Gonzaga Bulldogs (367 pts)
Conference: West Coast
Coach: Mark Few
Most notable player of the decade: Mark Morrison
Record from 1999-2000 to 2008-2009
99-00: 26-9, Sweet 16
00-01: 26-7, Sweet 16
01-02: 29-4, Round 1
02-03: 24-9, Round 2
03-04: 28-3, Round 2
04-05: 26-5, Round 2
05-06: 29-4, Sweet 16
06-07: 25-8, Round 1
07-08: 23-11, Round 1
08-09: 28-6, Sweet 16
Total: 264-66
ALL AMERICAN TEAM SELECTIONS
Total Amount of Consensus All American Selections from the 99-00 thru 08-09 Seasons*
*Players may be counted more than once as they were selected as All Americans on more than one season
1st Team: 3
2nd Team: 1
NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
NABC POY: 1 (Adam Morrison in 2006)
Oscar Robertson Trophy: 1 (Adam Morrison in 2006)
PRO FACTORY
NBA 1st Round Picks in the 2000-2009 Drafts: 3
NBA 2nd Round Picks in the 2000-2009 Drafts: 3
THE BOTTOM LINE
Mark Few was a long time assistant of the Gonzaga Bulldogs for 10 years, helping solidify the team into a Western Regional power. After a Cinderella run to the 1999 Elite Eight when they would lose a heartbreaker to UConn, who would go on to win the title that year, Few became the head coach after Dan Monson left to coach at Minnesota (looks like he wished he was still in Washington). Few has more than maintained the Bulldogs at their current level, turning Gonzaga from a regional power to a national power in the traditional mid-major West Coast Conference.
Gonzaga averaged 26.4 wins and 6.6 losses a season this decade and advanced to every NCAA tournament this year, advancing at least one round seven times, highlighted by four Sweet 16’s. The Bulldogs have produced 2006 Split National POY Adam Morrison, who led the nation in scoring that season and is their most accomplished player. As a pro factory, they have produced a number of NBA Draft picks; Ronny Turiaf is their most accomplished pro who played for the Bulldogs in this decade.
The primary factor that prevents the Bulldogs from being higher is a lack of farther advances in the Dance. Otherwise, this non-BCS conference team could have been in the Top 5.
THE BULLDOGS’ HIGH POINT OF THE DECADE
I will give the 2005-2006 season as their high point of the decade. The Bulldogs matched their farthest advance in the NCAA Tournament, and Adam Morrison won a share of the National of the Player awards with J.J. Redick of Duke winning nearly every other award that season. The only disappointing part of the season besides losing a heartbreaker to UCLA was that many people were hoping for a Redick/Morrison match in the Final Four, which is what would have happened if Duke AND Gonzaga made it that far.
THE BULLDOGS’ LOW POINT OF THE DECADE
The 2001-02 Season because they lost in the first round with a lineup of three future NBA players in Blake Stepp, Dan Dickau, and Ronny Turiaf as a reserve against Wyoming.
OUTLOOK FOR NEXT DECADE
Gonzaga has done very well considering it is in a conference without many other quality teams. However, recruits tend to want to play in BCS conferences, and moreso today in the one and done era of the NBA since the BCS conferences allow more TV time. Nevertheless, the Bulldogs should still be able to get their fair share of Top 100 recruits and continue to maintain themselves as a consistent Sweet 16 threat every year if Few remains as head coach. He is in his mid 40's so a possible departure to a bigger time program is still a possibility, but even if it happens, a qualified coach will come here because of the tradition of excellence set here over the past decade.
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