NCAA basketball

After two big wins last week, Gonzaga's off the bubble.

The agreement between the conference, Florida State and Clemson provides stability for now and a new financial precedent for blue bloods.

Anton Watson won’t have to travel far to begin the next chapter of his professional basketball career.

PULLMAN – Washington State landed only one player on the All-West Coast Conference men’s basketball teams, announced Tuesday, with two more earning honorable mention honors.

The reigning best and the future were celebrated in West Coast Conference honors announced Tuesday. At least as far as Gonzaga is concerned.

PULLMAN – Washington State is adding another year to the contracts of men’s basketball coach David Riley and women’s coach Kamie Ethridge.

For the first time since its inception, Selection Sunday won’t feature any teams from the Pac-12. The conference is on a two-season hiatus following the departure of 10 schools and the temporary relocation of Washington State and Oregon State into the West Coast Conference.

Ryan Nembhard, Graham Ike and Nolan Hickman – three-fifths of Gonzaga’s starting lineup – have been named first-team All-West Coast Conference.

If Idaho’s five seniors on senior day were reflecting that it all went by so quickly, well Montana State had something to do with it.

Eastern Washington scored its most points in 13 games – 21 of them from senior Alexis Pettis – as it finished the women’s basketball regular season with an 80-77 victory over Montana on Monday night at Reese Court in Cheney.

Never one to pass up an opportunity, Ryan Nembhard had a question of his own after taking questions from the media Saturday night following Gonzaga’s 95-75 win over San Francisco. The point guard asked Bracketeer.org’s Rocco Miller where GU stood in his NCAA Tournament projections. Miller said he had the Zags as a nine seed, but likely moving up after two Quad 1 wins last week.

Upon further review, make it one more program record for Gonzaga point guard Ryan Nembhard.

There is a growing push (by the power conferences) to increase the field from 68 to 76 teams.

DALLAS – Kelly Olynyk’s 11-year NBA journey has taken him through seven franchises and four trades.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to remove a cartilage fragment, the team announced Sunday.

Eight months after using a second-round NBA draft pick on Anton Watson, the Boston Celtics have waived the former Gonzaga forward and Gonzaga Prep standout.

Gonzaga and Portland are clearly the best two teams in the West Coast Conference.

On a day when the home team gave its fans few chances to cheer, the section behind the Idaho State bench Saturday at Reese Court in Cheney did a whole lot of clapping – much of it because of Dylan Darling.

SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Dons accomplished something that no other West Coast Conference team has done this season against Gonzaga.