NCAA basketball

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team couldn’t get out of its own way Thursday.

Gonzaga and Kentucky could use a resume-boosting win Friday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In theory, Kentucky’s revamped roster was supposed to give its opponents plenty to think about – and about a dozen different players to worry about – as they prepared for matchups with the Wildcats in 2025-26.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The stretch of the college basketball calendar colloquially known as “Feast Week” ended on Sunday, though you wouldn’t know it based on the sheer number and quality of games that have taken place since.

Denver ended on a 13-5 run, erasing Eastern Washington’s four-point lead and securing a 93-89 victory in a men’s basketball game Wednesday at Hamilton Gymnasium in Denver.

Former Gonzaga point guard Ryan Nembhard, an undrafted rookie with the Dallas Mavericks, continued his stretch of solid play Wednesday against the Miami Heat.

MOSCOW, Idaho – It was a challenge in name only. North Dakota could not provide much of one to Idaho in those teams’ iteration of the Big Sky-Summit Challenge series as the Fighting Hawks had no response to Idaho’s Isaiah Brickner going molten in the second half with 22 of his game and career-high 26 points.

MOSCOW, Idaho – The Idaho women's basketball team had another high-scoring game, but the Vandals slipped defensively and had their six-game winning streak snapped.

SALT LAKE CITY – BYU’s Olivia Hamlin knocked down a buzzer-beating jumper to send Washington State to a 56-54 nonconference loss on Wednesday afternoon at the Marriott Center.

In 27 seasons, Mark Few’s teams at Gonzaga have been on the losing end of 153 games – an average of just 5.6 losses per season. The Zags have made it through 13 seasons with five losses or fewer while maintaining an overall winning percentage of .830.

Haile is averaging 4.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 16.3 minutes. Her best game came in a 76-72 loss to undefeated Indiana at the Coconut Hoops Classic. She fell a rebound short of her first double-double with 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists in a season-high 24 minutes.

As his freshman season unfolds, Ace Glass finds himself in a curious space. Washington State’s rising star is still green enough to catch some opponents by surprise, which is partially how he erupted for a pair of career-high scoring outings last week, but the opportunities are already dwindling.

Caden Pierce’s recruiting tour has already taken the Princeton transfer to a few of college basketball’s most prestigious programs, with a recent visit to Purdue and a trip to Duke on Tuesday that coincided with the Blue Devils’ ACC/SEC Challenge matchup with Florida.

During the Las Vegas Summer League, a certain Dallas Mavericks rookie caught the eyes of coaches, executives and scouts around the NBA. No, not Cooper Flagg.

ours truly and former Zags center Richard Fox, an analyst on Gonzaga games televised on KHQ and SWX, sorted through the team’s highs and lows in Las Vegas and broke down Friday’s showdown against No. 18 Kentucky in Nashville in the latest Zags Insiders Podcast.

PULLMAN – A star is rising on the Palouse.

Gonzaga debuted at No. 5 in the NCAA Evaluation Tool, more commonly referred to as the NET rankings. The Zags (7-1) are the highest ranked among one loss teams with No. 8 UConn (6-1) the only other to crack the top 10.

PORTLAND – Eastern Washington couldn't rally back from an early deficit and lost to host Portland 73-58 on Sunday at Chiles Center in a Portland Invitational game.

Talk about perseverance.