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2017-18 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK Gonzaga Sports Information | www.GoZags.com 2017-18 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE 2017-18 Schedule 2 2017-18 Roster 3 Coaching Staff Head Coach Mark Few 4-7 Assistant Coach Tommy Loyd 8 Assistant Coach Donny Daniels 9 Assistant Coach Brian Michaelson 10 Director of Analytics Riccardo Fois 11 Director of Operations Stephen Gentry 11 Athletic Trainer Josh Therrien 11 2017-18 Zags Johnathan Williams 12 Silas Melson 13 Josh Perkins 14 Jeremy Jones 15 Jack Beach 16 Alex Martin 17 Rui Hachimura 18 Killian Tillie 19 Jacob Larsen 20 Zach Norvell Jr. 20 Joel Ayayi 21 Corey Kispert 21 Jesse Wade 22 Brandon Clarke 22 2017-18 Season 23-24 History All-Time Roster 25-26 John Stockton - Forever a Zag 27 Dan Dickau - All-American 28 Blake Stepp - All-American 29 Ronny Turiaf - All-American 30 Adam Morrison - All-American 31 Derek Raivio - All-American 32 Jeremy Pargo - All-American 33 Matt Bouldin - All-American 34 Kelly Olynyk - All-American 35 Kevin Pangos - All-American 36 Kyle Wiltjer - All-American 37 Domantas Sabonis - All-American 38 Przemek Karnowski - All-American 39 Nigel Williams-Goss 40 National Honors 41-42 NABC All-Americans/All-District 43 WCC Honors 44-45 WCC Tournament History 46-50 McCarthey Athletic Center Records 51-52 Battle in Seattle 53 All-Time Tournament Results 54-57 NCAA Tournament Games 58-70 NCAA Tournament Stats 71-72 Record Book 73-84 100-Point Games/Overtime Games 85-86 Vs. Ranked Opponents 87-88 Series Records 89-90 All-Time Series 91-103 All-Time Coaching Records 104-105 Year-by-Year Results 106-123 2017-18 Radio/TV Roster 124 1 2017-18 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK 2017-18 SCHEDULE November Date Opponent Location Time TV Sat., Nov. 4 The College of Idaho # Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. KHQ Fri., Nov. 10 Texas Southern Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Tues., Nov. 14 Howard Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Sat., Nov. 18 Utah State Spokane, Wash. 5:30 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Thurs., Nov. 23 Ohio State % Portland, Ore. 9 p.m. ESPN2 Fri., Nov. 24 Florida % Portland, Ore. 8 p.m. ESPN2 Sun., Nov. 26 Texas % Portland, Ore. 10 a.m. ESPN Wed., Nov. 29 Utah State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ROOT/KHQ December Fri., Dec. 1 Creighton ! Spokane, Wash. 7:15 p.m. ESPN2 Tues., Dec. 5 Villanova ^ New York City, N.Y. 4 p.m. ESPN Sun., Dec. 10 Washington Seattle, Wash. 5 p.m. Pac-12 Network Sat., Dec. 16 North Dakota Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Mon., Dec. 18 IUPUI Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Thurs., Dec. 21 San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 7 p.m. CBS Sports Network Thurs., Dec. 28 Pacifi c * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ESPN2 Sat., Dec. 30 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 4 p.m. ROOT/KHQ January Thurs., Jan. 4 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. 8 p.m. ESPNU Sat., Jan. 6 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. 7 p.m. ESPNU Thurs., Jan. 11 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Sat., Jan. 13 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. 6:30 p.m. ESPNU Thurs., Jan. 18 Saint Mary’s * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ESPN2 Sat., Jan. 20 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 5 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Thurs., Jan. 25 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m. ESPNU Sat., Jan. 27 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. ROOT/KHQ February Thurs., Feb 1 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ROOT/KHQ Sat., Feb. 3 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 7 p.m. ESPN2 Thurs., Feb. 8 Pacifi c * Stockton, Calif. 7 p.m. ROOT/SWX Sat., Feb. 10 Saint Mary’s * Moraga, Calif. 7 p.m. ESPN2 Thurs., Feb. 15 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. ROOT/SWX Sat., Feb. 17 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. ROOT/KAYU Thurs., Feb. 22 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. 6 p.m. ESPN2 Sat., Feb 24 BYU * Provo, Utah 5 p.m. ESPN2 March Saturday, March 3 Loyola Marymount + Las Vegas, Nev. 7 p.m. ESPN2 Monday, March 5 San Francisco + Las Vegas, Nev. 6 p.m. ESPN Tuesday, March 6 BYU + Las Vegas, Nev. 6 p.m. ESPN Thursday, March 15 UNC-Greensboro @ Boise, Idaho 10:30 a.m. TNT Saturday, March 17 Ohio State @ Boise, Idaho 4:45 p.m. CBS Thursday, March 22 Florida State & Los Angeles, Calif. 