Robert Elias SACRE HARRIS Marquise CARTER 2011-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL OCT. 28 CARROLL (EXHIBITION) 6 P.M. NOV. 11 EASTERN WASHINGTON 8 P.M. NOV. 14 WASHINGTON STATE 9 P.M. Nov. 17 Hawai`i % 6 p.m. NOV. 27 WESTERN MICHIGAN † 1 P.M. NOV. 30 NOTRE DAME 8:15 P.M. Dec. 3 Illinois 12:15 p.m. DEC. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 6 P.M. DEC. 15 ORAL ROBERTS 6 P.M. 2011–12 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL BASKETBALL MEN’S GONZAGA 2011–12 Dec. 17 Arizona # 1 p.m. DEC. 20 BUTLER 6 P.M. DEC. 22 AIR FORCE 6 P.M. DEC. 28 PORTLAND * 6 P.M. Dec. 31 Xavier 5 p.m. JAN. 5 PEPPERDINE * 6 P.M. JAN. 7 SANTA CLARA * 5 P.M. 2011-12 SCHEDULE Jan. 12 Saint Mary’s * 8 p.m. Jan. 14 Loyola Marymount * 5 p.m. JAN. 19 SAN FRANCISCO * 7 P.M. JAN. 21 SAN DIEGO * 5 P.M. Jan. 26 Portland * 8 p.m. Feb. 2 BYU * 7 p.m. Feb. 4 Pepperdine * 7 p.m. FEB. 9 SAINT MARY’S * 8 P.M. FEB. 11 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT * 5 P.M. Feb. 16 Santa Clara * 8 p.m. Feb. 18 San Francisco * 5 p.m. FEB. 23 BYU * 8 P.M. Feb. 25 San Diego * 4 p.m. FEB. 27 LONGWOOD 6 P.M. Feb. 29 - Mar. 5 Zappos.com WCC Championship § TBA % BC Basketball Classic - Vancouver, BC (Rogers Arena) † Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic - Spokane, WA (Spokane Arena) # Battle in Seattle - Seattle, WA (KeyArena) * West Coast Conference Game § Las Vegas, NV (Orleans Arena) All times Pacific Time Zone and subject to change. All games broadcasted on KGA 1510 AM/101.1 KEYF-FM (Spokane, WA); ESPN 1490 (Walla Walla, WA); 960 KALE (Tri-Cities, WA). Home GAMES played at the McCarthey Athletic Center. WWW.GOZAGS.COM From Left to Right: Kevin Pangos, Chris Sarbaugh, Mathis Keita, Guy Landry Edi, Mathis Mönninghoff, Ryan Spangler, Sam Dower, Rob Sacre, Kelly Olynyk, Michael Hart, Kyle Dranginis, Marquise Carter, Gary Bell, Jr., David Stockton 2011-12 BULLDOGS NO NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 00 Robert Sacre* C 7-0 260 SR 3V North Vancouver, B.C./Handsworth Secondary 2 Marquise Carter G 6-4 178 SR 1V San Diego, CA/Horizon/Three Rivers CC 3 Kyle Dranginis # G 6-5 201 FR HS Nampa, ID/Skyview 4 Kevin Pangos G 6-1 180 FR HS Newmarket, Ontario/Denison Secondary School 5 Gary Bell, Jr. G 6-1 205 FR HS Kent, WA/Kentridge 10 Guy Landry Edi F 6-6 218 JR TR Agboville, Ivory Coast/Sylmar (Van Nuys, CA)/Midland College 11 David Stockton* G 5-11 165 SO 1V Spokane, WA/Gonzaga Prep 13 Kelly Olynyk # F/G 7-0 238 JR 2V Kamloops, British Columbia/South Kamloops 14 Chris Sarbaugh # G 6-3 195 FR HS Spokane, WA/Gonzaga Prep 15 Ryan Spangler F 6-8 232 FR HS Blanchard, OK/Bridge Creek 20 Elias Harris F 6-7 240 JR 2V Speyer, Germany/Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-Gymnasium 22 Mathis Mönninghoff F 6-7 189 SO 1V Ibbenbüren, Germany/Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium 25 Mathis Keita G 6-5 200 SO 1V Thionville, France/INSEP/Lycée Marcelin Berthelot 30 Michael Hart* G 6-6 206 JR 2V Portland, OR/Jesuit 35 Sam Dower* C/F 6-9 248 SO 1V Brooklyn Park, MN/Osseo * Indicates redshirt year used # Indicates redshirting 2012 season HEAD COACH: Mark Few (13th year, University of Oregon, 1987 - 23rd year at Gonzaga) ASSISTANT COACH: Tommy Lloyd (11th year, Whitman College, 1998) ASSISTANT COACH: Ray Giacoletti (5th year, Minot State University, 1985) ASSISTANT COACH: Donny Daniels (2nd year, Cal State Fullerton, 1977) DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Jerry Krause (11th year, Wayne State University, 1959 - 18th year at Gonzaga) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jennifer Nyland (13th year, Washington State University, 1998) 1 MARK FEW HEAD COACH - 13TH YEAR - 23RD OVERALL AT GONZAGA Head coach MARK FEW Few guided the Bulldogs to the Sweet Sixteen of the engineered another successful NCAA Tournament in 2009, the fourth time in his head season in 2011, keeping a coaching tenure the Bulldogs advanced to the Sweet couple of streaks alive in Sixteen. He was an assistant on the 1999 squad that made Gonzaga University’s men’s it to the Elite Eight. basketball tradition. Along the way in 2009 the Bulldogs ran the table in The Bulldogs wrapped up the West Coast Conference with their third 14-0 campaign its 11th straight West Coast since 2004. Conference regular-season The Bulldogs finished the 2009 season with a 28-6 title in 2011, the longest current overall record. Gonzaga was ranked 10th in the final 2011–12 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL BASKETBALL MEN’S