Santa Clara At Gonzaga

Tipoff: Gonzaga (19-6, 10-3 in West Coast Conference) takes on the Broncos (16-7, 9-4) in a WCC game at 7 p.m. in the Martin Centre.

At a glance The importance of this one might have been lessened by the Broncos’ Thursday loss to Portland - meaning that GU already has clinched the league co-championship. Still, the winner earns the No. 1 seed to next weekend’s conference tournament. The best matchup here, without question, is at point guard, where GU’s Kyle Dixon will take on Steve Nash, last year’s conference Player of the Year. Nash went off for 40 points in Santa Clara’s win here last year.

Key players: Gonzaga - Paul Rogers, 16.4 ppg; Rogers, 8.3 rpg; Kyle Dixon, 5.8 apg. SCU Steve Nash, 16.3 ppg; Brendan Graves, 7.1 rpg; Nash, 5.8 apg.

Radio/TV: KJRB (790 AM) with Dick Wright 15 minutes before tipoff. TV: Prime Sports Northwest. , DataTimes