The 1997–98 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by newly-promoted head coach Dan Monson, the Bulldogs were 21–8 (.724) overall in the regular season (10–4 in WCC, first),[1][2] and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.
| 1997–98 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball | |
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WCC regular season champions | |
National Invitation Tournament, Second round | |
| Conference | West Coast Conference |
| Record | 24–10 (10–4 WCC) |
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| Assistant coaches |
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| Home arena | Charlotte Y. Martin Centre |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regular season conference champions, Gonzaga lost to San Francisco in the WCC tournament final at Santa Clara.[3] In the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), they advanced to the second round, and finished at 24–10 (.706).[4]
Conference honors went to Monson as coach of the year, the first rookie head coach to win a WCC regular season title, and senior forward Bakari Hendrix was the player of the year.[5] He repeated as the league's top scorer and was player of the month for three consecutive months.[6] Sophomore point guard Matt Santangelo joined him as a unanimous selection to the all-conference team.[7]
Monson was in his tenth season as a coach at Gonzaga; the previous nine were as an assistant under Dan Fitzgerald.[8][9][10]
Roster
edit- Source:[11]
Schedule
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Postseason results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| WCC tournament | |||||||||||
| Sat, Feb 28 2:30 pm |
(1) | vs. (8) Loyola Marymount Quarterfinal |
W 79–78 OT | 22–8 |
Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California | ||||||
| Sun, Mar 1 6:00 pm |
(1) | vs. (7) San Diego Semifinal |
W 74–59 | 23–8 |
Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California | ||||||
| Mon, Mar 2 9:00 pm, ESPN |
(1) | vs. (5) San Francisco Final |
L 67–80 | 23–9 |
Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California | ||||||
| National Invitation tournament | |||||||||||
| Wed, Mar 11 6:30 pm |
at Wyoming First round |
W 69–55 | 24–9 |
Arena-Auditorium (7,412) Laramie, Wyoming | |||||||
| Mon, Mar 16 9:30 pm, KSKN |
at Hawaii Second round |
L 70–78 | 24–10 |
Sheriff Center (10,254) Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Basketball: College men's standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 24, 1998. p. C4.
- ^ Bergum, Steve (February 27, 1998). "Zags inherit curse of WCC's top seed". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ "San Francisco back in NCAA tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 2, 1998. p. 3D.
- ^ "Hawaii brings down curtain on GU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). March 17, 1998. p. C1.
- ^ Bergum, Steve (February 28, 1998). "WCC honors GU duo". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ "Hendrix nails honors again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 23, 1998. p. C1.
- ^ "Two Zags WCC stars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 24, 1998. p. C1.
- ^ Boling, Dave (November 8, 1995). "Fitzgerald will pass off to Monson in 1997". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
- ^ Blanchette, John (January 5, 1997). "All the right moves". Spokesman-Review. p. C1.
- ^ "Stockton's mentor retiring at Gonzaga". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. February 15, 1997. p. 6D.
- ^ a b "Roster, schedule". Spokesman-Review. November 14, 1997. p. C8.
External links
edit- Sports Reference – Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball – 1997–98 season