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2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Saint Mary's 15 – 3   .833 29 – 6   .829
Gonzaga † 15 – 3   .833 28 – 8   .778
BYU 13 – 5   .722 26 – 11   .703
Pepperdine 10 – 8   .556 18 – 14   .563
San Francisco 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Santa Clara 7 – 11   .389 11 – 20   .355
Portland 6 – 12   .333 12 – 20   .375
Loyola Marymount 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Pacific* 6 – 12   .333 8 – 20   .286
San Diego 4 – 14   .222 9 – 21   .300
*ineligible for postseason due to self probation
† Conference tournament winner

The 2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by head coach Mark Few, who is in his 17th season as head coach. The team plays its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center, which has a capacity of 6,000. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) are playing in their 36th season as a member of the West Coast Conference.

Previous Season

Main article: 2014-15 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2014-15 Gonzaga Bulldogs team 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]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Gary Bell 5 G 6'2" 212 Senior Kent, WA Graduated
Kevin Pangos 4 G 6'2" 182 Senior Newmarket, ON Graduated
Byron Wesley 22 G 6'4" 206 Senior Rancho Cucamonga, CA Graduated
Angel Nunez 2 F 6'8" 202 Junior (Redshirt) Bronx, NY Transferred to South Florida[8]
Connor Griffin 14 G 6'4" 214 Sophomore Lake Oswego, OR Transferred to Washington (Football)[9]

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Notes
Nigel Williams-Goss 5 G 6'3" 190 Junior Happy Valley, OR Washington 2 years of eligibility remaining effective at the start of the 2016-17 season[10]
Johnathan Williams 14 F 6'9" 228 Junior Memphis, TN Missouri 2 years of eligibility remaining effective at the start of the 2016-17 season[11]
Jeremy Jones 22 F 6'6" 203 Sophomore San Antonio, TX Rice 3 years of eligibility remaining effective at the start of the 2016-17 season[12]

2015 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jesse Wade[13]
PG 		Kaysville, UT Davis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Oct 4, 2013 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 80
Jack Beach[14]
SG 		San Diego, CA Torrey Pines 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jan 1, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A  247Sports: #110  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.

Sources:

  • "2015 Gonzaga Rivals Commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  • "2015 Gonzaga Scout Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  • "2015 Gonzaga ESPN Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  • "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  • "2015 Gonzaga 24/7 Sports Commits". 247sports.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.

2016 Recruiting Class

US college sports recruiting information for 2016 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Zach Collins[15]
C 		Las Vegas, NV Bishop Gorman 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Mar 16, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 86
Killian Tillie[16]
F 		Antibes, France INSEP 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Aug 29, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: N/A
Zach Norvell[17]
G 		Chicago, IL Simeon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Nov 2, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 82
Jacob Larsen[18]
C 		Holte, Denmark SISU Copenhagen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Nov 12, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: N/A
Rui Hachimura[19]
F 		Sendai, Japan Meisei 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Nov 20, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: #15  247Sports: #17  ESPN: #25
  • 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.

Sources:

Roster

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Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 23 Eric McClellan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 196 lb (89 kg) RS Sr Austin
Vanderbilt
Tulsa 		Austin, TX
F 33 Kyle Wiltjer 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr Jesuit
Kentucky 		Portland, OR
G 3 Kyle Dranginis 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) RS Sr Skyview Nampa, ID
C 24 Przemek Karnowski 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 287 lb (130 kg) Sr Nicolaus Copernicus
Siarka Jezioro Tarnobrzeg 		Toruń, Poland
G 15 Rem Bakamus (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 167 lb (76 kg) RS Jr Mark Morris Longview, WA
G 5 Nigel Williams-Goss (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Findlay Prep
Washington 		Happy Valley, OR
F 14 Johnathan Williams (I) Current redshirt 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Jr Southwind
Missouri 		Memphis, TN
C 25 Ryan Edwards 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 290 lb (132 kg) RS So Glacier Kalispell, MT
G 55 Dustin Triano (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS So New Hampton School Vancouver, BC
G 0 Silas Melson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) So Jefferson Portland, OR
F 11 Domantas Sabonis 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Sunny View School
Unicaja Málaga 		Kaunas, Lithuania
F 22 Jeremy Jones (I,W) Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 203 lb (92 kg) So East Central
Rice 		San Antonio, TX
G 13 Josh Perkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Huntington Prep Park Hill, CO
G 10 Bryan Alberts 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) RS Fr Village Christian Northridge, CA
G 2 Jack Beach (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Torrey Pines San Diego, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: September 30, 2015

  • Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.
  • Josh Perkins suffered a broken jaw in a November 2014 game and wasn't cleared to play with full contact until late April 2015.[20] He was granted a medical hardship waiver and will have 4 years of eligibility remaining effective at the start of the 2015-16 season.[21]
  • 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.[22]

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Przemek Karnowski Ryan Edwards
PF Kyle Wiltjer Domantas Sabonis
SF Kyle Dranginis Bryan Alberts Jack Beach
SG Eric McClellan Silas Melson Rem Bakamus
PG Josh Perkins Dustin Triano

