2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

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2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
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NIT Season Tip-Off champions
WCC regular season & tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches #6
AP #7
2014–15 record 35–3 (17–1 WCC)
Head coach Mark Few (16th year)
Assistant coach Tommy Lloyd (14th year)
Assistant coach Donny Daniels (5th year)
Assistant coach Brian Michaelson (2nd year)
Home arena McCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons
« 2013–14 2015–16 »
2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#7 Gonzaga † 17 – 1   .944     35 – 3   .921
BYU 13 – 5   .722     25 – 10   .714
Saint Mary's 13 – 5   .722     21 – 10   .677
Pepperdine 10 – 8   .556     18 – 14   .563
San Diego 8 – 10   .444     15 – 16   .484
Portland 7 – 11   .389     17 – 16   .515
Santa Clara 7 – 11   .389     14 – 18   .438
San Francisco 7 – 11   .389     14 – 18   .438
Pacific 4 – 14   .222     12 – 19   .387
Loyola Marymount 4 – 14   .222     8 – 23   .258
† 2015 West Coast Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Few, who was in his 16th season as head coach. The team played its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center, which has a capacity of 6,000. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) were playing in their 35th season as a member of the West Coast Conference. The Zags were predicted to finish atop of the conference by the West Coast Conference Preseason Poll.[1] The Zags finished in first place in the West Coast Conference Standings for the 18th time with a 17-1 conference record after BYU defeated the Zags in the regular season finale, snapping the nation's longest active home winning streak of 41 games, as well as Gonzaga's school record 22-game winning streak.[2] The Bulldogs then went on to beat BYU in the West Coast Conference Tournament, and claimed their 14th WCC tournament title, along with punching their 18th ticket to the NCAA Tournament.[3] Gonzaga entered the 2015 NCAA Tournament as a #2 seed in the South region, and dismantled #15 seed North Dakota State,[4] #7 seed Iowa,[5] and #11 seed UCLA,[6] to gain its second trip to the Elite Eight, as well as Mark Few's first as head coach. The Zags then fell to #1 seed (and eventual national champion) Duke, and finished the season with a 35–3 record, which were the most wins in school history.[7]

Previous season

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Main article: 2013-14 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2013-14 Gonzaga Bulldogs team were predicted to finish atop of the conference by the West Coast Conference Preseason Poll.[8] The Zags finished in first place in the West Coast Conference Standings for the 17th time with a 15-3 conference record.[9] The Bulldogs then went on to beat BYU in the West Coast Conference Tournament, and claimed their 13th WCC tournament title, along with punching their 17th ticket to the NCAA Tournament.[10] The team drew an eight seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, where they outlasted ninth-seed Oklahoma State in the round of 64, 85-77,[11] but then lost to Arizona in the round of 32, 84-61.[12] The Zags finished the season with an overall record of 29-7, including a perfect 15-0 record at home.

Preseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Sam Dower 35 C 6'9" 243 Senior (Redshirt) Brooklyn Park, MN Graduated
David Stockton 11 G 5'11" 165 Senior (Redshirt) Spokane, WA Graduated
Drew Barham 43 F 6'7" 200 Senior (Redshirt) Memphis, TN Graduated
Brian Bhaskar 22 G 6'2" 185 Senior Monterey, CA Graduated
Gerard Coleman 0 G 6'4" 170 Junior (Redshirt) Boston, MA Transferred to Georgetown (KY)[13]
Luke Meikle 21 F 6'9" 203 Freshman Tacoma, WA Transferred to Cal Poly[14]
Leo Roese 23 G 6'3" 184 Freshman São Paulo, Brazil Left Team

Incoming transfers

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous
School		 Years
Remaining		 Date
Eligible
Byron Wesley G 6'5" 210 Senior Rancho Cucamonga, CA USC 1 Oct. 1, 2014[15]
Eric McClellan G 6'4" 180 Junior (Redshirt) Austin, TX Vanderbilt 1.5 Jan. 6, 2015[16][17]

