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Mark Few will be in Hall of Fame company when Gonzaga’s longtime coach gets enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame next month in Springfield, Massachusetts.

An otherwise forgettable weekend in the dead of summer, long after NBA draft and transfer portal decisions have been finalized, is hardly the expected time for a lineup-altering, trajectory-changing development.

LAS VEGAS – A charter plane carrying the Sacramento Kings was cruising at 30,000 feet, somewhere between Colorado and California on the night of Nov. 3, when Isaac Jones got a tap on the shoulder.

For the past two months, Gonzaga’s basketball team has been navigating offseason workouts with one scholarship point guard on its roster.

There could be another Olympic medal in Mark Few’s future after the Gonzaga coach was selected as one of three coaches who will work on Erik Spoelstra’s staff as the United States men’s national team prepares for the 2027 FIBA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Editor’s note: This is the first in a multi-part series examining the offseason for the Gonzaga women’s basketball program.

LAS VEGAS – Cedric Coward was on the right end of a play that could appear on a Summer League highlight reel in a week’s time and nearly on the wrong end of another.

Gonzaga fans may have to adjust their sleep schedules to catch the team’s opening game at the Players Era Festival in November.

LAS VEGAS – Ryan Nembhard and Anton Watson exchanged handshakes and hugs before Saturday night’s NBA Summer League clash between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers.

Gonzaga is suddenly in the market for a new starting point guard just four months before the start of the 2026-27 college basketball season.

LAS VEGAS – There’s usually a level of uncertainty with how things will unfold for a player in their Vegas Summer League debut.

Malachi Smith was rock-solid for the Brooklyn Nets during a 15-game stint to close the 2025-26 NBA season, but the former Gonzaga guard won’t be on the team’s roster next season after being waived Friday.

LAS VEGAS – Graham Ike momentarily had a clear lane to the basket after collecting a bounce pass from Golden State teammate Yaxel Lendeborg during the first half of Wednesday’s NBA Summer League matchup at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Domantas Sabonis’ work ethic, toughness and winning attitude are some of the values that epitomize Gonzaga University’s basketball program, coach Mark Few said Thursday.

Gonzaga hasn’t formally announced the addition of Izan Almansa, but the Spanish forward has arrived in Spokane for summer workouts and accompanied his new teammates on Thursday for Domantas Sabonis’ strength and conditioning center dedication ceremony at the Volkar Center.

Last month, Gabriel Hughes was mowing down batters at Avista Stadium for the Spokane Indians. On Wednesday, he struck out Shohei Ohtani on his latest bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium.

Ryan Nembhard and Graham Ike committed to Gonzaga on the same day in April of 2023 and connected on countless occasions over the next two seasons, forming one of the most dependable point guard-big man pairings in college basketball. Nembhard and Ike as adversaries, though?

As far as athletes go, Courtney Vandersloot is not particularly superstitious. But when she stepped back onto United Center hardwood for a June 28 game against the Las Vegas Aces, the Chicago Sky guard couldn’t help but feel a twinge of anxiety.

Those who wish to enjoy pregame festivities at Roos Field during this Eastern Washington football season should have plenty of time to do so.