Parker Jefferson invested in “a couple of big coats” earlier this year, preparing for the climate change that would inevitably greet the Texas native when he arrived at college this fall.
J.P. Batista is transitioning to a new role within Gonzaga’s athletic department that will move him from Mark Few’s bench to Lisa Fortier’s next season.
Gonzaga’s final year in the West Coast Conference will take Mark Few’s program to many of the destinations the Bulldogs have come to know well during a 46-year stay in the conference, and also a new one, when conference play opens in late December.
College basketball fans in Spokane got their first glimpse of Tyon Grant-Foster two years ago when the Grand Canyon wing dazzled with 51 points during two NCAA Tournament games against Saint Mary’s and Alabama at the Arena.
Gonzaga appears to be in a good spot with two of the top available prospects in the transfer portal, but an in-state rival could stand in the Zags’ way of adding one or both players to their roster for the upcoming season.
Gonzaga is guaranteed to see a handful of the best teams from the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 as part of another loaded nonconference schedule next season.
A three-hour car ride from Indianapolis to Chicago recently gave Gonzaga assistant Stephen Gentry and Claude Nembhard time to catch up, converse and reflect on all that’s transpired for the Nembhard family the past handful of weeks and months.
Backed into every conceivable corner, the Denver Nuggets kept their season alive with a 119-107 Game 6 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Ball Arena in Denver.
Nembhard has stacked up six solid days, first at the NBA G League Elite Camp to earn a combine invitation and the last three during combine drills and scrimmages in front of NBA executives.