2014 recruiting class

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Silas Melson[18]
SG		 Portland, OR Jefferson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jun 18, 2013 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 73
Josh Perkins[19]
PG		 Park Hill, CO Huntington Prep 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Aug 24, 2013 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 86
Bryan Alberts[20]
SG		 Northridge, CA Village Christian 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Oct 28, 2013 
Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 70
Domantas Sabonis[21]
PF		 Kaunas, Lithuania Sunny View School 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Apr 17, 2014 
Scout: N/A   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A  247Sports: #14  ESPN: N/A
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

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2015 recruiting class

Roster

2014–15 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year High school/previous college Home town
G 5 Gary Bell, Jr. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Sr Kentridge Kent, WA
G 4 Kevin Pangos 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Sr Denison Secondary Newmarket, ON
G 22 Byron Wesley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Sr Etiwanda
USC		 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
G 21 Eric McClellan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) RS Jr Austin
Vanderbilt
Tulsa		 Austin, TX
F 33 Kyle Wiltjer 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Jr Jesuit
Kentucky		 Portland, OR
F 2 Angel Nunez 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 202 lb (92 kg) RS Jr Notre Dame Prep
Louisville		 Bronx, NY
G 3 Kyle Dranginis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) RS Jr Skyview Nampa, ID
C 24 Przemek Karnowski 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 288 lb (131 kg) Jr Nicolaus Copernicus
Siarka Jezioro Tarnobrzeg		 Toruń, Poland
G 15 Rem Bakamus (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 167 lb (76 kg) RS So Mark Morris Longview, WA
G 14 Connor Griffin (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 212 lb (96 kg) So Lake Oswego Lake Oswego, OR
C 25 Ryan Edwards Current redshirt 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 294 lb (133 kg) So Glacier Kalispell, MT
G 55 Dustin Triano (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS Fr New Hampton School Vancouver, BC
G 0 Silas Melson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Fr Jefferson Portland, OR
F 11 Domantas Sabonis 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Fr Sunny View School
Unicaja Málaga		 Kaunas, Lithuania
G 13 Josh Perkins Injured Current redshirt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Fr Huntington Prep Park Hill, CO
G 10 Bryan Alberts Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Village Christian Northridge, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 18, 2015
  • Ryan Edwards has elected to redshirt the 2014-15 season and will have 3 years of eligibility remaining effective in 2015-16.[23]
  • Bryan Alberts has elected to redshirt the 2014-15 season and will have 4 years of eligibility remaining effective in 2015-16.[24]
  • Josh Perkins suffered a broken jaw in a November 2014 game and received a medical redshirt. He was finally cleared to play with full contact in late April 2015.[25][26][27]
  • Angel Nunez won an appeal to grant him one final year of eligibility after the 2014-15 season.[28]

Rankings

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Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre
[29]		 Wk 2
[30]		 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final
AP 13 13 10 9 9 8 8 7 6 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 7 7 7 N/A
Coaches 13 11 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 6

