The Bulldogs team finished the 2015 – 16 season 28 – 8 , 15 – 3 in WCC play to earn a share for the WCC regular season championship . They defeated Portland , BYU , and Saint Mary 's to win the WCC Tournament and earn the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament ; the Bulldogs have sequentially earned a place in this tournament for the past 18 years . As a No. 11 seed , they defeated No. 6 seed Seton Hall and No. 3 seed Utah to advance to the Sweet Sixteen . There they lost to No. 10 seed and eventual Final Four participant Syracuse
WCC Tournament
2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team