The 1988–89 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented
Gonzaga University
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in the
West Coast Athletic Conference
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(WCAC) during the
1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh-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 19 ...
, the Bulldogs were overall in the regular season and played their home games on campus at the
Charlotte Y. Martin Centre
Charlotte Y. Martin Centre is an athletics center in the northwest United States, on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Its multi-purpose arena has a seating capacity of 4,000.
Ground was broken in June 1964 on the $1.1 m ...
(formerly known as Kennedy Pavilion) in
Spokane, Washington
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.
At the third
conference tournament, the Zags lost again in the quarterfinals, this time to eventual champion
Loyola Marymount
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, to finish at .
Their first tournament wins came three years later in
1992
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; they advanced to the final,
but fell by three to top-seeded
Pepperdine.
Postseason results
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WCAC tournament
References
External links
Sports Reference– Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball – 1988–89 season
Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball seasons
Gonzaga
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*Gonzaga, Cagayan, municipality in the Philippines
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Surname
*House of Gonza ...
1988 in sports in Washington (state)
1989 in sports in Washington (state)
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