Schedule

Gonzaga's non-conference schedule included home games against SMU, Memphis, Texas Southern, Sacramento State, and Southeastern Louisiana. Gonzaga played true road games at Arizona and UCLA, and also faced off with Washington State at the Spokane Arena. The Zags were invited to be a host in the NIT Season Tip-Off, where they hosted Saint Joseph's and St. Thomas Aquinas and then traveled to Madison Square Garden in New York to play Georgia and ultimately St. John's in the championship game.[31] Gonzaga also played in the 12th annual Battle in Seattle at KeyArena against Cal Poly. Gonzaga played 18 conference games (home-and-home) during the season.[32]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
11/01/2014*
6:00 PM, KHQ		 #13 Thompson Rivers W 95–69  -
  15 – Wesley   8 – Wesley   4 – Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (-)
Spokane, WA
11/08/2014*
 #13 vs. Texas
Secret Scrimmage		 W 73–56  -
   –      –      –    GCU Arena (-)
Phoenix, AZ
Regular Season
11/14/2014*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #13 Sacramento State W 104–58  1–0
  18 – Wiltjer   8 – Sabonis   6 – Perkins  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
11/17/2014*
8:00 PM, ESPN2		 #13 #22 SMU
ESPN Tip-Off Marathon		 W 72–56  2–0
  17 – Pangos   9 – Sabonis   7 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
11/19/2014*
8:00 PM, ESPNU		 #13 Saint Joseph's
NIT Season Tip-Off		 W 94–42  3–0
  18 – Bell Jr.   11 – Sabonis   6 – Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
11/22/2014*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #13 St. Thomas Aquinas
NIT Season Tip-Off		 W 109–55  4–0
  24 – Nunez   11 – Tied   7 – Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
11/26/2014*
6:30 PM, ESPN2		 #10 vs. Georgia
NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinals		 W 88–76  5–0
  32 – Wiltjer   6 – Tied   6 – Pangos  Madison Square Garden (5,128)
New York, NY
11/28/2014*
4:00 PM, ESPN2		 #10 vs. St. John's
NIT Season Tip-Off Finals		 W 73–66  6–0
  14 – Sabonis   9 – Sabonis   9 – Pangos  Madison Square Garden (5,548)
New York, NY
12/02/2014*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #9 Southeastern Louisiana W 76–57  7–0
  20 – Wiltjer   9 – Karnowski   3 – Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
12/06/2014*
2:15 PM, ESPN		 #9 at #3 Arizona L 63–66 OT 7–1
  15 – Wiltjer   7 – Karnowski   6 – Pangos  McKale Center (14,655)
Tucson, AZ
12/10/2014*
8:00 PM, ESPNU		 #9 vs. Washington State W 81–66  8–1
  22 – Karnowski   9 – Wesley   4 – Wiltjer  Spokane Arena (11,521)
Spokane, WA
12/13/2014*
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 #9 at UCLA W 87–74  9–1
  24 – Wiltjer   9 – Wesley   5 – Dranginis  Pauley Pavilion (10,006)
Los Angeles, CA
12/15/2014*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #8 Texas Southern W 94–54  10–1
  21 – Wiltjer   7 – Nunez   6 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
12/20/2014*
7:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #8 vs. Cal Poly
Battle in Seattle		 W 63–50  11–1
  16 – Tied   8 – Karnowski   3 – Dranginis  KeyArena (11,741)
Seattle, WA
12/27/2014
3:00 PM, ESPN2		 #8 at BYU W 87–80  12–1
(1–0)		  24 – Wiltjer   10 – Tied   7 – Pangos  Marriott Center (20,900)
Provo, UT
12/29/2014
8:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #7 at San Diego W 60–48  13–1
(2–0)		  15 – Wiltjer   8 – Karnowski   4 – Pangos  Jenny Craig Pavilion (4,517)
San Diego, CA
01/03/2015
6:30 PM, ESPN2		 #7 at Portland W 87–75  14–1
(3–0)		  21 – Tied   6 – Sabonis   5 – Pangos  Chiles Center (4,852)
Portland, OR
01/08/2015
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #6 San Francisco W 88–57  15–1
(4–0)		  17 – Pangos   9 – Sabonis   5 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/10/2015
1:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #6 Santa Clara W 79–57  16–1
