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The 2017–18 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by head coach Mark Few, who is in his 19th season as head coach. The team plays its home games at McCarthey Athletic Center, which has a capacity of 6,000. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the Zags) are playing in their 38th season as a member of the West Coast Conference.

Previous Season
The 2016-17 Gonzaga Bulldogs team finished the season with a 37–1 record. The 2016–17 season was arguably the greatest season in Gonzaga's 109-year basketball history. The Bulldogs finished with a 32–1 regular season record and did not lose a game until February. They finished ranked second in the AP Poll, the highest final national ranking in school history. They won both the West Coast Conference regular season and tournament championships, and advanced to the first NCAA National Championship game in the school's history--the deepest run for a WCC team since San Francisco advanced to its third consecutive Final Four in 1957. With a victory over South Carolina in the regional semifinal, the Bulldogs tied the NCAA Division I record for the second-most wins in a season. Their run ended in the NCAA National Championship game, where they lost to North Carolina.

2017 Returning Missionaries
Jesse Wade graduated high school in 2015, but before enrolling in college at Gonzaga, he left for a 2-year LDS mission in Lyon, France, and will arrive on campus as a freshman in Fall 2017.

Roster

 * Roster is subject to change as/if players transfer or leave the program for other reasons.

Schedule
Gonzaga's non-conference schedule includes a matchups with Washington and San Diego State on the road. Gonzaga will battle Villanova on a neutral court at Madison Square Garden in the Jimmy V Classic. The Zags were invited to play in the PK80: Phil Knight Invitational, where they will play against 3 the following in Portland, Oregon: Arkansas, Butler, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Michigan State, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Portland State, Stanford, and Texas. The Zags will play in the single-elimination WCC Tournament, which takes place in March 2018 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

!colspan=12 style="background:#002D72; color:white;"| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style="background:#002D72; color:white;"| Non-Conference Regular Season

!colspan=12 style="background:#002D72; color:white;"| WCC Regular Season

!colspan=12 style="background:#002D72; color:white;"| WCC Tournament

!colspan=12 style="background:#002967; color:white;"| 2018 Postseason Tournament

Rankings
* AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings


 * Notes