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GONZAGA BASKETBALL 2015-16 RECORD BOOK 2015–16 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE 2015-16 Schedule 2 2015-16 Roster 3 Coaching Staff Head Coach Mark Few 4-6 Assistant Coach Tommy Loyd 7 Assistant Coach Donny Daniels 8 Assistant Coach Brian Michaelson 9 Video Coordinator Mike Hart 10 Director of Operations John Jakus 10 Athletic Trainer Jennifer Nyland 10 2015-16 Zags Kyle Dranginis 11 Eric McClellan 12 Kyle Wiltjer 13 Przemek Karnowski 14 Rem Bakamus 15 Johnathan Williams 16 Nigel Williams-Goss 17 Ryan Edwards 18 Dustin Triano 19 Silas Melson 20 Domantas Sabonis 21 Josh Perkins 22 Jack Beach 23 Jeremy Jones 23 2014-15 Season Review 24-25 History All-Time Roster 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 National Honors 37 NABC All-Americans/All-District 38 WCC Honors 39-40 WCC Tournament History 41-43 Battle in Seattle 44 All-Time Tournament Results 45-46 NCAA Tournament Games 47-56 NCAA Tournament Stats 57 NCAA Game-by-Game 58 Record Book 59-63 100-Point Games/Overtime Games 64 Vs. Ranked Opponents 65-66 Series Records 67 All-Time Series 68-73 All-Time Coaching Records 74 Year-by-Year Results 75-83 2014-15 Radio/TV Roster 84 WWW.GOZAGS.COM 1 2015–16 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK SCHEDULE November Date Opponent Location TV Time Sat., Nov. 7 Eastern Oregon # Spokane, Wash. KHQ 5 p.m. PT Fri., Nov. 13 vs. Pittsburgh Okinawa, Japan ESPN 4 p.m. PT Wed., Nov. 18 Northern Arizona Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 6 p.m. PT Sat., Nov. 21 Mount St. Mary’s Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 6 p.m. PT Wed., Nov. 25 vs. Washington Paradise Island, Bahamas ESPN 9 a.m. PT Thurs., Nov. 26 Texas A&M Paradise Island, Bahamas ESPN 10 a.m. PT Fri., Nov. 27 UConn Paradise Island, Bahamas ESPN 9:30 a.m. PT December Wed., Dec. 2 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. FOX Sports 1 8 p.m. PT Sat., Dec. 5 Arizona Spokane, Wash. ESPN 12:15 p.m. PT Tues., Dec. 8 Montana Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 6 p.m. PT Sat., Dec. 12 UCLA Spokane, Wash. ESPN2 7 p.m. PT Mon., Dec. 14 Saint Martin’s Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 6 p.m. PT Sat., Dec. 19 vs. Tennessee Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena). ESPNU 8 p.m. PT Mon., Dec. 21 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. ESPN2 6 p.m. PT Wed., Dec. 23 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 6 p.m. PT Thurs., Dec. 31 at Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. KHQ/ROOT 2 p.m. PT January Sat., Jan. 2 at San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. ESPN2 8 p.m. PT Sat., Jan. 9 Portland * Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 5 p.m. PT Thurs., Jan. 14 BYU * Spokane, Wash. ESPN2 6 p.m. PT Sat., Jan. 16 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 5 p.m. PT Thurs., Jan. 21 at Saint Mary’s * Moraga, Calif. ESPNU 8 p.m. PT Sat., Jan. 23 at Pacific * Stockton, Calif. TWCSN 1 p.m. PT Thurs., Jan. 28 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 6 p.m. PT Sat., Jan. 30 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 5 p.m. PT February Thurs., Feb. 4 at Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. KHQ/ROOT 7 p.m. PT Sat., Feb. 6 at Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. ESPN2 9 p.m. PT Thurs., Feb. 11 at Portland * Portland, Ore. ESPNU 8 p.m. PT Sat., Feb. 13 at SMU Dallas, Texas ESPN2 7 p.m. PT Thurs., Feb. 18 Pacific * Spokane, Wash. KHQ/ROOT 6 p.m. PT Sat., Feb. 20 Saint Mary’s * Spokane, Wash. ESPN2 7 p.m. PT Thurs., Feb. 25 at San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TWCSN 7 p.m. PT Sat., Feb. 27 at BYU * Provo, Utah ESPN2 5 p.m. PT March Sat., March 5 WCC Tournament Quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nev ESPN2 TBA Mon., March 7 WCC Tournament Semifinals Las Vegas, Nev ESPN/ESPN2 TBA Tues., March 8 WCC Tournament Championship Las Vegas, Nev ESPN TBA Home game in bold *West Coast Conference game #Exhibition 2015–16 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015–16 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK ROSTER Back Row L to R: Johnathan Williams, Kyle Wiltjer, Ryan Edwards, Przemek Karnowski, Domantas Sabonis, Kyle Dranginis, Eric McClellan; Front Row L to R: Jack Beach, Bryan Alberts, Jeremy Jones, Silas Melson, Josh Perkins, Nigel Williams-Goss, Dustin Triano, Rem Bakamus NO NAME POS HT WT YR EXP HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Silas Melson G 6-4 186 So. 1L Portland, Ore. (Jefferson) 2 Jack Beach G 6-2 160 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. (Torrey Pines) 3 Kyle Dranginis G 6-5 203 RSr. 3L Nampa, Idaho (Skyview) 5 Nigel Williams-Goss G 6-3 190 Jr. TR Happy Valley, Ore. (Findlay Prep [Nev.]