 1966 |page=6B}} it did not yet have an automatic berth to the 22-team NCAA tournament, which came two years later. The conference tournament was a full decade away.