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Gonzaga is bound to make more memories at the conference tournament when it officially leaves for the Pac-12 in a few months’ time. There’s a good chance the Zags will make many of those in Las Vegas, not far from where they’ve played the last 18 conference tournaments a couple miles off the Strip at the Orleans Arena.

So it’s here – Gonzaga’s true basketball farewell to the WCC, 47 seasons after joining the lodge. Forty of those have concluded with a tournament to decide the league’s automatic entry to the NCAAs. The inaugural began with first-round games at campus sites (the Zags upset by Pepperdine that year). Then there was an uncodified rotation of hosts, which too often became what former GU coach Dan Monson derided as “the Santa Clara Invitational.” At last, neutral ground was found at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas – which more often than not actually became the Gonzaga Invitational, the Zags having won 12 of 17 there, and 22 in their history. But there’s never one like the first. And, truly, there’s never been a Gonzaga season like 1995.

BOISE – The Idaho men's basketball team took advantage of its opponent's sloppy shooting and opened the Big Sky Conference Tournament with a resounding win.

The college basketball postseason has turned into awards season for Gonzaga’s Graham Ike.

Legendary coach Marv Harshman called him “Rock” or “Rock Head,” and it wasn’t necessarily a term of endearment.

LAS VEGAS – Over a nine-day period, the Washington State women’s basketball team enjoyed its best stretch of play this season, winning four consecutive games – including two in as many days at the West Coast Conference Tournament.

LAS VEGAS – Just a theory: The scant representation of Gonzaga players on this season’s all-conference teams is starting to look more like a compliment than an insult.

Something has been missing on the Gonzaga women’s basketball program’s resume lately.

Nothing says more about the mindset of the Gonzaga women’s basketball team than coach Lisa Fortier pooh-poohing any thoughts of revenge.

LAS VEGAS – The easiest basket of ND Okafor’s life came with about nine minutes to play in Washington State’s first conference tournament game. The Cougars’ power forward set a screen for freshman guard Ace Glass, who was hedged hard by Portland, the WCC Tournament’s No. 9 seed looking to send the Cougars home.

A last-minute comeback attempt was not enough to offset a tough shooting night as the Whitworth men’s basketball team fell to Trinity in the first round of the NCAA DIII Tournament.

The only way to start the basketball season three-to-six weeks later and maintain the current timing for March Madness is to reduce the number of regular-season games. 

Eastern Washington guard Isaiah Moses was one of five unanimous Big Sky First Team All-Conference selections and was named Newcomer of the Year in the league’s annual men’s basketball awards announced Friday.

LAS VEGAS – For the first time this season, the Washington State women’s basketball team has momentum.

It will be a showdown of two well-balanced teams in Friday’s matchup between Whitworth and Trinity (Texas) in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The feature-length documentary spotlighting Gonzaga’s unlikely rise to college basketball prominence picked up at least one favorable review Monday night moments after a private screening at the Bing Crosby Theater.

If there is a winning formula for the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team, the Eagles need only look back two games to be reminded of it.

Isaiah Moses hasn’t played in the Big Sky men’s basketball tournament before, but he’s no stranger to the pressure he and the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team will face in Boise.

The media partners are set, and the 2026 schedule is complete. The inaugural Pac-12 (2.0) football season is down to one missing element: kickoff times.