NCAA basketball

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.”

PULLMAN – Washington State has landed a second transfer this spring.

College basketball players have until Tuesday to enter the transfer portal, and there undoubtedly will be more entrants leading up to that deadline.

There is no way to spin the issue in a favorable fashion: Washington's non-conference schedule, both in 2024 and upcoming seasons, is disappointingly devoid of power conference opponents. The Apple Cup offers the only morsel of redeeming value.

In the case of veteran basketball coaches, NCAA Tournament news conferences occasionally turn into story time.

In a fluid, constantly changing NCAA climate where players can hop from one school to the next without penalty, Jalen Warley’s taken one of the more unique routes of any Division I athlete, let alone college basketball player, in recent years.

PULLMAN – Nate Calmese is moving on to his fourth school in four years.

Drew Timme’s production in the G League didn’t go unnoticed by the Brooklyn Nets’ front office, or by those who voted the former Gonzaga star as one of five members of the 2024-25 All-NBA G League second team.

Walk-on forward Graydon Lemke is entering the transfer portal after redshirting the 2024-25 season at Gonzaga, he announced Wednesday on social media.

PULLMAN – Guard Cedric Coward, who is looking to move on from Washington State after one injury-shortened season, might not be playing too far away next season.

PULLMAN – In the days after he entered the transfer portal in late March, Jerone Morton was getting a little anxious.

PULLMAN – The first reinforcement of the offseason has arrived at Washington State.

Arguably the best player in Gonzaga women’s basketball history heard her name called in the WNBA draft Monday.

Gonzaga and Spokane will be well represented later this week at the annual Portsmouth Invitational tournament.

The Gonzaga women’s basketball team lost a player and signed a player Sunday.

PULLMAN – Washington State’s men’s basketball team absorbed another blow on Saturday.

ORLANDO, Fla. – As the Orlando Magic defeated the Boston Celtics to clinch their second consecutive Southeast Division title, lock up the No. 7 seed in the East and secure homecourt advantage in the NBA Play-In Tournament, Jalen Suggs observed.

PULLMAN – Former Washington State guard Isaiah Watts is taking his talents to the East Coast.

It's a particularly meaningful honor for Gonzaga's head coach, who called Wooden “a hero of mine, an absolute hero,” shortly after receiving the plaque during the Wooden Awards ceremony at the Los Angeles Athletic Club ballroom.