NCAA basketball

MOSCOW, Idaho – A comfortable 15-point halftime lead dwindled to three points midway through the second half before an ailing Idaho put on another burst and sealed an 86-76 victory against Sacramento State on Thursday.

STOCKTON, Calif. – Washington State suffered one of its worst losses in a season that’s not been short on ugly defeats, falling 65-53 to West Coast Conference also-ran Pacific on Thursday night at Alex G. Spanos Center.

Putting together a complete defensive effort has been an elusive goal for the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team this season, but it was one the Eagles came close to achieving Thursday night against the Big Sky-leading Portland State Vikings.

Zagmania was nearly two decades away. So what was the big deal?

The depth and balance on Gonzaga’s roster suggested an assortment of players would probably make an impact for Mark Few’s team this season.

PULLMAN – As the second half of Washington State’s latest contest unfolded, a road test against San Diego on Wednesday night, the Cougars began to score with ease.

With its top two offensive options unavailable for the second straight game, No. 8 Gonzaga had no trouble dispatching another West Coast Conference opponent, cruising to an 84-60 victory over Pepperdine for its 51st straight win against the Waves.

When the Big Sky’s preseason men’s basketball polls were released in October, it was no great surprise to see Portland State sitting at No. 2.

For a wounded Gonzaga team, uneventful West Coast Conference victories are about the best thing you can ask for these days.

Washington State women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge will long remember her team’s 2024-25 season-ending loss to North Dakota State.

When Oregon State and Washington State joined the West Coast Conference for two seasons as associate members, it created an opportunity for new rivalries to develop.

The national attention is rolling in for Lauren Whittaker.

Three observations at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 84-60 West Coast Conference win over Pepperdine on Wednesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Gonzaga’s first two baskets came from Adam Miller in the middle of the lane off of dribble penetration and a fastbreak layup after Pepperdine’s first field goal. It was a sign of things to come as the eighth-ranked Zags lean on new scoring avenues and scoring options without bigs Graham Ike and Braden Huff.

Drew Timme is settling in with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and starting to garner praise from some of his higher-profile teammates.

It’s a roll of the dice trying to predict who will lead Pepperdine in scoring on a given night.

From late Friday morning to early Saturday evening, ideas and strategies ping-ponged back and forth as members of Gonzaga’s coaching staff scraped together a plan for the team’s next West Coast Conference game at Seattle U.

When the NCAA updated its Division I women’s basketball statistics Monday morning, there was Gonzaga ranked first in percentage of 3-pointers made.

Former Zags’ center Richard Fox, an analyst on GU telecasts on KHQ and SWX, and yours truly broke down Gonzaga’s adjustments in the latest Zags Insiders Podcast. Here are some highlights of our conversation, edited for space considerations.