The 1987–88 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented
Gonzaga University in the
West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC) during the
1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1987 and ended with the Final Four in Kansas City, Missouri on April 4, 1988.
Season headlines
Major rule changes
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. Led by sixth-year head coach
Dan Fitzgerald
Daniel John Fitzgerald (March 3, 1942 – January 19, 2010) was an American college basketball coach and athletic director at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
Fitzgerald was the head coach at Gonzaga for 15 seasons between 1978 and 1997 ...
, the Bulldogs were overall in the regular season and played their home games on campus at the
Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (formerly known as Kennedy Pavilion) in
Spokane, Washington.
At the second
conference tournament, the Zags lost again to
Pepperdine
Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and th ...
in the quarterfinals to finish at .
Their first tournament wins came four years later in
1992
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; they advanced to the final,
but fell by three to the top-seeded
Waves.
Postseason results
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WCAC tournament
References
External links
Sports Reference– Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball – 1987–88 season
Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball seasons
Gonzaga
Gonzaga may refer to:
Places
* Gonzaga, Lombardy, commune in the province of Mantua, Italy
* Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines
*Gonzaga, Minas Gerais, town in Brazil
*Forte Gonzaga, fort in Messina, Sicily
People with the surna ...
1987 in sports in Washington (state)
1988 in sports in Washington (state)
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