NCAA basketball

Even without Washington State on the schedule, Gonzaga has managed to keep up appearances with its other rivals over the past eight seasons.

LeJuan Watts projected as a high-use player for Washington State after capturing Big Sky Freshman of the Year honors in 2023-24 while averaging 22.6 minutes per game for David Riley at Eastern Washington.

PULLMAN – Nate Calmese fell to the floor as the ball sailed toward the basket, the Beasley Coliseum crowd going quiet as the potential game-winner over Pacific hurtled toward the rim. It angled toward the iron, a tight backspin charting its path, where it caught too much of the back. It flew off the rim and back to the court, where WSU and Pacific would do overtime.

Gonzaga’s longstanding regional rivalry with Washington State should be significant to anyone with an affiliation to either school – or, for some, both schools – but it’s particularly meaningful to those who’ve been directly involved.

From staff reports

From staff reports

From staff reports

Graham Ike and Braden Huff playing simultaneously doesn’t happen too often. Ike making one field goal, 13 free throws and snatching a career-best 19 rebounds never happened until Wednesday. Ben Gregg logging 35 minutes, including several spent guarding former Gonzaga teammate Colby Brooks in a game, doesn’t happen often.

Gonzaga picked up its fourth consecutive West Coast Conference win, delivering a comfortable outcome after being tested deep into the second half by San Diego.

Here are three observations from Gonzaga’s 93-80 win over San Diego on Wednesday night at McCarthey Athletic Center.

On Dec. 30, Gonzaga players and coaches rode on the Pacific Coast Highway while traveling from their team hotel in Santa Monica, California, to nearby Malibu for a West Coast Conference opener against Pepperdine.

The Gonzaga basketball team seems to be hitting its stride – just in time for Saturday's clash against Washington State.

Following its Big Sky Conference championship season last spring, the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team’s roster changed quite a bit heading into this season.

PULLMAN – During Washington State’s men’s basketball practice Tuesday, with two games coming up this weekend, the Cougars adopted a new rule: No saying the word “Gonzaga.”

A look at Gonzaga’s women’s basketball roster shows an impending hole at forward for the 2025-26 roster.

Gonzaga picked up its fourth consecutive West Coast Conference win, delivering a comfortable outcome after being tested deep into the second half by San Diego. The 18th-ranked Zags finally gained some separation in the final 7 minutes for a 93-80 victory – the Toreros scored the last nine points – Wednesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

PULLMAN – George Galanopoulos was in Portland when his life veered to the Palouse. It was early last summer, and he had just wrapped up a four-year stint as the head coach of the Texas Legends, the Dallas Mavericks’ G League affiliate, so he was interviewing for a new position – associate head coach of the Rip City Remix, the Portland Trail Blazers’ new G League club.

The Wooden Award trophy made a pit stop at Gonzaga’s nonconference game on Dec. 28 against UCLA at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

The Gonzaga-Washington State showdown Saturday should be entertaining.