PULLMAN — David Riley could land a pledge from an NBA player and Emmanuel Ugbo might still be the most interesting commitment he’s earned at Washington State this spring.
Sacramento State announced Tuesday that it hired outsized personality and hoops icon Shaquille O'Neal as general manager of its forlorn men's basketball program. OK, so maybe hired isn't an accurate term because O'Neal — whose net worth is estimated at $500 million — will do the job on a voluntary basis.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has released his first bracketology for next season with Gonzaga as a six seed and Idaho projected as a 15 as the Big Sky Conference’s automatic qualifier.
PULLMAN – Simon Hildebrandt was at the Black Cypress when his life’s trajectory changed. It was Saturday evening, and the High Point transfer was on a visit to Washington State, whose coaches had taken him to one of Pullman’s finer dining establishments.
Now that college basketball’s transfer portal has officially closed, Gonzaga can move on from keeping its most important players – something head coach Mark Few and his staff did successfully last week with Graham Ike and Braden Huff both committing to another year in Spokane – to filling the vacancies left by outgoing seniors/transfers and reloading at key positions.
Dylan Darling, a Central Valley High standout who played for Washington State before breaking out at Idaho State last season, has found his third collegiate team, joining coach Rick Pitino at St. John’s, according to On3.
The portal closed Tuesday for basketball and slams shut on Friday for football, but that's merely for entering. Once inside, players have the remainder of the spring to select a school – or until all the roster spots are taken.
PULLMAN – After some four weeks of the transfer portal’s opening, Washington State has hardly emerged unscathed, but things could have gone much worse for David Riley’s team.
Ben Gregg probably played his final game in a Gonzaga uniform last month against Houston in the NCAA Tournament, but the senior added his name to the transfer portal late Tuesday night to keep his options open in case the NCAA passes a waiver offering players an additional year of eligibility.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In the visitors’ locker room at FedEx Forum Friday night, Klay Thompson had one word to sum up the Dallas Mavericks’ season: “tumultuous.”