GONZAGA 2011–12 active streak in the nation and the second-best streak Associated Press Top 25 in 2009, the fifth Top 10 ranking all-time in the NCAA Division I ranks behind UCLA’s 13 for Few and the Bulldogs since 2002. Pacific-10 Conference titles from 1967-79. While Few has achieved nationwide acclaim on A 13th straight trip to the NCAA Tournament ranks the the court, he and his wife, Marcy, are also active in the Zags tied for fourth among current active streaks behind Spokane community. Through the effort of the Fews; Kansas, Duke and Michigan State. Chanelle Lloyd, wife of assistant coach Tommy Lloyd, and The 2011 campaign also saw the Bulldogs advance to a strong local committee, Coaches vs. Cancer, an annual the WCC Tournament title game for the 14th consecutive BasketBALL and Gala held at the historic Davenport Hotel year, knotting Kentucky for the all-time lead as the Wildcats in Spokane, has raised more than $5 million since its advanced to 14 successive SEC Tournament title games inception in 2002. The weekend features golf, black tie gala from 1939-52. and auction with all of the proceeds staying locally with the While it’s never easy, the 2011 road to the NCAA American Cancer Society. Tournament was a little bumpier than normal for the Mark and Marcy were honored for their philanthropy Bulldogs. A 4-5 record early in the non-conference in June, 2008, as recipients of the Dell and John Wooden season had people buzzing about Gonzaga’s WCC and Coaching Achievement Award by the World Sports post-season fortunes. And a 3-3 start in WCC play had Humanitarian Hall of Fame based in Boise, Idaho. The naysayers predicting Gonzaga’s dominance was about to award, begun in 2003, is presented to a coach, along with end. his or her spouse, who has made exceptional contributions But Few and success go hand-in-hand and he rallied to their community as well as their players and their futures. the Bulldogs to eight-straight WCC wins down the stretch “To be honored for what you do away from the court, to claim the regular-season title, then won the WCC and to be honored with an award named after a truly Tournament with victories over San Francisco and Saint outstanding couple like John and Dell Wooden is humbling,” Mary’s to punch their March Madness ticket for a 13th Few said. “When you look at the list of people who have straight season. won this award in its short existence, and when you look Of those five early-season non-conference losses, at the members of the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of three were to nationally-ranked teams, but a win over ninth- Fame, it’s like reading a Who’s Who in sports. It is an honor ranked Baylor help propel the Bulldogs to nine straight to be associated with these legends.” wins, including three straight victories to open WCC play. But what Few has accomplished on the court is equally Another tough schedule saw the Bulldogs play San Diego as humbling, evolving Bulldogs basketball into an annual State, Kansas State, Marquette, Illinois, Notre Dame, participant in the NCAA Tournament and into one of the Oklahoma State, Wake Forest, Xavier and Memphis. elite programs on the West Coast as well as nationally. Few and the 11th-seeded Bulldogs downed No. 6 seed Since 1992 - his first year as a fulltime assistant coach St. John’s in the NCAA Second Round (the NCAA went to with the Bulldogs - Gonzaga has posted a 485-157 record a new format with First Round play-in games), Gonzaga for a .755 winning percentage. UCLA (.703) is the only winning its opening-round game in the NCAA Tournament other West Coast school to crack the .700 plateau. for the ninth time in Few’s 12 years as head coach. But success has been his trademark since taking over The Bulldogs finished the season 25-10, their 14th the head reigns for the 2000 season. straight 20-win season. Few has never not won at least 20 With Few at the helm, the 2006 season marked the games in his 12 previous years as the head coach. best campaign in the 100-plus year history of Bulldog The 2012 season will be his 13th as the head man basketball, the squad rolling to a 29-4 record, including after 10 years as an assistant at Gonzaga, his 23 years on a second 14-0 WCC campaign in three seasons. With the Gonzaga bench making him the longest tenured men’s national Player of the Year candidate Adam Morrison basketball coach in Bulldog history. Hank Anderson was the leading the nation in scoring, Few and the Bulldogs finished head coach for 21 seasons from 1951-52 to 1971-72.