NCAA basketball

Tyon Grant-Foster and Seattle U are both new to the West Coast Conference, but they’re hardly new to each other.

Almost everyone makes New Year’s resolutions and Danny Sprinkle is no different.

At the tail end of an 11-day layoff during which every player got to go home for a Christmas break, the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team was back at Reese Court this week trying to fix what ailed it during a 2-11 start to the season.

At this point, we just have to accept it: College basketball is trolling us.

Transferring from Idaho to Washington State for a final basketball season with the Cougars in 2023-24 worked out exceptionally well for Beyonce Bea and Isaac Jones.

SAN DIEGO – Mark Few pushed back against the idea there’d be any nostalgia as Gonzaga makes its final trips to different West Coast Conference venues during the program’s 37th and final year in the conference.

SEATTLE – In the spring, when they realized the pieces they’d be losing and the replacements they needed, Washington State coaches understood the weaknesses they needed to strengthen in the transfer portal. They needed better defenders, they needed better big men. They needed guards who wouldn’t contribute to the turnover bug that bit last season’s team .

PULLMAN – Washington State’s women’s basketball team rallied back from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit and closed to within five points, but the comeback fizzled and the Cougs suffered a 67-58 West Coast Conference loss to Loyola Marymount on Tuesday at Beasley Coliseum.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – When one thing isn’t clicking for No. 7 Gonzaga, two or three others usually are.

It’s not like Gonzaga women’s basketball coach Lisa Fortier has needed to put out a help wanted ad.

SAN DIEGO – It was a mix of shock and disappointment as Gonzaga players walked back to the visiting locker room Tuesday night at Jenny Craig Pavilion.

Three takeaways at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 99-93 road win over San Diego on Tuesday at Jenny Craig Pavilion.

We discussed Smith again after his 15 points and eight assists in a 96-56 blowout over Pepperdine on Sunday, but we also spent considerable time on Tyon Grant-Foster, who was solid at both ends of the floor, and attempting to identify GU’s best NBA prospect.

PORTLAND – Even as his first season at Washington State came to a close, when his role was becoming clear er than ever, ND Okafor wasn’t much more than a defensive specialist in spot minutes. He’d come in for a short shift, maybe block a shot or two, then head back to the bench.

The latest NET rankings indicate SDSU, Colorado State and Boise State have narrow paths into the NCAAs.

SAN DIEGO – Gonzaga players took different approaches to handling the short holiday break that spanned from the team’s nonconference finale on Dec. 21 against Oregon to Christmas Day, when they were expected to report back to campus.

SAN DIEGO – San Diego’s Ty-Laur Johnson may be among those not quite ready to ring in the new year.

SAN DIEGO – Mark Few hadn’t gone through a full scouting report on San Diego by the time he emerged from Gonzaga’s locker room to meet with reporters following Sunday’s 96-56 win over Pepperdine in a West Coast Conference opener at Firestone Fieldhouse.

MALIBU, Calif. – Gonzaga breezed through its nonconference schedule, winning 11 of 12 games by double figures as it elevated to the No. 7 ranking in the country.