Sport: | basketball |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Team: | Gonzaga Bulldogs |
Conference: | West Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | WCC |
Coachrank: | 2 |
Aprank: | 2 |
Record: | 31–2 |
Conf Record: | 15–1 |
Head Coach: | Mark Few |
Hc Year: | 21st |
Asst Coach1: | Tommy Lloyd |
Ac1 Year: | 19th |
Asst Coach2: | Brian Michaelson |
Ac2 Year: | 7th |
Asst Coach3: | Roger Powell Jr. |
Ac3 Year: | 1st |
Arena: | McCarthey Athletic Center |
Champion: | WCC regular season and tournament champions |
The 2019–20 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team (also informally referred to as the Zags) represented Gonzaga University, located in Spokane, Washington, in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Few, in his 21st season as head coach. This was the Bulldogs' 16th season at the on-campus McCarthey Athletic Center and 40th season as a member of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 31–2, 15–1 in WCC play to be WCC regular season champions. They defeated San Francisco and Saint Mary's to be champions of the WCC tournament. They earned the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However, all postseason play, including the NCAA Tournament, was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, making this season the first one under Mark Few that they did not play in the NCAA Tournament.
See main article: 2018–19 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team.
The Bulldogs team finished the 2018–19 season 33–4, 16–0 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season championship. After losing to Saint Mary's in the WCC tournament, they received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Fairleigh Dickinson in the Round of 64, Baylor in the Round of 32, and then Florida State in the Sweet Sixteen, before losing to Texas Tech in the Elite Eight.
Name | Position | Year at Gonzaga | Alma Mater (year) | Reason for Departure | |
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Assistant coach | 9th | Cal State Fullerton (1976) | Director of player development at Utah | ||
Coordinator of Analytics & Video Operations | 5th | Pepperdine (2009) | Player Development Coach at Phoenix Suns | ||
Director of Basketball Operations | 2nd | Gonzaga (2006) | Assistant coach at Illinois |
Name | Position | Year at Gonzaga | Alma Mater (year) | Previous Job | |
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Director of Basketball Operations | 2nd | Florida Atlantic (2011) | Graduate Assistant at Gonzaga | ||
Roger Powell Jr. | Assistant coach | 1st | Illinois (2005) | Assistant coach at Vanderbilt | |
Graduate Assistant | 1st | Gonzaga (2015) | Pro Basketball Player at Aris Thessaloniki |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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F | 213 | (Redshirt) | San Antonio, TX | Graduated | ||||
G | 190 | (Redshirt) | Park Hill, CO | Graduated | ||||
G | 185 | (Redshirt) | Minneapolis, MN | Graduated | ||||
F | 215 | (Redshirt) | Phoenix, AZ | Declared for 2019 NBA draft; selected 21st overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder[1] | ||||
G | 180 | (Redshirt) | San Diego, CA | Graduated | ||||
G | 205 | (Redshirt) | Overland Park, KS | Left team | ||||
F | 230 | Toyama, Japan | Declared for 2019 NBA draft; selected 9th overall by the Washington Wizards[2] | |||||
G | 205 | (Redshirt) | Chicago, IL | Declared for 2019 NBA draft; undrafted | ||||
G | 195 | Milwaukee, WI | Transferred to Saint Joseph's | |||||
G | 160 | Boise, ID | Transferred to San Diego |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | Years Remaining | Date Eligible | |
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G | 200 | (Redshirt) | Dallas, TX | Texas A&M | 1 | Oct. 1, 2019[3] | ||||
G | 175 | (Redshirt) | Mansfield, TX | North Texas | 1 | Oct. 1, 2019[4] | ||||
G | 180 | Eugene, OR | Lane CC | 3 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Name | Position | Year at Gonzaga | Alma Mater (year) | |
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Mark Few | Head coach | 21st | Oregon (1987) | |
Tommy Lloyd | Associate head coach | 19th | Whitman (1998) | |
Brian Michaelson | Assistant coach | 7th | Gonzaga (2005) | |
Roger Powell Jr. | Assistant coach | 1st | Illinois (2005) | |
Jorge Sanz | Director of Basketball Operations | 2nd | Florida Atlantic (2011) | |
Gary Bell | Graduate Assistant | 1st | Gonzaga (2015) | |
Ken Nakagawa | Video coordinator | 4th | Long Beach State (2014) | |
Josh Therrien | Athletic Trainer | 4th | Washington State (2007) | |
Travis Knight | Strength and Conditioning Coach | 14th | Gonzaga (2000) |
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See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.