2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
WCC Regular Season Co-Champions WCC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 32
Conference	West Coast Conference
2010–11 record	25–10 (11–3 WCC)
Head coach	Mark Few (12th year)
Assistant coach	Tommy Lloyd (10th year)
Assistant coach	Ray Giacoletti (4th year)
Assistant coach	Donny Daniels (1st year)
Home arena	McCarthey Athletic Center

2010–11 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Saint Mary's	11	–	3		.786			25	–	9		.735
† Gonzaga	11	–	3		.786			25	–	10		.714
San Francisco	10	–	4		.714			19	–	15		.559
Santa Clara	8	–	6		.571			24	–	14		.632
Portland	7	–	7		.500			20	–	12		.625
Pepperdine	5	–	9		.357			12	–	21		.364
Loyola Marymount	2	–	12		.143			11	–	21		.344
San Diego	2	–	12		.143			6	–	24		.200
† 2011 WCC Tournament winner As of March 30, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the 2010–11 college basketball season. The Bulldogs are members of the West Coast Conference, and were led by head coach Mark Few. They played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington.

The team lost the 2010 WCC Player of the Year Matt Bouldin to graduation, but returned the rest of their starting lineup.^[1] Three of the returning players participated in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey—Elias Harris for Germany and Kelly Olynyk and Robert Sacre for Canada. Gonzaga was the only NCAA school with more than one player involved in the 2010 Worlds.

The Bulldogs finished the 2010–11 season 25–10, 11–3 in WCC play to share the regular season championship with Saint Mary's. They defeated Saint Mary's in the championship game of the 2011 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament to earn an automatic bid in the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. As the 11 seed in the southeast region, the defeated 6 seed St. John's in the second round before falling to 3 seed Brigham Young in the third round.

Preseason

In 2010–11, the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team were in their 31st season as a member of the West Coast Conference.^[2] Since 2004, the team has played their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center, which has a capacity of 6,000.^[3] In their previous season, a West Coast Conference Preseason poll predicted that the Gonzaga Bulldogs would finish first in the conference.^[4]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Foster, WillWill Foster	45	C	7'5"	273	Senior	Bonney Lake, WA	Graduated
Bouldin, MattMatt Bouldin	15	G	6'5"	224	Senior	Highlands Ranch, CO	Graduated
Pontarolo-Magg, ChrisChris Pontarolo-Magg	4	G	5'11"	175	Senior	Quincy, WA	Graduated
Kong, BolBol Kong	34	G	6'6"	220	Sophomore (redshirt)	Vancouver, BC	Transferred to NAIT
Poling, AndyAndy Poling	14	F	6'11"	204	Freshman (redshirt)	Portland, OR	Transferred to Seattle Pacific
Gibbs, GrantGrant Gibbs	10	G	6'4"	204	Freshman (redshirt)	Marion, IA	Transferred to Creighton
Vilarino, G.J.G.J. Vilarino	5	G	6'0"	177	Freshman	McKinney, TX	Transferred to Appalachian State

Incoming Transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Years Remaining	Date Eligible
Carter, MarquiseMarquise Carter	G	6'4"	178	Junior (redshirt)	San Diego, CA	Three Rivers CC	2	Oct. 1, 2010[5]

2010 Recruiting Class

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Keegan Hyland[6] SG	Portland, ME	South Portland	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Apr 27, 2010
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 84
Mathis Keita[7] SG	Thionville, France	Lycée Marcelin Berthelot/INSEP	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	May 12, 2010
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Mathis Mönninghoff[7] SF	Ibbenbüren, Germany	Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium/Bayer Giants	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Aug 11, 2010
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: NR   Rivals: NR  247Sports: NR  ESPN: NR
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: "2010 Gonzaga Rivals Commits". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010. "2010 Gonzaga Scout Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010. "2010 Gonzaga ESPN Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010. "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010. "2010 Gonzaga 24/7 Sports Commits". 247sports.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010.

Roster

2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town G 41 Gray, StevenSteven Gray 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Bainbridge Irondale, WA C 00 Sacre, RobertRobert Sacre 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) RS Jr Handsworth North Vancouver, BC G 2 Carter, MarquiseMarquise Carter 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS Jr Horizon Christian Three Rivers CC San Diego, CA G 3 Goodson, DemetriDemetri Goodson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Klein Collins Spring, TX G 30 Hart, MikeMike Hart 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 206 lb (93 kg) RS So Jesuit Portland, OR F 10 Arop, MangistoMangisto Arop 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) So St. Mary (ON) Edmonton, AB F 20 Harris, EliasElias Harris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-Gymnasium BIS Speyer Speyer, Germany F 13 Olynyk, KellyKelly Olynyk 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So South Kamloops Kamloops, BC C 35 Dower, SamSam Dower 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) RS Fr Osseo Brooklyn Park, MN G 11 Stockton, DavidDavid Stockton 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 152 lb (69 kg) RS Fr Gonzaga Prep Spokane, WA G 25 Keita, MathisMathis Keita 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Lycée Marcelin Berthelot INSEP Thionville, France F 22 Mönninghoff, MathisMathis Mönninghoff 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Fr Landrat-Lucas-Gymnasium Bayer Giants Ibbenbüren, Germany G 33 Hyland, KeeganKeegan Hyland  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr South Portland Portland, ME	Head coach Mark Few Assistant coach(es) Tommy Lloyd Ray Giacoletti Donny Daniels Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2010-11-13

Rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Poll	Pre [8]	Wk 2 [9]	Wk 3 [10]	Wk 4 [11]	Wk 5 [12]	Wk 6 [13]	Wk 7 [14]	Wk 8 [15]	Wk 9 [16]	Wk 10 [17]	Wk 11 [18]	Wk 12 [19]	Wk 13 [20]	Wk 14 [21]
AP	12	11	22	RV	RV	--	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	--	--	--
Coaches	12	12	18	24	RV	--	--	RV	RV	RV	RV	--	--	--

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
10/30/2010*	#12	vs. Texas Secret Scrimmage	–	-	Pepsi Center (-) Denver, CO
11/05/2010* 6:00 PM, KHQ/FSN	#12	Southern Oregon	W 90–58		McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
Regular Season
11/12/2010* 6:00 PM, KHQ/FSN	#12	Southern	W 117–72	1–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
11/14/2010* 1:00 PM, KHQ/FSN	#12	IUPUI CBE Classic Regional Round	W 86–56	2–0	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
11/16/2010* 8:00 PM, ESPN2	#11	#25 San Diego State CBE Classic Regional Round	L 76–79	2–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
11/22/2010* 6:30 PM, ESPN2	#22	vs. #4 Kansas State CBE Semifinal	L 64–81	2–2	Sprint Center (18,630) Kansas City, MO
11/23/2010* 4:45 PM, ESPNU	#22	vs. Marquette CBI 3rd place game	W 66–63	3–2	Sprint Center (18,966) Kansas City, MO
11/30/2010* 6:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		Eastern Washington	W 86–57	4–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
12/04/2010* 2:15 PM, ESPN		vs. #20 Illinois Battle in Seattle	L 61–73	4–3	KeyArena (14,789) Seattle, WA
12/08/2010* 8:00 PM, FSN		at Washington State	L 59–81	4–4	Beasley Coliseum (10,177) Pullman, WA
12/11/2010* 5:30 PM, ESPN2		at #23 Notre Dame	L 79–83	4–5	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,570) South Bend, IN
12/16/2010* 6:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		Lewis-Clark State	W 103–61	5–5	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
12/18/2010* 1:30 PM, ESPN2		vs. #9 Baylor The Showcase	W 68–64	6–5	American Airlines Center (11,077) Dallas, TX
12/22/2010* 12:00 PM, ESPN2		Xavier	W 64–54	7–5	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
12/29/2010* 5:30 PM, KHQ/FSN		Lafayette	W 83–55	8–5	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
12/31/2010* 7:00 PM, ESPN2		Oklahoma State	W 73–52	9–5	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/02/2011* 10:00 AM, FSN		at Wake Forest	W 73–63	10–5	LJVM Coliseum (11,003) Winston-Salem, NC
01/08/2011 5:30 PM, KAYU/FSN		Portland	W 74–61	11–5 (1–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/13/2011 6:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		Pepperdine	W 92–75	12–5 (2–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/15/2011 5:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		Loyola Marymount	W 79–59	13–5 (3–0)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/20/2011 6:00 PM, ESPNU		at Santa Clara	L 71–85	13–6 (3–1)	Leavey Center (4,017) Santa Clara, CA
01/22/2011 5:30 PM, KHQ/FSN		at San Francisco	L 91–96 ^OT	13–7 (3–2)	War Memorial Gymnasium (4,195) San Francisco, CA
01/27/2011 8:00 PM, ESPN2		Saint Mary's	L 71–73	13–8 (3–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
01/29/2011 5:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		San Diego	W 86–53	14–8 (4–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/03/2011 8:00 PM, ESPN2		at Portland	W 67–64	15–8 (5–3)	Chiles Center (4,852) Portland, OR
02/05/2011* 1:00 PM, ESPN		vs. Memphis Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic	L 58–62	15–9	Spokane Arena (10,778) Spokane, WA
02/10/2011 8:00 PM, ESPN2		at Loyola Marymount	W 67–57	16–9 (6–3)	Gersten Pavilion (2,964) Los Angeles, CA
02/12/2011 7:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		at Pepperdine	W 63–44	17–9 (7–3)	Firestone Fieldhouse (2,484) Malibu, CA
02/17/2011 6:00 PM, KHQ		Santa Clara	W 85–76	18–9 (8–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/19/2011 5:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		San Francisco	W 70–53	19–9 (9–3)	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
02/24/2011 8:00 PM, ESPN2		at Saint Mary's	W 89–85 ^OT	20–9 (10–3)	McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Moraga, CA
02/26/2011 6:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		at San Diego	W 68–31	21–9 (11–3)	Jenny Craig Pavilion (3,882) San Diego, CA
02/28/2011* 6:00 PM, KHQ/FSN		Cal State Bakersfield	W 96–49	22–9	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
2011 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
03/06/2011 7:30 PM, ESPN2		vs. San Francisco Semifinals	W 71–67	23–9	Orleans Arena (7,489) Paradise, NV
03/07/2011 6:00 PM, ESPN		vs. Saint Mary's Championship Game	W 75–63	24–9	Orleans Arena (7,186) Paradise, NV
2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
03/17/2011* 6:45 PM, CBS		vs. #18 St. John's Second Round	W 86–71	25–9	Pepsi Center (19,216) Denver, CO
03/19/2011* 4:45 PM, CBS		vs. #10 BYU Third Round	L 67–89	25–10	Pepsi Center (19,328) Denver, CO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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