Английская Википедия:2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox NCAA team season Шаблон:2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings The 2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Few, who was in his 19th season as head coach. The team played its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Washington. This was the Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) 38th season as a member of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 32–5, 17–1 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season championship. They defeated Loyola Marymount, San Francisco and BYU to become champions of the WCC tournament. They received the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated UNC Greensboro and Ohio State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Florida State.

The last weeks of the season were played against the backdrop of a potential Gonzaga move to the Mountain West Conference (MW), first publicly reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune on February 28, 2018. MW commissioner Craig Thompson told the newspaper that the league had discussed expansion with six schools, with Gonzaga the only school he specifically named. Thompson added that Gonzaga could potentially join as a full but non-football member as early as the 2018–19 school year. A later Union-Tribune report indicated that talks were advanced enough that the conference's presidents planned a vote on an invitation to Gonzaga during the MW men's and women's basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, but decided to delay the vote until after the Final Four. However, before the MW's planned vote, Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth notified both conferences that Gonzaga would remain in the WCC for the immediate future.

Previous season

The Bulldogs team finished the 2016–17 season 37–2, 17–1 in WCC play. The season was arguably the greatest season in Gonzaga's 109-year basketball history. The Bulldogs finished with a 32–1 regular season record and did not lose a game until February. They finished ranked second in the final AP Poll, the highest final national ranking in school history. They won both the WCC regular season and tournament championships. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and a received a No. 1 seed in the West region. They advanced to the first NCAA National Championship game in the school's history—the deepest run for a WCC team since San Francisco advanced to its third consecutive Final Four in 1957, and also the deepest run by any Division I school without a football team since Seton Hall made the championship game in 1989. With a victory over South Carolina in the national semifinal, the Bulldogs tied the NCAA Division I record for the second-most wins in a season. Their run ended in the NCAA National Championship game, where they lost to North Carolina.

Offseason

Coaching changes

Departures

Name	Position	Year at Gonzaga	Alma Mater (year)	Reason for Departure
Шаблон:Sortname	Director of Basketball Operations	3rd	Trinity International (1999)	Assistant coach at Baylor
Шаблон:Sortname	Special Assistant to the head coach	1st	Seattle Pacific (1982)	Associate head coach at Pepperdine

Additions to staff

Name	Position	Year at Gonzaga	Alma Mater (year)	Previous Job
Шаблон:Sortname	Director of Basketball Operations	1st	Gonzaga (2006)	Director of player development at Oklahoma State

Player departures

Johnathan Williams had entered the NBA draft but did not hire an agent, giving him the option to return to Gonzaga. He withdrew from the draft on May 24, the last day he could have done so to retain NCAA eligibility.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	C	Шаблон:Sort	300	Шаблон:Sort (Redshirt)	Toruń, Poland	Graduated
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	G	Шаблон:Sort	173	Шаблон:Sort (Redshirt)	Longview, WA	Graduated
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	G	Шаблон:Sort	203	Шаблон:Sort	San Francisco, CA	Completed athletic eligibility; graduated from California in 2016
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	G	Шаблон:Sort	195	Шаблон:Sort (Redshirt)	Happy Valley, OR	Graduated; declared for 2017 NBA draft; selected 55th overall by the Utah Jazz
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	C	Шаблон:Sort	295	Шаблон:Sort (Redshirt)	Kalispell, MT	Graduated; transferred to Portland State
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	G	Шаблон:Sort	180	Шаблон:Sort (Redshirt)	Vancouver, BC	Graduated; transferred to Western Oregon
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	G	Шаблон:Sort	198	Шаблон:Sort (Redshirt)	Northridge, CA	Graduated; transferred to Long Beach State
Шаблон:Sortname	Шаблон:Nts	C	Шаблон:Sort	230	Шаблон:Sort	Las Vegas, NV	Declared for 2017 NBA draft; selected 10th overall by the Sacramento Kings

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Years Remaining	Date Eligible
Шаблон:Sortname	F	Шаблон:Sort	210	Шаблон:Sort	Phoenix, AZ	San Jose State	2	Oct. 1, 2018
Шаблон:Sortname	G	Шаблон:Sort	205	Шаблон:Sort	Overland Park, KS	Johnson County CC	3	Oct. 1, 2017

2017 returning missionaries

Jesse Wade graduated high school in 2015, but before enrolling in college at Gonzaga, he left for a 2-year LDS mission in Lyon, France, and will arrive on campus as a freshman in Fall 2017. Шаблон:College athlete recruit start Шаблон:College athlete recruit entry Шаблон:College athlete recruit end

Roster

• Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Gonzaga	Alma Mater (year)
Mark Few	Head coach	19th	Oregon (1987)
Tommy Lloyd	Associate head coach	17th	Whitman (1998)
Donny Daniels	Assistant coach	8th	Cal State Fullerton (1976)
Brian Michaelson	Assistant coach	5th	Gonzaga (2005)
Ken Nakagawa	Graduate Assistant	2nd	Long Beach State (2014)
Stephen Gentry	Director of Basketball Operations	1st	Gonzaga (2006)
Riccardo Fois	Director of Analytics	4th	Pepperdine (2009)
Josh Therrien	Athletic Trainer	2nd	Washington State (2007)
Travis Knight	Strength and Conditioning Coach	12th	Gonzaga (2000)

Schedule and results

Gonzaga's non-conference schedule includes matchups with Washington and San Diego State on the road. Gonzaga hosted Creighton, Texas Southern, and Incarnate Word at home. Gonzaga battled Villanova on a neutral court at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic. The Zags were invited to play in the PK80: Phil Knight Invitational, where they played against Florida, Ohio State, and Texas. The Zags played in the single-elimination WCC Tournament, which took place in March 2018 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

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Rankings

Шаблон:Ranking movements ^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

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