Hunter Sallis chose the occasion of his 18th birthday to declare his commitment to play at Gonzaga next season – the highest ranked recruit ever to throw in with the Zags. He's considered the No. 2 guard in the high school class of 2021 and No. 6 overall among the three major evaluation mills.

It’s been a whirlwind four months for Ben Gregg, who committed to Gonzaga in September, signed in November and now will suit up for the Zags later this month.

Wake Forest transfer Chaundee Brown picked Michigan over Gonzaga and Illinois.

Gonzaga’s incoming class of Jalen Suggs, Julian Strawther and Dominick Harris – self-dubbed the Tricky Trio – is No. 11 in 247sports’ composite final rankings for 2020. That edges out last year’s six-player class that checked in at No. 13 as the highest in school history.

Paolo Banchero, one of the top players in the 2021 class, lists Gonzaga among his six finalists.

Gonzaga 2020 commit Jalen Suggs is among seven on MaxPreps.com’s national player of the year watch list.

Hunter Sallis, a four-star combo guard in the 2021 class, will visit Gonzaga this weekend.

The coach didn’t have a single worry about how his best player and Gonzaga’s newest commitment, Jalen Suggs, would handle two huge games sandwiched around the announcement of his college destination on national television.

That changed Friday night when Suggs announced his commitment to Gonzaga, removing his jacket to reveal a ‘Zag Up’ shirt on ESPN2.