(5–0)		  18 – Karnowski   9 – Tied   4 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/15/2015
7:30 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #3 at Pepperdine W 78–76  17–1
(6–0)		  24 – Wiltjer   12 – Sabonis   5 – Pangos  Firestone Fieldhouse (3,250)
Malibu, CA
01/17/2015
1:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #3 at Loyola Marymount W 72–55  18–1
(7–0)		  17 – Bell   8 – Sabonis   6 – Pangos  Gersten Pavilion (4,026)
Los Angeles, CA
01/22/2015
8:00 PM, ESPNU		 #3 Saint Mary's W 68–47  19–1
(8–0)		  14 – Pangos   13 – Sabonis   5 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/24/2015
5:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #3 Pacific W 91–60  20–1
(9–0)		  13 – Tied   8 – Sabonis   4 – Wiltjer  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/29/2015
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #3 Portland W 64–46  21–1
(10–0)		  13 – Sabonis   11 – Sabonis   4 – Karnowski  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
01/31/2015*
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 #3 Memphis W 82–64  22–1
  17 – Karnowski   11 – Sabonis   5 – Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/05/2015
8:00 PM, ESPN2		 #2 at Santa Clara W 77–63  23–1
(11–0)		  22 – Wiltjer   9 – Sabonis   7 – Pangos  Leavey Center (4,700)
Santa Clara, CA
02/07/2015
8:30 PM, ESPN2		 #2 at San Francisco W 81–70  24–1
(12–0)		  29 – Wiltjer   11 – Wiltjer   4 – Pangos  War Memorial Gymnasium (4,000)
San Francisco, CA
02/12/2015
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #3 Loyola Marymount W 80–51  25–1
(13–0)		  21 – Wiltjer   10 – Wiltjer   8 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/14/2015
5:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #3 Pepperdine W 56–48  26–1
(14–0)		  19 – Pangos   7 – Karnowski   3 – Tied  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/19/2015
8:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW		 #3 at Pacific W 86–74  27–1
(15–0)		  45 – Wiltjer   6 – Wiltjer   8 – Pangos  Alex G. Spanos Center (5,672)
Stockton, CA
02/21/2015
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 #3 at Saint Mary's W 70–60  28–1
(16–0)		  16 – Wiltjer   12 – Wiltjer   7 – Pangos  McKeon Pavilion (3,500)
Moraga, CA
02/26/2015
8:00 PM, ESPN2		 #3 San Diego W 59–39  29–1
(17–0)		  14 – Karnowski   8 – Karnowski   4 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
02/28/2015
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 #3 BYU L 70–73  29–2
(17–1)		  17 – Wesley   9 – Wesley   5 – Pangos  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
WCC Tournament
03/07/2015
6:00 PM, ESPN2		 #7 vs. San Francisco
Quarterfinals		 W 81–72  30–2
  24 – Karnowski   8 – Wiltjer   5 – Pangos  Orleans Arena (8,537)
Las Vegas, NV
03/09/2015
6:00 PM, ESPN		 #7 vs. Pepperdine
Semifinals		 W 79–61  31–2
  25 – Wesley   9 – Wiltjer   6 – Pangos  Orleans Arena (8,546)
Las Vegas, NV
03/10/2015
6:00 PM, ESPN		 #7 vs. BYU
Final		 W 91–75  32–2
  18 – Wiltjer   10 – Wiltjer   5 – Pangos  Orleans Arena (8,585)
Las Vegas, NV
NCAA Tournament
03/20/2015*
7:10 PM, TNT		 (2 S) #7 vs. (15 S) North Dakota State
Second round		 W 86–76  33–2
  23 – Wiltjer   11 – Sabonis   5 – Pangos  KeyArena (14,852)
Seattle, WA
03/22/2015*
4:10 PM, TBS		 (2 S) #7 vs. (7 S) Iowa
Third round		 W 87–68  34–2
  24 – Wiltjer   9 – Sabonis   4 – Tied  KeyArena (14,901)
Seattle, WA
03/27/2015*
4:15 PM, CBS		 (2 S) #7 vs. (11 S) UCLA
Sweet Sixteen		 W 74–62  35–2
  18 – Karnowski   10 – Wiltjer   4 – Wiltjer  NRG Stadium (21,168)
Houston, TX
03/29/2015*
2:05 PM, CBS		 (2 S) #7 vs. (1 S) #4 Duke
Elite Eight		 L 52–66  35–3
  16 – Wiltjer   5 – Tied   2 – Tied  NRG Stadium (20,744)
Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

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