NCAA basketball

Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s have spent years battling for West Coast Conference supremacy. Something else could be on the line for the longtime rivals as they approach the 2025-26 season.

LAS VEGAS – The Zags were on the verge of taking a knockout blow from Houston and in no position to turn down ideas that could help them reel in the top-seeded Cougars during the second half of an NCAA Tournament Round of 32 game in Wichita, Kansas.

Oregon’s Tosh Lupoi and other Pac-12 legacy school coordinators aren’t on the hot seat, yet.

Kraziness in the Kennel usually shapes up as one of the most important recruiting weekends for Gonzaga and the 2025 event should be no different.

LAS VEGAS – While recently working through a scouting report at NBA Summer League, Jeremy Jones made the mistake of shifting his eyes to the column where the Boston Celtics listed player birth dates.

The Zags won’t have to leave Spokane city limits for their first three nonconference games in 2025-26.

The Big Sky Conference’s last season for the foreseeable future with regular travel patterns – and no “lone wolf” – will begin with a familiar opponent for both Idaho and Eastern Washington.

The NCAA Tournament is staying at 68 teams. For now.

Editors note: This is the final story in a five-part summer series on the Gonzaga women’s basketball program.

Arizona men’s basketball assistant coach Rem Bakamus has left the program for a similar position at Big 12 rival Texas Tech.

LAS VEGAS – No different than any Gonzaga fan, Hunter Sallis was deeply invested in the recent NBA Finals series pitting the Oklahoma City Thunder against the Indiana Pacers.

LAS VEGAS – With all the mileage he put on in a Gonzaga jersey, Ben Gregg’s first time in five years wearing another uniform was always bound to be somewhat disorienting.

Mike Divilbiss had never coached college basketball when he replied to an ad Bill Smithpeters posted in The Spokesman-Review in 1984.

Sam Funches, considered one of the top centers in the 2026 recruiting class, is still in play for Gonzaga after the Mississippi native narrowed his list to 10 schools on Thursday.

Editors note: This is the fourth story in a five-part summer series on the Gonzaga women’s basketball program.

PULLMAN – This spring and summer, as he worked to rebuild what was a depleted Washington State roster, David Riley earned commitments from players who hail from Finland, the Netherlands, Canada and Spain, sometimes visiting those places himself.

After a hiatus that lasted nearly two decades, EA Sports has announced the return of the college basketball video game franchise.

PULLMAN – Dane Erikstrup is taking his talents overseas.

Editors note: This is the third story in a five-part summer series on the Gonzaga women’s basketball program. It continues through Aug. 1.