During the 2007–08 season, the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, from Gonzaga University in Washington state, played in the West Coast Conference and the Great Alaska Shootout. The team won 25 matches and lost 8, but lost in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

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2007–08 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
WCC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Round of 64
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. -
AP	No. 20
Record	25–8 (13–1 WCC)
Head coach	Mark Few (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Leon Rice (9th season) Tommy Lloyd (7th season) Ray Giacoletti (1st season)
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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Coach Mark Few hit the recruiting trail hard in the offseason with the Coach proclaiming it's "the best we've ever had here". Few managed to recruit sought-after forward Austin Daye, Junior College transfer Ira Brown, Robert Sacre (a 7-foot Center from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and Steven Gray, a prized point/shooting guard. Also returning from a suspension would be the team's leading scorer from the season before Josh Heytvelt, and Theo Davis. The team entered the season ranked 14th in the AP Poll.

2007 recruiting class

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Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Steven Gray G	Bainbridge Island, WA	Bainbridge	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jul 11, 2005
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 93
Robert Sacre C	North Vancouver, BC	Handsworth	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Oct 12, 2005
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 93
Austin Daye F	Irvine, CA	Woodbridge	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	May 16, 2006
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 97
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR   Rivals: 17  ESPN: 17
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: "2007 Gonzaga Rivals Commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 11, 2007. "2007 Gonzaga Scout Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved August 11, 2007. "2007 Gonzaga ESPN Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 11, 2007. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 11, 2007. "2007 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 11, 2007. "2007–08 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team". 247sports.com. Retrieved August 11, 2007.

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Gonzaga received a 7 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament, and were paired against the 10 seed Davidson College, a sleeper pick by many experts. During the season the Bulldogs played ten teams that eventually made it to the tournament, and played a total of 13 games against teams who made it into the tournament. The Zags won seven of those thirteen games beating a 10 seed in Saint Mary's, a 13 seed in San Diego (Gonzaga won twice against San Diego), an 11 seed in Saint Joseph's, WKU, a 12 seed, a 14th seeded Georgia team, and a 4 seed in UConn. Gonzaga also lost six games against eventual tournament teams, they lost to Saint Mary's on the road, San Diego in the WCC Conference tournament, and also lost to a 1 seed in Memphis, a 2 seed in Tennessee, a 6th seeded Oklahoma Sooners team, and a 4 seed in Washington State at home.