2008–09 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
Appearance
2008–09 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball | |
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WCC Tournament champions WCC regular season champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | West Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 13 |
AP | No. 10 |
Record | 28–6 (14–0 WCC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | McCarthey Athletic Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Gonzaga† | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
Preseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Abdullahi Kuso | 31 | F | 6'9" | 241 | Senior (Redshirt) | Kaduna, Nigeria | Graduated |
David Pendergraft | 25 | G | 6'6" | 223 | Senior | Brewster, WA | Graduated |
Larry Gurganious | 20 | F | 6'5" | 199 | Sophomore (Redshirt) | Berkeley, CA | Transferred to UC Riverside |
Theo Davis | 34 | F | 6'9" | 198 | Freshman (Redshirt) | Brampton, ON | Transferred to Binghamton |
2008 recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Andy Poling[1] PF |
Portland, OR | Westview | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 232 lb (105 kg) | Aug 2, 2006 | |
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Grant Gibbs[1] PG |
Marion, IA | Linn-Mar | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 204 lb (93 kg) | Jul 17, 2007 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() | ||||||
Demetri Goodson[2] PG |
McKinney, TX | Klein Collins | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 164 lb (74 kg) | Oct 2, 2007 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() | ||||||
Michael Hart SG |
Portland, OR | Jesuit | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR Rivals: NR 247Sports: NR ESPN: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
11/15/2008* 4:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 10 | Montana State-Billings | W 83–52 | 1–0 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
11/18/2008* 6:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 9 | Idaho | W 80–46 | 2–0 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
11/27/2008* 6:30 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 9 | vs. Oklahoma State Old Spice Classic |
W 83–71 | 3–0 |
Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex (4,644) Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||||
11/28/2008* 2:30 PM, ESPN |
No. 9 | vs. Maryland Old Spice Classic |
W 81–59 | 4–0 |
Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||||
11/30/2008* 4:30 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 9 | vs. No. 12 Tennessee Old Spice Classic |
W 73–64 | 5–0 |
Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex (3,914) Lake Buena Vista, FL | ||||||
12/06/2008* 10:30 AM, Big Ten Network |
No. 5 | at Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge |
W 70–54 | 6–0 |
Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
12/10/2008* 7:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 4 | at Washington State | W 74–52 | 7–0 |
Beasley Coliseum (10,984) Pullman, WA | ||||||
12/14/2008* 3:00 PM, FSN |
No. 4 | vs. Arizona Duel in the Desert |
W 69–64 | 7–1 |
US Airways Center (6,207) Phoenix, AZ | ||||||
12/18/2008* 6:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 8 | Texas Southern | W 84–42 | 8–1 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
12/20/2008* 1:00 PM, CBS |
No. 8 | vs. No. 2 Connecticut Battle in Seattle |
W 88–83 OT | 8–2 |
KeyArena (16,763) Seattle, WA | ||||||
12/23/2008* 5:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 7 | Portland State | W 77–70 | 8–3 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
12/31/2008* 5:00 PM, CBS College Sports |
No. 16 | at Utah | W 66–65 | 8–4 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (12,571) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
1/7/2009* 6:00 PM, ESPN2 |
at No. 15 Tennessee | W 89–79 OT | 9–4 |
Thompson-Boling Arena (22,326) Knoxville, TN | |||||||
1/10/2009 5:00 PM, KHQ |
Portland | W 67–50 | 10–4 (1–0) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
1/15/2009 6:00 PM, KHQ |
Santa Clara | W 95–53 | 11–4 (2–0) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
1/17/2009 5:00 PM, KHQ |
San Francisco | W 85–51 | 12–4 (3–0) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
1/22/2009 6:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 23 | at Pepperdine | W 83–69 | 13–4 (4–0) |
Firestone Fieldhouse (2,342) Malibu, CA | ||||||
1/24/2009 5:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 23 | at Loyola Marymount | W 93–60 | 14–4 (5–0) |
Gersten Pavilion (3,796) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
1/29/2009 8:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 20 | No. 22 Saint Mary's | W 69–62 | 15–4 (6–0) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
1/31/2009 3:00 PM, ESPN |
No. 20 | San Diego | W 64–47 | 16–4 (7–0) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
2/5/2009 8:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 18 | at Portland | W 93–78 | 17–4 (8–0) |
Chiles Center (4,987) Portland, OR | ||||||
2/7/2009* 6:00 PM, ESPN |
No. 18 | vs. No. 14 Memphis ESPN College GameDay & Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic |
W 68–50 | 17–5 |
Spokane Arena (11,339) Spokane, WA | ||||||
2/12/2009 8:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 19 | at Saint Mary's | W 72–70 | 18–5 (9–0) |
McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA | ||||||
2/14/2009 8:00 PM, ESPNU |
No. 19 | at San Francisco | W 78–73 | 19–5 (10–0) |
War Memorial Gymnasium (3,367) San Francisco, CA | ||||||
2/19/2009 6:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 17 | Loyola Marymount | W 91–54 | 20–5 (11–0) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
2/21/2009 8:30 PM, ESPNU |
No. 17 | Pepperdine | W 92–58 | 21–5 (12–0) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
2/26/2009 8:00 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 17 | at Santa Clara | W 81–73 | 22–5 (13–0) |
Leavey Center (4,700) Santa Clara, CA | ||||||
2/28/2009 4:30 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 17 | at San Diego | W 58–47 | 23–5 (14–0) |
Jenny Craig Pavilion (5,100) San Diego, CA | ||||||
3/3/2009* 6:00 PM, KHQ |
No. 14 | USC Upstate | W 90–40 | 24–5 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | ||||||
WCC Tournament | |||||||||||
03/8/2009 6:30 PM, ESPN2 |
No. 14 | vs. Santa Clara | W 94–59 | 25–5 |
Orleans Arena (7,845) Las Vegas, NV | ||||||
03/9/2009 6:00 PM, ESPN |
No. 12 | vs. Saint Mary's | W 83–58 | 26–5 |
Orleans Arena (7,845) Las Vegas, NV | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/19/09* 4:25 pm, CBS |
No. 10 (4) | vs. (13) Akron First Round |
W 77–64 | 27–5 |
Rose Garden Portland, Oregon | ||||||
3/21/09* 5:30 pm, CBS |
No. 10 (4) | vs. (12) Western Kentucky Second Round |
W 83–81 | 28–5 |
Rose Garden (18,794) Portland, Oregon | ||||||
3/27/09* 6:57 pm, CBS |
No. 10 (4) | vs. No. 2 (1) North Carolina Sweet Sixteen |
W 98–77 | 28–6 |
FedExForum (17,103) Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time. |
References
- ^ a b "Men's Basketball Signs Three High Schoolers. Poling, Gibbs, Goodson to join squad next season". November 14, 2007.
- ^ "Point guard Goodson commits to Gonzaga". October 3, 2007.