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Jalen Warley will join Gonzaga teammates Graham Ike and Tyon Grant-Foster two weeks from at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

One week after getting the green light to compete in the NBA from the league’s fitness-to-play panel, Gonzaga’s Tyon Grant-Foster has accepted a Summer League invitation from one of the NBA’s top franchises.

Gonzaga has now gone two years without a Sweet 16 appearance or NBA draft pick – droughts that probably felt inconceivable during a nine-year run when Mark Few’s program didn’t miss the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament and churned out 12 total NBA selections.

Mario Saint-Supery and Izan Almansa are expected to link up next season at Gonzaga, but the future teammates could also get time on the court next week when they represent Spain in FIBA World Cup qualifying games against Denmark and Georgia.

Gonzaga’s Graham Ike was still on the board when the NBA Draft concluded, but the productive All-American forward quickly lined up an undrafted free agent deal, signing an Exhibit 10 contract with the Golden State Warriors late Wednesday night.

College football has moved one step closer to a new offseason calendar that changes spring football, shortens preseason camp and further condenses the transfer portal window.

Teams transitioning from FCS to FBS no longer will have to sit for two seasons before becoming immediately eligible for the postseason, the NCAA Division I Cabinet ruled on Wednesday, a source involved with the discussions tells The Athletic.

PULLMAN – This summer, as Washington State has worked to fill its class of 2027 and re-establish its recruiting footprint in more familiar areas, the Cougars have earned some nice wins. They’ve held off foes from the traditional and rebuilt Pac-12 alike, and plus, they already have their quarterback of the class.

Whole generations of Zag fans, passionate as followers can get, share a diminishing awareness of this hugely important contributor to Gonzaga basketball history. This week, however, the late Daniel John Fitzgerald is being inducted into the Hooptown USA Hall of Fame.

Framed NBA jerseys take up most of the real estate on the navy concrete wall that runs between the media conference room and home locker room inside a back hallway at McCarthey Athletic Center.

PULLMAN – Washington State will take on a blue blood in the opening weeks of the basketball season.

PULLMAN – Washington State’s tight end room has shrunk by one player.

Juwan Ekanga-Ehawa has signed a financial aid agreement with Gonzaga just six days after announcing a commitment to Mark Few's program.

The Battle of the Palouse rivalry will be staged on the hardwood in each of the next two seasons.

Five days after returning from Las Vegas for a season opener against Purdue, Gonzaga will reportedly host New Mexico State on Nov. 7 in what will potentially serve as the team’s home opener at McCarthey Athletic Center.

After a disheartening freshman season at the University of Washington tested Jeff Brown’s love for basketball, he was lured back to Spokane to play for Gonzaga. At the time (1990), if anybody had tried to call Spokane “Hooptown USA,” it would have evoked quizzical looks.

The busiest week of a chaotic month within a dizzying offseason ended Friday with a mix of clarity and clutter on key issues facing college sports.

A Senate bill that would regulate college sports and provide antitrust protections to the NCAA and major conferences advanced out of a key committee Thursday by a bipartisan 19-9 vote.

Gonzaga may not be finished adding young talent or international flavor to its 2026-27 roster.