As you could probably tell by the absence of blog posts and tweets the last couple of weeks, I've been on vacation, with a little golf tab mixed in. We're back at it and we'll go ahead and round up all the GU happenings of the last few weeks, including today's news that Chris Sarbaugh is transferring to North Idaho College.

Sarbaugh was classified as a walk-on at Gonzaga, but he received a tuition waiver because his late father, Tim, was a GU professor. He was well liked by teammates and coaches and at least one assistant last year suggested that Sarbaugh had a good shot at playing time down the road. Sarbaugh wants to play now and that certainly wasn't a guarantee at GU. When he decided to look elsewhere, he asked assistant coach Tommy Lloyd to call NIC and things progressed from there. More below on Sarbaugh's transfer, first reported by varsitycda.com.

While I was gone, Gonzaga released its non-conference schedule, which includes an ESPN College GameDay date with Butler, and its WCC schedule. Assistant coach Tommy Lloyd is GU's latest coach-in-waiting. That's happened twice in the Mark Few era and Billy Grier and Leon Rice opted to take jobs at other schools.

Gonzaga Prep guard Chris Sarbaugh has decided to continue his basketball career at Gonzaga University.

 

Sarbaugh earned All-Greater Spokane League honors as a junior last season. He averaged 9 points for the Bullpups, who finished 24-4 and advanced to the state tournament.

 

“He was getting a lot of interest after the summer AAU circuit: Denver, Lehigh, Seattle,” Gonzaga Prep coach Matty McIntyre said. “Montana was really high on him. It was totally Chris’s decision but I think it’s a smart move. He’s obviously going to a great program with a lot of tradition.”

 

McIntyre anticipates Sarbaugh assuming more of the scoring burden this season with the departure of GSL MVP Ryan Nicholas, who is playing at Portland.

 

“Chris is probably one of the best on-ball defenders and overall defenders that I’ve seen,” McIntyre said. “Very athletic, jumps well. Offensively, he’s probably a pass-first guy, likes to get others involved, but I think he’s developing more into a scorer.”