| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Gonzaga Bulldogs |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Coachrank: | 2 |
| Aprank: | 2 |
| Record: | 37–2 |
| Conf Record: | 17–1 |
| Head Coach: | Mark Few |
| Hc Year: | 18th |
| Asst Coach1: | Tommy Lloyd |
| Ac1 Year: | 16th |
| Asst Coach2: | Donny Daniels |
| Ac2 Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach3: | Brian Michaelson |
| Ac3 Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | McCarthey Athletic Center |
| Champion: | NCAA tournament, Runner-up WCC regular season and tournament champions AdvoCare Invitational champions |
| Bowl: | National Championship Game |
| Bowl Result: | L 65-71 vs. North Carolina |
The 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Few, who was in his 18th season as head coach. The team played its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Washington. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) played in their 37th season as a member of the West Coast Conference.
The 2016–17 season was arguably the greatest season in Gonzaga's 109-year basketball history. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 32–1 record, only blemished by a loss to BYU on February 25. They finished ranked second in the AP Poll, the highest final national ranking in school history prior to the 2020–21 season. They won both the West Coast Conference regular season and tournament championships, and advanced to the first NCAA National Championship game in the school's history—the deepest NCAA Tournament run for a WCC team since San Francisco advanced to its third consecutive Final Four in 1957. With a victory over South Carolina in the regional semifinal, the Bulldogs tied the NCAA Division I record for the second-most wins in a season. They lost in the NCAA National Championship game to North Carolina.
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; the Bulldogs have sequentially earned a place in this tournament for the past 18 years. 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.
The Bulldogs were picked to finish first in the WCC preseason poll.[1] Przemek Karnowski and Josh Perkins were selected to the All-WCC preseason team.
The Bulldogs were ranked No. 14 in the preseason AP poll and No. 13 in the preseason Coaches Poll.
| Name | Position | Year at Gonzaga | Alma Mater (year) | Reason for Departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Trainer | 17th | Washington State (1998) | Left team | ||
| Video Coordinator | 2nd | Gonzaga (2012) | Assistant coach at Colorado College | ||
| Special Assistant to the Head Coach | 1st | Navy (1987) | Left team |
| Name | Position | Year at Gonzaga | Alma Mater (year) | Previous Job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Assistant to the Head Coach | 1st | Seattle Pacific (1982) | Associate Head Coach at Montana | ||
| Graduate Assistant | 1st | Long Beach State (2014) | Graduate Assistant at Long Beach State | ||
| Athletic Trainer | 1st | Washington State (2007) | Assistant Athletic Trainer at Oregon State baseball |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | G | 184 | (Redshirt) | Austin, TX | Graduated | |||
| 33 | F | 243 | (Redshirt) | Graduated | ||||
| 3 | G | 203 | (Redshirt) | Nampa, ID | Graduated | |||
| 11 | F | 240 | Kaunas, Lithuania | Entered the 2016 NBA draft |
| Name | Position | Year at Gonzaga | Alma Mater (year) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Few | Head coach | 18th | Oregon (1987) | |
| Tommy Lloyd | Associate Head Coach | 16th | Whitman (1998) | |
| Donny Daniels | Assistant coach | 7th | Cal State Fullerton (1976) | |
| Brian Michaelson | Assistant coach | 4th | Gonzaga (2005) | |
| Ken Bone | Special Assistant to the Head Coach | 1st | Seattle Pacific (1982) | |
| Ken Nakagawa | Graduate Assistant | 1st | Long Beach State (2014) | |
| John Jakus | Director of Basketball Operations | 3rd | Trinity International (1999) | |
| Riccardo Fois | Director of Analytics | 3rd | Pepperdine (2009) | |
| Josh Therrien | Athletic Trainer | 1st | Washington State (2007) | |
| Travis Knight | Strength & Conditioning Coach | 11th | Gonzaga (2000) |
Gonzaga's non-conference schedule included a matchup with Washington[9] as well as neutral court games against Tennessee (in Nashville)[10] and Arizona (in Los Angeles).[11] The Zags were invited to play in the AdvoCare Invitational in Florida, where they ultimately played against Quinnipiac, Florida, and Iowa State.[12] Gonzaga played 18 conference games (home-and-home) within a nine-week span, beginning on December 29, 2016.[13] The Zags also played in and won the single-elimination WCC Tournament, which took place March 2–7, 2017 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. This year's tournament was the first under a new 3-year contract with that venue.[14] [15]
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See main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings