2011–12 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 February 2013 Basketball 2011–12 Gonzaga Bulldogs Gonzaga Bulldogs wordmark.svg 175 West Coast Conference WCC 26–7 13–3 Mark Few 13th Tommy Lloyd 11th Ray Giacoletti 5th Donny Daniels 2nd McCarthey Athletic Center NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2011–12 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference, were led by head coach Mark Few, in his 13th season at the school. The Zags played most of their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington, but played one home game at Spokane Arena, located in downtown Spokane about 2 miles (3 km) from the Gonzaga campus. The team also played one game at KeyArena in Seattle, a contest billed as the "Battle in Seattle". This season, the Zags also played a game against Hawaii at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC. It was something of a homecoming for center Robert Sacre who is from North Vancouver. The Zags had three Canadians on this year's roster, one of whom (Kelly Olynyk) was redshirted and did not play in 2011–12. They finished the season 26–7, 13–3 in WCC play to finish in second place. They lost in the championship game of the West Coast Basketball tournament to Saint Mary's. They received an at-large bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament, their 14th straight tournament bid, where they defeated West Virginia in the second round before falling in the third round to Ohio State. Preseason In 2011–12, the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team were in their 32nd season as a member of the West Coast Conference.http://www.wccsports.com/school-bio/west-school-bio.html West Coast Conference History CBS Interactive November 13, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130405010428/http://www.wccsports.com/school-bio/west-school-bio.html April 5, 2013 Since 2004, the team has played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center, which has a capacity of 6,000.http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Libraries/Foley-Library/Departments/Special-Collections/exhibitions/GonzagaHistory1990.asp Gonzaga History 1990–present Gonzaga University November 13, 2011 Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Steven Gray basketball, born 1989 41 G 77 6'5" 205 4 Senior Irondale, WA Graduated Demetri Goodson 3 G 72 6'0" 173 3 Junior Spring, TX Transferred to Baylor (Football) Mangisto Arop 2 G 78 6'6" 208 2 Sophomore Edmonton, AB Transferred to Indiana State Keegan Hyland 1 33 G 76 6'4" 192 1 Freshman Portland, ME Transferred to Fairfield Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown PreviousSchool YearsRemaining DateEligible Guy Landry Edi Guy Edi F 78 6'6" 218 3 Junior Agboville, Côte d'Ivoire Midland College 1.5 Dec. 17, 2011http://www.gonzagabulletin.com/article_50b56442-7508-559b-9496-c7373130f0d6.html NCAA rules new Zag ineligible November 1, 2011 2011 recruiting class http://www.gozags.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/111010aaa.html Bell, Dranginis, Pangos, Spangler Sign With Men's Basketball November 10, 2010 no no 2011 Gary Bell Jr. PG Kent, WA Kentridge 6 2 185 April 26, 2010 4 4 3 4 94 Kyle Dranginis PG Nampa, ID Skyview 6 4 165 May 24, 2010 3 3 3 3 89 Ryan Spangler PF Blanchard, OK Bridge Creek 6 7 220 September 24, 2010 NR 3 3 3 89 Kevin Pangos PG Newmarket, ON Denison Secondary School 6 1 180 October 5, 2010 3 3 3 4 92 Chris Sarbaugh PG Spokane, WA Gonzaga Prep 6 3 195 NR NR NR NR NR 2011 2011 Gonzaga Rivals Commits 2011 Gonzaga Scout Commits 2011 Gonzaga 24/7 Sports Commits 2011 Gonzaga ESPN Commits gonzaga 130 gonzaga 2250 NR NR NR NR October 5, 2010 yes Roster 2011 Gonzaga Bulldogs y y Robert Sacre y 00 C 7 0 260 SR y North Vancouver, BC Handsworth Marquise Carter 2 G 6 4 178 SR y San Diego, CA Horizon ChristianThree Rivers CC Mike Hart 30 G 6 6 206 JR y Portland, OR Jesuit W Elias Harris y 20 F 6 7 245 JR Speyer, Germany Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-GymnasiumBIS Speyer Kelly Olynyk y 13 F 7 0 238 JR yes Kamloops, BC South Kamloops Guy Landry Edi Guy Edi y 10 F 6 6 218 JR Agboville, Côte d'Ivoire Stoneridge Prep (CA)Midland College Sam Dower y 35 C 6 9 248 SO y Brooklyn Park, MN Osseo David Stockton y 11 G 5 11 152 SO y Spokane, WA Gonzaga Prep Mathis Keita 25 G 6 5 190 SO Thionville, France Lycée Marcelin BerthelotINSEP Mathis Mönninghoff 22 F 6 7 189 SO Ibbenbüren, Germany Landrat-Lucas-GymnasiumBayer Giants Gary Bell Jr. y 5 G 6 1 205 FR Kent, WA Kentridge Ryan Spangler y 15 F 6 8 232 FR Blanchard, OK Bridge Creek Kevin Pangos y 4 G 6 1 180 FR Newmarket, ON Denison Secondary Kyle Dranginis 3 G 6 5 175 FR yes Nampa, ID Skyview Chris Sarbaugh 14 G 6 3 195 FR yes Spokane, WA Gonzaga Prep W Mark Few (Oregon) Tommy Lloyd (Whitman) Ray Giacoletti (Minot State) Donny Daniels (Fullerton) http://www.gozags.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26400&SPID=90846&SPSID=627536&KEY=2011 Schedule 2010–11 yes |- !colspan=9| Exhibition October 28, 2011 6:00 pm yes 23 2011 Carroll Fighting Saints Carroll McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ 95–51 6,000 November 5, 2011 w yes yes 23 Texas Pepsi Center Denver, CO Secret Scrimmage – - - |- !colspan=9| Regular Season November 11, 2011 8:00 pm yes 23 2011 Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern Washington McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA SWX/ROOT 77–69 6,000 1–0 November 14, 2011 9:00 pm yes 22 Washington State McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN 89–81 6,000 2–0 November 19, 2011 6:00 pm yes yes 22 2011 none Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC BC Basketball Classic KHQ/ROOT 73–54 9,687 3–0 November 26, 2011 1:00 pm yes yes 19 2011 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan Spokane Arena Spokane, WA Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic KHQ/ROOT 78–58 9,610 4–0 November 30, 2011 8:15 pm yes 19 Notre Dame McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 73–53 6,000 5–0 December 3, 2011 12:15 pm yes yes 19 Illinois Assembly Hall Champaign, IL ESPN2 75–82 15,879 5–1 December 10, 2011 6:00 pm yes 23 Michigan State McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 67–74 6,000 5–2 December 15, 2011 6:00 pm yes Oral Roberts McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ/ROOT https://archive.today/20130124153834/http://espn.go.com/ncb/conversation?gameId=313492250 67–61 6,000 6–2 December 17, 2011 1:00 pm yes yes Arizona KeyArena Seattle, WA Battle in Seattle CBS 71–60 15,127 7–2 December 20, 2011 6:00 pm yes Butler McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 71–55 6,000 8–2 December 22, 2011 6:00 pm yes Air Force McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ/ROOT 70–60 6,000 9–2 December 28, 2011 6:00 pm Portland McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ/ROOT 90–51 6,000 10–2 1–0 December 31, 2011 5:00 pm yes yes Xavier Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH ESPN2 72–65 10,250 11–2 January 5, 2012 6:00 pm 25 Pepperdine McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ/ROOT 73–45 6,000 12–2 2–0 January 7, 2012 5:00 pm 25 Santa Clara McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KAYU/ROOT 82–60 6,000 13–2 3–0 January 12, 2012 8:00 pm yes 21 Saint Mary's McKeon Pavilion Moraga, CA ESPN2 62–83 3,500 13–3 3–1 January 14, 2012 5:00 pm yes 21 Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA KHQ/ROOT 62–58 3,942 14–3 4–1 January 19, 2012 6:00 pm San Francisco McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPNU 74–63 6,000 15–3 5–1 January 21, 2012 5:00 pm San Diego McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ/ROOT 77–60 6,000 16–3 6–1 January 26, 2012 8:00 pm yes Portland Chiles Center Portland, OR ESPN2 74–62 4,852 17–3 7–1 February 2, 2012 7:00 pm yes 24 BYU Marriott Center Provo, UT ESPN2 73–83 19,257 17–4 7–2 February 4, 2012 7:00 pm yes 24 Pepperdine Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA KHQ/ROOT 72–60 2,120 18–4 8–2 February 9, 2012 8:00 pm Saint Mary's 16 McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 73–59 6,000 19–4 9–2 February 11, 2012 5:00 pm Loyola Marymount McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ/ROOT 78–59 6,000 20–4 10–2 February 16, 2012 8:00 pm yes 24 Santa Clara Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA ESPN2 73–62 4,700 21–4 11–2 February 18, 2012 5:00 pm yes 24 San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA KHQ/ROOT 65–66 4,500 21–5 11–3 February 23, 2012 8:00 pm BYU McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA ESPN2 74–63 6,000 22–5 12–3 February 25, 2012 4:00 pm yes San Diego Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA KHQ/ROOT 65–57 3,962 23–5 13–3 February 27, 2012 6:00 pm yes Longwood McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA KHQ/ROOT 92–60 6,000 24–5 |- !colspan=9| 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament March 3, 2012 8:30 pm yes BYU Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Semifinals ESPN2 77–58 7,828 25–5 March 5, 2012 6:00 pm yes 24 Saint Mary's Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Championship Game ESPN 74–78 OT 6,826 25–6 |- !colspan=9| 2012 NCAA tournament March 15, 2012 4:20 pm yes yes (7) (10) West Virginia Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, PA Second Round TNT 77–54 19,413 26–6 March 17, 2012 11:45 am yes yes (7) (2) Ohio State 7 Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, PA Third Round CBS 66–73 18,588 26–7 |- AP Poll Pacific Time (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region References Gonzaga Category:Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Gonzaga Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball Category:2010s in Spokane, Washington