Coaching staff

Name Position Year at Gonzaga Alma Mater (year)
Mark Few Head Coach 17th Oregon (1987)
Tommy Lloyd Associate Head Coach 15th Whitman (1998)
Donny Daniels Assistant Coach 6th Cal State Fullerton (1976)
Brian Michaelson Assistant Coach 3rd Gonzaga (2005)
John Jakus Director of Basketball Operations 2nd Trinity International (1999)
Mike Hart Video Coordinator 2nd Gonzaga (2012)
Jennifer Nyland Athletic Trainer 17th Washington State (1998)
Travis Knight Strength & Conditioning Coach 10th Gonzaga (2000)

Rankings

Main article: 2015–16 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[23] Wk 2[24] Wk 3[25] Wk 4[26] Wk 5[27] Wk 6[28] Wk 7[29] Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Wk 20 Final
AP 9 10 10 13 20 RV RV N/A
Coaches 11 12 11 12 17 21 24

Schedule

Gonzaga's non-conference schedule[30] includes home games against Arizona, UCLA, Montana, Northern Arizona, Mount St. Mary's, and Saint Martin's. Gonzaga will play true road games at SMU and Washington State, and also will face off with Pittsburgh in the Armed Forces Classic in Okinawa, Japan. The Zags were invited to play in the Battle 4 Atlantis, where they will play against three of the following in the Bahamas: Syracuse, Connecticut, Texas, Michigan, Texas A&M, Washington, and Charlotte.[31] Gonzaga will also play Tennessee in the 13th annual Battle in Seattle at KeyArena. Gonzaga will play 18 conference games (home-and-home) during the season.[32] Gonzaga will be featured on the ESPN networks at least 14 times in 2015–16. The WCC Tournament will feature 5 games televised on the ESPN networks.[33]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
Oct 31*
 No. 9 vs. No. 22 Baylor
Secret Scrimmage 		      Zions Bank Basketball Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 7*
5:00 PM, KHQ 		No. 9 Eastern Oregon W 90–58 
 33 – Wiltjer   14 – Wiltjer   5 – Perkins  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Non-conference regular season
Nov 13*
4:00 PM, ESPN 		No. 9 vs. Pittsburgh
Armed Forces Classic 		      Butler Marine Base 
Okinawa, JP
Nov 18*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		No. 10 Northern Arizona W 91–52  1–0
  26 – Sabonis   9 – Karnowski   6 – Perkins  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Nov 21*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		No. 10 Mount St. Mary's
Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Round 		W 101–56  2–0
  15 – Melson, Sabonis   14 – Sabonis   5 – Dranginis  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Nov 25*
9:00 AM, ESPN2 		No. 10 vs. Washington
Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals 		W 80–64  3–0
  24 – Wiltjer   11 – Dranginis, Wiltjer   3 – McClellan  Imperial Arena (1,374)
Nassau, BS
Nov 26*
10:00 AM, ESPN 		No. 10 vs. No. 25 Texas A&M
Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals 		L 61–62  3–1
  18 – Wiltjer   7 – Wiltjer   5 – Dranginis  Imperial Arena (1,331)
Nassau, BS
Nov 27*
9:00 AM, ESPN 		No. 10 vs. No. 18 Connecticut
Battle 4 Atlantis Third Place Game 		W 73–70  4–1
  17 – Wiltjer   9 – Sabonis   5 – Dranginis  Imperial Arena (2,122)
Nassau, BS
Dec 2*
8:00 PM, FS1 		No. 13 at Washington State W 69–60  5–1
  22 – Wiltjer   14 – Sabonis   4 – Dranginis  Beasley Coliseum (8,209)
Pullman, WA
Dec 5*
12:15 PM, ESPN 		No. 13 No. 19 Arizona L 63–68  5–2
  33 – Wiltjer   16 – Sabonis   5 – Perkins  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Dec 8*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		No. 20 Montana W 61–58  6–2
  16 – Sabonis, Wiltjer   10 – Sabonis   3 – Perkins  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Dec 12*
7:00 PM, ESPN2 		No. 20 UCLA L 66–71  6–3
  20 – Wiltjer   8 – Sabonis, Wiltjer   4 – Dranginis  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Dec 14*
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		Saint Martin's W 86–50  7–3
  21 – Sabonis   12 – Sabonis   8 – Perkins  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Dec 19*
8:00 PM, ESPNU 		vs. Tennessee
Battle in Seattle 		W 86–79  8–3
  36 – Sabonis   16 – Sabonis   3 – Dranginis  KeyArena (16,770)
Seattle, WA
WCC Regular Season
Dec 21
6:00 PM, ESPN2 		Pepperdine W 99–73  9–3
(1–0) 		 23 – Sabonis   11 – Wiltjer   6 – Sabonis  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
Dec 23
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		Loyola Marymount       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Dec 31
2:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		at Santa Clara       Leavey Center 
Santa Clara, CA
Jan 2
8:00 PM, ESPN2 		at San Francisco       War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
Jan 9
5:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		Portland       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Jan 14
6:00 PM, ESPN/ESPN2 		BYU       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Jan 16
5:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		San Diego       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Jan 21
8:00 PM, ESPNU 		at Saint Mary's       McKeon Pavilion 
Moraga, CA
Jan 23
1:00 PM, TWCSN 		at Pacific       Alex G. Spanos Center 
Stockton, CA
Jan 28
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		Santa Clara       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Jan 30
5:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		San Francisco       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Feb 4
7:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		at Loyola Marymount       Gersten Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
Feb 6
9:00 PM, ESPN2 		at Pepperdine       Firestone Fieldhouse 
Malibu, CA
Feb 11
8:00 PM, ESPNU 		at Portland       Chiles Center 
Portland, OR
Feb 13*
7:00 PM, ESPN2 		at SMU       Moody Coliseum 
Dallas, TX
Feb 18
6:00 PM, KHQ/RTNW 		Pacific       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Feb 20
7:00 PM, ESPN2 		Saint Mary's       McCarthey Athletic Center 
Spokane, WA
Feb 25
7:00 PM, TWCSN 		at San Diego       Jenny Craig Pavilion 
San Diego, CA
Feb 27
TBA, ESPN/ESPN2 		at BYU       Marriott Center 
Provo, UT
WCC Tournament
Mar 3–8
 vs.        Orleans Arena 
Las Vegas, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

