1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	8–20 (3–11 WCC)
Head coach	Dan Fitzgerald (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Dan Monson; Mark Few (GA);
Home arena	Martin Centre

1989–90 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 21 Loyola Marymount	13	–	1	.929	26	–	6	.813
Pepperdine	10	–	4	.714	17	–	11	.607
San Diego	9	–	5	.643	16	–	12	.571
Portland	7	–	7	.500	11	–	17	.393
Santa Clara	6	–	8	.429	9	–	19	.321
San Francisco	4	–	10	.286	8	–	20	.286
Saint Mary's	4	–	10	.286	7	–	20	.259
Gonzaga	3	–	11	.214	8	–	20	.286


Rankings from AP poll

The 1989–90 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eighth-year head coach Dan Fitzgerald, the Bulldogs were 8–19 (.296) overall in the regular season (3–11 in WCC, last),^[1]^[2] and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (formerly known as Kennedy Pavilion) in Spokane, Washington.

At the fourth conference tournament, the Zags lost again in the quarterfinals, to top seed Loyola Marymount, to finish at 8–20 (.286).^[2]^[3] Their first tournament wins came two years later in 1992; they advanced to the final,^[4] but fell by three to top-seeded Pepperdine.^[5]

Postseason results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
WCC tournament
Sat, March 3	(8)	at (1) No. 22 Loyola Marymount Quarterfinal	L 84–121	8–20	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

↑ "Basketball: college standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 27, 1990. p. C4.
1 2 Blanchette, John (March 3, 1990). "Zags open with Lions in league tournament". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
↑ "Pilots pick off 1st win in tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 4, 1990. p. 4F.
↑ Blanchette, John (March 9, 1992). "It's Zags, Waves for WCC title". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. C1.
↑ "Waves dunk Zags for WCC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 10, 1992. p. 3D.

External links

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[cstg-1] "Basketball: college standings". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). February 27, 1990. p. C4.

[opwli-2] 1 2 Blanchette, John (March 3, 1990). "Zags open with Lions in league tournament". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.

[pipiof-3] "Pilots pick off 1st win in tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 4, 1990. p. 4F.

[zwtil-4] Blanchette, John (March 9, 1992). "It's Zags, Waves for WCC title". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. C1.

[wdzft-5] "Waves dunk Zags for WCC title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 10, 1992. p. 3D.

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Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	Russell Gymnasium (1907–1958) Spokane Coliseum (1958–1965, 1979–1980) Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (1965–2004) McCarthey Athletic Center (2004–present) Spokane Arena (alternate, 1995–present)
Rivalries	BYU Idaho (dormant) Saint Mary's Washington
Culture & lore	Spike the Bulldog "Go, Gonzaga!"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics