It’s not a stretch to rank the job he’s doing with the current Zags, who face top-seeded Purdue in the Sweet 16 on Friday, at or near the top of his 25-year tenure as a head coach.

Kings center Domantas Sabonis went down after getting his jaw rocked by an elbow to the face in the early stages of Monday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, but that didn’t stop his relentless pursuit of history. Sabonis recorded his 54th consecutive double-double in a 108-96 victory over the 76ers before a sellout crowd of 17,832 at Golden 1 Center, breaking Kevin Love’s 2010-11 record ...

Nobody was more delighted than Julian Strawther to see Gonzaga cruise past Kansas on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.

SALT LAKE CITY – Braden Huff had to sit and think about it.

One more time: Zach Edey, Gonzaga. Gonzaga, Zach Edey. Introductions aren't really necessary since Edey, the most dominant player in college basketball the last two seasons, was the center of attention in Purdue’s 73-63 win over the Zags in November and an 84-66 thumping administered in Portland early in the 2022-23 season.

Gonzaga has a Sweet 16 opponent. And it's a familiar one.

Gonzaga and Kansas agreed to a two-game series back in March 2020 – not long after the NCAA Tournament was canceled by the COVID pandemic with the Jayhawks ranked No. 1 and the Zags No. 2 – with the first contest 21 months down the road.

SALT LAKE CITY – At this point of the college basketball season, Gonzaga fans would much rather press fast-forward than hit the rewind button.

It didn’t take Ryan Nembhard long to join Gonzaga’s fraternity of standout point guards, which includes older brother Andrew. Ryan Nembhard, in his first season as a Zag, dished out 12 assists in GU’s 86-65 victory over Kansas on Saturday, surpassing Josh Perkiins as No. 1 on the program’s single-season assists list.

SALT LAKE CITY – With strips of gauze wedged up both nostrils and red smears on the March Madness towel hanging over his neck, Anton Watson wrapped up a radio interview and acknowledged the group of Gonzaga fans that waited around after the final buzzer sounded at the Delta Center.

Of all Gonzaga's sweet moments, this first-weekend triumph packs extra flavor.