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Report: Gonzaga working on matchup with Michigan State on aircraft carrier in San Diego

UPDATED: Tue., June 14, 2022

Gonzaga is reportedly working on scheduling a Veterans Day matchup with Michigan State next season on an aircraft carrier in San Diego.

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Gonzaga adds neutral-site matchup with Baylor to 2022-23 schedule

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

Gonzaga continues to assemble a nonconference schedule that could rival some of the most challenging in program history.

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NCAA East Region: Baylor is No. 1 seed as it opens title defense

UPDATED: Sun., March 13, 2022

Baylor shook off an early loss in last season’s Big 12 Tournament to race to a national championship. The Bears can only hope they can do it again.

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Auburn, Gonzaga remain 1-2 in AP poll, share first in USA Today rankings

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 7, 2022

Auburn and Gonzaga continued their winning ways last week and maintained the top two spots in the AP college basketball poll. The big movement in the rankings came just below the Tigers and Zags as No. 3 Arizona, No. 4 Baylor and No. 5 Kansas all dropped games last week.

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Close call: Gonzaga back at No. 1 in AP poll, four points ahead of No. 2 Auburn

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 17, 2022

Gonzaga is back where it started the season in the AP college basketball poll. The Zags moved up to No. 1 in the rankings released Monday, a spot they held for three weeks, counting the preseason poll, at the outset of the season.

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No. 1 Baylor loses, opens door to possibility No. 2 Gonzaga could return to top spot

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 11, 2022

Top-ranked Baylor suffered a 65-62 home loss to No. 19 Texas Tech on Tuesday, opening up the possibility second-ranked Gonzaga could return to the top spot.

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Gonzaga-Duke draws most TV viewers for regular-season college hoops game since March 2019

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 1, 2021

The Gonzaga-Duke game drew 2.8 million viewers on ESPN, with a peak audience of 3.1 million, making it the most watched regular-season college basketball game on any network since March 9, 2019, according to ESPN.

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Gonzaga basketball on top in AP Top 25 preseason poll

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 18, 2021

Gonzaga will begin the college basketball season precisely where it wants to end the season in April. The Zags were voted No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press poll released Monday. Gonzaga received 55 of 63 first-place votes from the media panel. No. 2 UCLA, which faces GU on Nov. 23 in Las Vegas, received the other eight votes.

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Nicki Collen ‘going to be me’ taking over Baylor women’s program

UPDATED: Wed., May 5, 2021

Nicki Collen is going to be herself as head coach for three-time women's national champion Baylor.

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Bullish on these Bulldogs: Gonzaga’s 2021 squad gets nod at No. 1 on Mark Few’s Finest Four

UPDATED: Sun., April 11, 2021

The competition keeps getting tougher. Yes, across college basketball, but also when measuring Gonzaga head coach Mark Few’s best teams against one another.In the last nine years alone, there is the 2013 Zags that the climbed to No. 1 in the AP rankings for the first time in program history, two Sweet 16s, two Elite Eight and two that played for the national championship. Five have been ranked No. 1, including the 2019, 2020 and 2021 teams.

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