7:07 p.m. TBS Home game in bold All times Pacifi c # Exhibition ! Jesuit Basketball Classic % PK80 Invitational ^ Jimmy V Classic * West Coast Conference game + WCC Tournament @ NCAA First and Second Rounds & NCAA West Regionals 2017-18 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK 2017-18 ROSTER Back Row L to R: Jeremy Jones, Rui Hachimura, Killian Tillie, Jacob Larsen, Johnathan Williams, Brandon Clarke, Corey Kispert, Zach Norvell Jr; Front Row L to R: Alex Martin, Joel Ayayi, Silas Melson, Josh Perkins, Jack Beach, Jesse Wade NO NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Silas Melson G 6-4 195 SR 3L Portland, Ore./Jeff erson 2 Jack Beach G 6-2 175 RS SO RS San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines 3 Johnathan Williams F 6-9 228 RS SR 3L Memphis, Tenn./Southwind/Missouri 5 Alex Martin G 6-5 205 RS SO TR Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley/Johnson County CC 10 Jesse Wade G 6-1 175 FR HS Kaysville, Utah/Davis 11 Joel Ayayi G 6-5 169 FR HS Bordeaux, France/INSEP 13 Josh Perkins G 6-3 190 RS JR 2L Park Hill, Colo./Huntington Prep 14 Jacob Larsen C 6-11 227 RS FR RS Holte, Denmark/Falkonergardens Gymnasium 15 Brandon Clarke F 6-8 210 JR TR Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista/San Jose State 20 Brian Pete G 6-1 185 RS JR HS Portland, Ore./Southridge 21 Rui Hachimura F 6-8 225 SO 1L Toyama, Japan/Sendai 22 Jeremy Jones F 6-7 213 RS JR 2L San Antonio, Texas/East Central/Rice 23 Zach Norvell Jr. G 6-5 205 RS FR RS Chicago, Ill./Simeon 24 Corey Kispert F 6-6 215 FR HS Edmonds, Wash./King’s 33 Killian Tillie F 6-10 215 SO 1L Cagnes-sur-Mer, France/INSEP HEAD COACH: Mark Few (19th year, University of Oregon, 1987 – 29th year at Gonzaga) ASSISTANT COACHES: Tommy Lloyd (17th year, Whitman College, 1998) Donny Daniels (8th year, Cal State Fullerton, 1977) Brian Michaelson (5th year, Gonzaga University, 2005 – 8th year at Gonzaga) BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Stephen Gentry (1st year, Gonzaga, 2006) ANALYTICS/VIDEO COORDINATOR: Riccardo Fois (4th year, Pepperdine, 2009) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Josh Therrien (2nd year, Washington State University, 2007) STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Travis Knight (12th year, Gonzaga, 2000) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Gonzaga: Gone-ZAG-uh (Zag rhymes with “bag”) JOEL AYAYI: JOE-el EYE-yigh (rhymes with sigh)-YEE RUI HACHIMURA: ROO-ee HATCH-ee-MURR-uh JACOB Larsen: YOCK-ub 3 2017-18 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK MARK FEW HEAD COACH - 19TH YEAR - 29TH OVERALL AT GONZAGA Gonzaga University head coach • Is in the Top 15 among active Division I coaches for most 20-win Mark Few has established himself as one seasons with 18, never having won less than 20 games in a season of the most successful coaches in NCAA • Is tied for third for most consecutive 20-win seasons for active Division I basketball annals in his 18 coaches with 18 seasons at the helm, and in the process has made Bulldog basketball a household Th e Bulldogs made a 19th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament name across the country. He served as an in 2017, a streak that started when Few was an assistant coach in 1999 assistant coach at GU for 10 seasons prior and currently ranks the Zags tied for fourth among current active to take the reins of the program. streaks behind Kansas, Duke and Michigan State. When Dan Monson departed for the University of Minnesota following that Elite Eight Few has put together one of the most dominating runs in NCAA season, Few was named head coach and has continued the streak the history, especially in the West Coast Conference. Th e Zags have won or past 18 years. shared 16 regular season league titles in his 18 seasons (all but the 1999- 2000 and 2011-12 season) and taken home the conference tournament In 2016-17, the Zags rewrote the record books, winning 37 games championship 14 times. Th e Bulldogs won or shared 11 straight West to just two losses. GU ended the season in the national championships Coast Conference regular-season titles from 2000-11, which was the game in the program’s fi rst-ever appearance in the Final Four. Th e longest current active streak in the nation at the time and the second- Bulldogs opened the season with 29 straight wins, shattering the best streak all-time in the NCAA Division I ranks behind UCLA’s 13 program record for consecutive wins. Gonzaga received a number one Pac-10 Conference titles from 1967-79. seed in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history, during a season when it received its second number one national Few led Gonzaga to the national championship game in the ranking. Few was selected the AP Coach of the Year, Naismith Trophy program’s fi rst-ever Final Four in 2017, two Elite Eight appearances Coach of the Year, NBC Sports Coach of the Year, USA Today Coach of (2015 and 2017) and seven Sweet 16 appearances (2000, ‘00, ‘06, ‘09, ‘15, the Year, USBWA District IX Coach of the Year, Sporting News Coach of ‘16, ‘17), coached 13 All-Americans, eight Academic All-Americans, the Year, USBWA Coach of the Year, NABC District 9 Coach of the Year, 79 all-conference selections, 12 WCC Players of the Year, seven league NABC Coach of the Year and the West Coast Conference Coach of the newcomers of the year and seven league defenders of the year.