| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1971–72 |
| Prev Year: | 1970–71 |
| Next Year: | 1972–73 |
| Team: | Montana Grizzlies |
| Conference: | Big Sky Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Sky |
| Record: | 14 - 11 |
| Conf Record: | 7 - 7 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
The 1971–72 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 1971–72 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Charter members of the Big Sky Conference, the Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Jud Heathcote and played their home games on campus at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana. They finished the regular season at 14–11, with a 7–7 conference record.[1]
The Big Sky conference tournament debuted four years later, in 1976.
Heathcote, an assistant at Washington State under Marv Harshman, was hired in March 1971.[2] [3]