2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

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Conference West Coast Conference AP No. 4 Head coach Mark Few (18th year)		Coaches No. 1 2016–17 record 29–1 (17–1 WCC)

Assistant coach Tommy Lloyd (16th year)

The 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by head coach Mark Few, who is in his 18th season as head coach. The team plays its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Washington. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) are playing in their 37th season as a member of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Bulldogs team finished the 2015–16 season 28–8, 15–3 in WCC play to earn a share for the WCC regular season championship. They defeated Portland, BYU, and Saint Mary's to win the WCC Tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a No. 11 seed, they defeated No. 6 seed Seton Hall and No. 3 seed Utah to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to No. 10 seed and eventual Final Four participant Syracuse.

Preseason

The Bulldogs were picked to finish first in the WCC preseason poll. Przemek Karnowski and Josh Perkins were selected to the All-WCC preseason team.

The Bulldogs were ranked No. 14 in the preaseason AP poll and No. 13 in the preseason Coaches Poll.

Roster

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

Przemek Karnowski received a medical hardship waiver and decided to play his final season of eligibility at Gonzaga in 2016–17. He played the first five games for the Zags, but due to back problems, which eventually forced him to undergo surgery, he missed the rest of the season.

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.

Jacob Larsen suffered a knee injury in a preseason practice that will keep him out for the entire 2016–17 season.

Schedule and results

Gonzaga's non-conference schedule includes a matchup with Washington as well as neutral court games against Tennessee (in Nashville) and Arizona (in Los Angeles). The Zags were invited to play in the AdvoCare Invitational, where they will play against 3 the following in Florida: Florida, Indiana State, Iowa State, Miami (FL), Quinnipiac, Seton Hall, and Stanford. Gonzaga will play 18 conference games (home-and-home) within a nine-week span, beginning on December 29, 2016. The Zags will play in the single-elimination WCC Tournament, which takes place March 2–7, 2017 in a new 3-year contract at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

Notes

References

2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team Wikipedia

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