NCAA basketball

Playing a difficult nonconference schedule has become a tradition for the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team, which is off to a 1-7 start this season.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are moving from one battle to the next.

Is there room for traditional tournaments like Maui, a mainstay for four decades, and the Battle 4 Atlantis, which began in 2011, to continue thriving and/or co-exist with NIL-driven counterparts? Will NIL-driven tournaments have staying power and become regular additions to the holiday tournament slate?

With no signature victory, as was the case a year ago, Gonzaga is likely not a candidate for an at-large NCAA Tournament berth. Winning the West Coast Conference Tournament will be the Zags’ lone shot at an NCAA berth.

FRISCO, Texas – Malachi Smith knows a little about the grind it takes to make a difference on the basketball court – whether it was his one season at Wright State, where he earned Horizon League All-Freshman honors; at Chattanooga, where he earned first-team all-conference honors and was also named Big South Conference Player of the Year; or his year at Gonzaga, when he was a solid role player off the bench for a team that advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight.

PULLMAN – Not even a month into the season, David Riley may have authored his first signature win at Washington State .

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Oklahoma had just beaten Louisville for the title of the Battle 4 Atlantis men’s basketball tournament on Friday evening.

After a first-round loss to West Virginia, the damage control Gonzaga did on days two and three at the Battle 4 Atlantis wasn’t enough to prevent the Bulldogs from slipping four spots in the latest edition of the Associated Press Top 25.

Remember the angst last season when Gonzaga was stationed on the bubble, hadn’t recorded a Quad 1 victory until February and was in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament? No such drama early on this season. The Zags are off to a 7-1 start – same as last year – but their November victories are carrying more clout this time around with a pair of Quad 1 wins.

The final score won’t show it, but the Gonzaga women’s basketball team played its best in its final game Saturday at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

The Idaho men's basketball team used a career night from Kristian Gonzalez to beat UC Riverside 80-68 on Saturday at ICCU Arena in Moscow, Idaho, the Vandals' first win over Division I competition this season.

From staff reports

From staff reports

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – After three games, the grand total came to 98 minutes, 48 seconds.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – In the end, they didn’t win the Battle 4 Atlantis.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – With a level of depth and offensive balance few teams in college basketball can match, third-ranked Gonzaga has shown the ability to beat teams in a variety of ways this season.

Ryan Nembhard isn’t the only Zag to set personal bests in Gonzaga’s last two games. Senior forward Ben Gregg scored a season-high 13 points in Thursday’s rout over Indiana. He went one better Friday, pouring in a career-high 24 points in a 90-65 blowout over Davidson in the fifth/sixth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Here are three observations from Gonzaga’s 90-65 win over Davidson on Friday at the Battle for Atlantis.

From staff reports