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The move simultaneously douses speculation that WSU and/or Oregon State are awaiting a lucrative lifeline from the Big 12 or ACC. For fans that’s an undoubtedly difficult reality to take; the Cougs and Beavs may never reach a higher rung. The chance to climb isn’t coming.

Gonzaga is adding the finishing touches to its nonconference calendar with the 2024-25 college basketball season approaching.

Gonzaga will have to continue building its 2025 recruiting class without one of the top prospects in the country.

Washington State and Oregon State, left behind in the realignment game, are charging forward with their plan to rebuild their 109-year-old conference.

Ten players return from a Vandals team that finished 11-21 last season, 5-13 in the Big Sky Conference, and a team that trailed off at the end with a four-game losing streak and a first-round exit in the league tournament against Sacramento State, which Idaho had beaten twice during the regular season.

The two-member Pac-12 is starting to rebuild, beginning with four Mountain West schools.

On Feb. 6, as the Zags were in the final stretch of their season, Fortier found out she had breast cancer.

A potential nonconference meeting between a pair of preseason top-10 teams, Gonzaga and Baylor, continues to gain traction as the 2024-25 college basketball season approaches.

Gonzaga wing Steele Venters has suffered a season-ending injury for the second consecutive year. Venters will miss the upcoming season with a left Achilles tendon injury, Gonzaga confirmed Tuesday in a release.

LAS VEGAS – There were dueling emotions for Isaac Jones on June 27 as the former Washington State forward followed along with the second and final day of the 2024 NBA draft.

Gonzaga released its 2024-25 women’s basketball nonconference schedule on Wednesday, showing five of the 11 games set at home.

It’s about to be easier to become, and more costly to remain, a season-ticket holder for the University of Gonzaga men’s basketball games inside McCarthey Athletic Center.

The final day of the Battle 4 Atlantis could deliver one of the most intriguing nonconference matchups of the 2024-25 college basketball season, but Gonzaga will have some work to do if it hopes to set up a potential meeting with former Bulldogs assistant Tommy Lloyd and Arizona in the Bahamas.

Kingston Flemings, a top 25 recruit in the 2025 class, has Gonzaga in his top five. Flemings made the announcement Tuesday via Instagram, four days after 2025 standout forward Nikolas Khamenia listed GU in his final five.

Numerica Kraziness in the Kennel, Gonzaga’s annual men’s basketball tip-off event, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the McCarthey Athletic Center, the school announced.

Gonzaga is in 2025 standout Nikolas Khamenia’s final five. Khamenia announced Friday his finalists are GU, Arizona, Duke, North Carolina and UCLA.

Now five years into his career, Robert Franks has been compensated to play professional basketball in four countries and three different continents, but the 27-year-old is still in pursuit of a job promotion that would bring him closer to his home state of Washington and fulfill his dream of landing a permanent roster spot in the NBA.

PULLMAN – Washington State has finalized its 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule.

About the Globe Trotter series: The Spokesman-Review connected periodically with Gonzaga coach Mark Few to highlight his on- and off-court experiences as an assistant coach with the U.S. Olympic basketball team. This is the final installment of the series.