They were overall in the regular season and in conference play , won the regular season title , and the conference tournament . The Wildcats appeared in the first five finals of the conference tournament ; this was the second of three consecutive titles . Weber State received an automatic bid to the expanded 40-team NCAA Tournament , where they were seeded seventh in the Midwest region , the first time the Big Sky representative was not in the West region . The Wildcats met New Mexico State in the first round in Lawrence , Kansas ; the Aggies won the previous meeting in December . This time the Wildcats prevailed in but were stopped two days later by second-seeded Arkansas
conference tournament
1979 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
1978–79 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team