1998–99 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 1998–99 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Gonzaga University in the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Dan Monson, the Bulldogs were 22–6 (.786) overall in the regular season (12–2 in WCC, first), and played their home games on campus at the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre in Spokane, Washington.

1998–99 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
WCC tournament champions
WCC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
Record28–7 (12–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mark Few (10th season)
  • Bill Grier (8th season)
  • Scott Snider (1st season)
Home arenaCharlotte Y. Martin Centre
1998–99 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Gonzaga122 .857287  .800
San Diego95 .643189  .667
Pepperdine95 .6431913  .594
Santa Clara86 .5711415  .483
Loyola Marymount68 .4291116  .407
Saint Mary's59 .3571318  .419
San Francisco410 .2861218  .400
Portland311 .214918  .333
1999 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The top-seeded Zags won the conference tournament at Santa Clara, and were seeded tenth in the West regional of the NCAA tournament. Unranked and sent to Seattle, they recorded the program's first NCAA tournament wins with upsets of Minnesota and #7 Stanford, the region's second seed. In the Sweet Sixteen at Phoenix, Gonzaga edged sixth-seeded Florida by a point, but fell by five in the Elite Eight to third-ranked Connecticut, the eventual national champion, and finished at 28–7 (.800).

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