The 2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mark Few, who was in his 19th season as head coach. The team played its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Washington. This was the Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) 38th season as a member of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 32–5, 17–1 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season championship. They defeated Loyola Marymount, San Francisco and BYU to become champions of the WCC tournament. They received the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated UNC Greensboro and Ohio State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Florida State.

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2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
WCC regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	West Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 8
Record	32–5 (17–1 WCC)
Head coach	Mark Few (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Tommy Lloyd (17th season) Donny Daniels (8th season) Brian Michaelson (5th season)
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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The last weeks of the season were played against the backdrop of a potential Gonzaga move to the Mountain West Conference (MW), first publicly reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune on February 28, 2018. MW commissioner Craig Thompson told the newspaper that the league had discussed expansion with six schools, with Gonzaga the only school he specifically named. Thompson added that Gonzaga could potentially join as a full but non-football member as early as the 2018–19 school year.^[1] A later Union-Tribune report indicated that talks were advanced enough that the conference's presidents planned a vote on an invitation to Gonzaga during the MW men's and women's basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, but decided to delay the vote until after the Final Four.^[2] However, before the MW's planned vote, Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth notified both conferences that Gonzaga would remain in the WCC for the immediate future.^[3]

The Bulldogs team finished the 2016–17 season 37–2, 17–1 in WCC play. The season was arguably the greatest season in Gonzaga's 109-year basketball history. The Bulldogs finished with a 32–1 regular season record and did not lose a game until February. They finished ranked second in the final AP Poll, the highest final national ranking in school history. They won both the WCC regular season and tournament championships. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and a received a No. 1 seed in the West region. They advanced to the first NCAA National Championship game in the school's history—the deepest run for a WCC team since San Francisco advanced to its third consecutive Final Four in 1957, and also the deepest run by any Division I school without a football team since Seton Hall made the championship game in 1989. With a victory over South Carolina in the national semifinal, the Bulldogs tied the NCAA Division I record for the second-most wins in a season. Their run ended in the NCAA National Championship game, where they lost to North Carolina.

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2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 3 Johnathan Williams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 228 lb (103 kg) RS Sr Southwind Missouri Memphis, TN G 0 Silas Melson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Jefferson Portland, OR G 20 Brian Pete (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Southridge Portland, OR F 22 Jeremy Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr East Central Rice San Antonio, TX G 13 Josh Perkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Huntington Prep Park Hill, CO F 15 Brandon Clarke (I)  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Desert Vista San Jose State Phoenix, AZ G 2 Jack Beach (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS So Torrey Pines San Diego, CA G 5 Alex Martin (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Blue Valley Belmont Johnson County CC Overland Park, KS F 33 Killian Tillie 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So INSEP Cagnes-sur-Mer, France F 21 Rui Hachimura 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Meisei Toyama, Japan G 23 Zach Norvell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Simeon Chicago, IL C 14 Jacob Larsen 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 227 lb (103 kg) RS Fr Falkonergårdens Gymnasium SISU Copenhagen Holte, Denmark G 10 Jesse Wade 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Davis Kaysville, UT F 24 Corey Kispert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr King's Seattle, WA G 11 Joël Ayayi  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 169 lb (77 kg) Fr INSEP Bordeaux, France	Head coach Mark Few (Oregon) Assistant coach(es) Tommy Lloyd (Whitman) Donny Daniels (Cal State Fullerton) Brian Michaelson (Gonzaga) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 17, 2018

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• Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

Gonzaga's non-conference schedule includes matchups with Washington^[16] and San Diego State on the road.^[17] Gonzaga hosted Creighton,^[18] Texas Southern,^[19] and Incarnate Word at home.^[20] Gonzaga battled Villanova on a neutral court at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic.^[21] The Zags were invited to play in the PK80: Phil Knight Invitational, where they played against Florida, Ohio State, and Texas.^[22][23] The Zags played in the single-elimination WCC Tournament, which took place in March 2018 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.^[24]

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

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