Western Basketball Association 1978-1979
# Western Basketball Association 1978-1979

La stagione WBA 1978-79 fu la prima e unica della Western Basketball Association. Parteciparono 7 squadre in un unico girone.

## Squadre partecipanti

* Fresno Stars
* Great Falls Sky
* Las Vegas Dealers
* Reno Bighorns
* S.L.C. Prospectors
* Tucson Gunners
* Wash. Lumberjacks

## Classifica

| Squadra | V | P | % | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Tucson Gunners C | 32 | 16 | 66,7 | - |
| Washington Lumberjacks | 29 | 19 | 60,4 | 3 |
| Reno Bighorns | 28 | 20 | 58,3 | 4 |
| Fresno Stars | 25 | 23 | 52,1 | 7 |
| Las Vegas Dealers | 24 | 24 | 50,0 | 8 |
| Salt Lake City Prospectors | 19 | 29 | 39,6 | 13 |
| Great Falls Sky | 11 | 37 | 22,9 | 21 |

### Tabellone

| Finale | Finale | Finale |
| - | - | - |
| Tucson | Tucson | 4 |
| Reno | Reno | 3 |

## Vincitore

* Campione WBA 1979
* Tucson Gunners (1º titolo)

## Premi WBA

* WBA Most Valuable Player: Jeff Cook
* WBA Coach of the Year: Herb Brown
* All-WBA First Team
   * Al Smith, Tucson Gunners
   * Walter Jordan, Washington Lumberjacks
   * Jeff Cook, Washington Lumberjacks
   * Del Beshore, Fresno Stars
   * Willie Smith, Las Vegas Dealers
* All-WBA Second Team
   * Randy Ayers, Reno Bighorns
   * Jackie Robinson, Las Vegas Dealers
   * Major Jones, Fresno Stars
   * Brad Davis, Great Falls Sky
   * Jim Boylan, Tucson Gunners
* All-WBA Third Team
   * Greg Bunch, Las Vegas Dealers
   * Bob Carrington, Tucson Gunners
   * Roger Brown, Tucson Gunners
   * Louie Nelson, Washington Lumberjacks
   * Gus Bailey, Reno Bighorns
   * Sam Smith, Salt Lake City Prospectors