/Washington) 10 Bryan Alberts G 6-5 198 RFr. RS Northridge, Calif. (Village Christian) 11 Domantas Sabonis F 6-11 240 So. 1L Kaunas, Lithuania (Unicaja Málaga) 13 Josh Perkins G 6-3 185 RFr. RS Denver, Colo. (Huntington Prep) 14 Johnathan Williams F 6-9 228 Jr. TR Memphis, Tenn. (Southwind/Missouri) 15 Rem Bakamus G 6-0 167 RJr. 2L Longview, Wash. (Mark Morris) 22 Jeremy Jones G 6-5 203 So. TR San Antonio, Texas (East Central/Rice) 23 Eric McClellan G 6-3 196 RSr. 1L Austin, Texas (Vanderbilt) 24 Przemek Karnowski C 7-1 287 Sr. 3L Torun, Poland (Nicolaus Copernicus) 25 Ryan Edwards C 7-1 290 RSo. 1L Kalispell, Mont. (Glacier) 33 Kyle Wiltjer F 6-10 240 RSr. 1L Portland, Ore. (University of Kentucky) 55 Dustin Triano G 6-3 178 RSo. 1L Vancouver, British Columbia (New Hampton) HEAD COACH: Mark Few (17th year, University of Oregon, 1987 – 27th year at Gonzaga) ASSISTANT COACHES: Tommy Lloyd (15th year, Whitman College, 1998) Donny Daniels (6th year, Cal State Fullerton, 1977) Brian Michaelson (3rd year, Gonzaga University, 2005 – 7th year at Gonzaga) BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: John Jakus (2nd year, Trinity International, 1999) VIDEO COORDINATOR: Mike Hart (2nd year, Gonzaga University, 2013) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jennifer Nyland (17th year, Washington State University, 1998) STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Travis Knight (10th year, Gonzaga University, 2000) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE DOMANTAS SABONIS Doe-MON-tus Sa-BONE-is Kyle DRANGINIS DRAN-guiness Rem BAKAMUS BACK-uh-miss Gonzaga Gone-ZAG-uh PRZEMEK Karnowski SHEM-ick (Zag as in Zig Zag) Dustin TRIANO TREE-aw-no WWW.GOZAGS.COM 3 2015–16 GONZAGA MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK MARK FEW HEAD COACH - 17TH YEAR - 27TH OVERALL AT GONZAGA Gonzaga University head coach season, Few was named head coach and has continued the streak Mark Few has established himself as one the past 16 years. of the most successful coaches in NCAA In 2015, Gonzaga took full advantage of that 17th consecutive Division I basketball annals in his 16 trip to the NCAA Tournament, making a run to the Elite Eight, before seasons at the helm, and in the process falling to eventual national champion Duke. The Zags won a school- has made Bulldog basketball a household record 35 games last season, including a record 22-game win streak, name across the country. He served as and WCC regular season and tournament titles. Few was named an assistant coach at GU for 10 seasons WCC Coach of the Year in a sweep of league individual awards prior to take the reins of the program. -- Kevin Pangos, Player of the Year; Gary Bell Jr., Defender of the Few has put together one of the most dominating runs in NCAA Year, Kyle Wiltjer Newcomer of the Year. In addition, Pangos and history, especially in the West Coast Conference. The Zags have Wiltjer each earned multiple All-America honors, including Third Team won or shared 15 regular season league titles in his 16 seasons (all accolades from the Associated Press. Following the season, Few also but the 2011-12 season) and taken home the conference tournament threw out the fi rst pitch at a Seattle Mariners game on June 6, and championship 12 times. The Bulldogs won or shared 11 straight West coached the USA Team that earned a bronze medal at the Pan-Am Coast Conference regular-season titles from 2000-11, which was the Games. longest current active streak in the nation at the time and the second- In 2013-14, Few’s Bulldogs again reigned supreme in the best streak all-time in the NCAA Division I ranks behind UCLA’s 13 West Coast Conference, sweeping the WCC regular season and Pac-10 Conference titles from 1967-79. conference tournament titles for the 11th time in his tenure. GU put Few has led Gonzaga to an Elite Eight appearance (2015) and together a record of 29-7, including a 15-3 league mark on the way fi ve Sweet 16 appearances (2000, ‘00, ‘06, ‘09, ‘15), coached 10 All- to the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAAs, the eighth-seeded Bulldogs Americans, six Academic All-Americans, 70 all-conference selections, took down ninth-seeded Oklahoma State before falling to top-seeded 11 WCC Players of the Year, six league newcomers of the year Arizona in the Round of 32. The 2013-14 campaign saw the Bulldogs and six league defenders of the year. Few has also cultivated NBA advance to the WCC Tournament title game for the 17th consecutive talent, including current NBA players in Kelly Olynyk, Austin Daye, year, ahead of Kentucky for the all-time lead as the Wildcats Rob Sacre and Ronny Turiaf.