See also

2015–16 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

Footnotes

  1. ^ The referees canceled the game at halftime due to dangerous court conditions. The game will not count toward either team's win-loss record, and player statistics from the game will not be counted as official. Pittsburgh was leading 37–35.[34]

References

  1. ^ "West Coast Conference Announces 2014-15 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll, All-WCC Team". October 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "BYU beats No. 3 Gonzaga, ending nation's longest home win streak". February 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "No. 7 Gonzaga cruises past BYU to 14th WCC title". March 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Gonzaga moves on with 86-76 win over ND State". March 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "Gonzaga catches fire in second half, routs Iowa to reach Sweet 16". March 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "Gonzaga handles UCLA, reaches Elite Eight for 1st time since '99". March 27, 2015.
  7. ^ "Freshmen-led Duke pounds Gonzaga to earn Coach K's 12 Final Four". March 29, 2015.
  8. ^ "Angel Nunez transferred to South Florida". April 20, 2015.
  9. ^ "Gonzaga Reserve Guard Connor Griffin Transferring To Washington To Play Football". June 16, 2015.
  10. ^ "Nigel Williams-Goss will transfer to Gonzaga". May 3, 2015.
  11. ^ "Missouri transfer Johnathan Williams picks Gonzaga". May 30, 2015.
  12. ^ "Interesting addition to Gonzaga's roster: walk-on 6-5 wing Jeremy Jones. Redshirt QB at Rice last season, then joined basketball team". September 2, 2015.
  13. ^ "Guard Jesse Wade from Utah commits to Zags". October 4, 2013.
  14. ^ "2015 Torrey Pines/ Gamepoint SG Jack Beach accepted a preferred walk-on position at Gonzaga". August 14, 2015.
  15. ^ "Zach Collins commits to Zags". March 16, 2015.
  16. ^ "French forward Killian Tillie commits to Gonzaga". August 29, 2015.
  17. ^ "Gonzaga men add Zach Norvell, another top 100 recruit". November 2, 2015.
  18. ^ "Gonzaga adds Jacob Larsen, another big man from Europe". November 12, 2015.
  19. ^ "Zags sign Japanese forward Rui Hachimura". November 20, 2015.
  20. ^ "Josh Perkins is cleared for full contact". Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  21. ^ "Josh Perkins getting his freshman year back! Med redshirt approved by NCAA this week. He will be a redshirt freshman when they tipoff in Nov". August 3, 2015.
  22. ^ "Priorities of a point guard – Gonzaga recruit Jesse Wade puts basketball on hold for LDS mission". January 24, 2015.
  23. ^ "2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Preseason (Nov. 2)". November 2, 2015.
  24. ^ "2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 2 (Nov. 16)". November 16, 2015.
  25. ^ "2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 3 (Nov. 23)". November 23, 2015.
  26. ^ "2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 4 (Nov. 30)". November 30, 2015.
  27. ^ "2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 5 (Dec. 7)". December 7, 2015.
  28. ^ "2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 6 (Dec. 14)". December 14, 2015.
  29. ^ "2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 7 (Dec. 21)". December 21, 2015.
  30. ^ "MBB Announces Loaded Non-Conference Schedule". September 3, 2015.
  31. ^ "Gonzaga MBB Faces UW To Open Battle 4 Atlantis". August 6, 2015.
  32. ^ "WCC Releases 2015-16 League Schedule". August 18, 2015.
  33. ^ "WCC Announces 2015-16 ESPN Networks Men's Basketball Telecast Schedule". September 3, 2015.
  34. ^ "No. 9 Gonzaga MBB vs. Pittsburgh Cancelled at Half". November 13, 2015.
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