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Less than two minutes into North Florida’s season opener, Kamrin Oriol brought the ball down the floor against the Florida Gators and spotted up from the 3-point line.

It’s been 20 days since Gonzaga last took the floor at McCarthey Athletic Center.

NASHVILLE – During the first half of Friday’s ESPN2 broadcast, commentators Karl Ravech and Jimmy Dykes took a brief pause to give viewers a sense of the hostility building among 18,507 fans at Bridgestone Arena, most of them dressed down in Kentucky blue.

Without question, the Zags are back on the track they negotiated successfully in their first seven wins.

NASHVILLE – Nine days after being on the wrong end of a beatdown, 11th-ranked Gonzaga managed to do about the only thing that would’ve felt satisfactory on Friday night.

Gonzaga scored 19 of the game’s first 21 points, Ike and Huff combined to register 48 points and Kentucky’s sputtering offense was limited to 16 of 60 (26%) from the field in a lopsided win on Friday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Three observations at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 94-59 win over Kentucky at Bridgestone Arena.

A Kentucky-based reporter asked Gonzaga’s Graham Ike if there’s something favorable about the interior matchup after he chewed up the Wildcats for the second straight year.

Gonzaga and Kentucky could use a resume-boosting win Friday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In theory, Kentucky’s revamped roster was supposed to give its opponents plenty to think about – and about a dozen different players to worry about – as they prepared for matchups with the Wildcats in 2025-26.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The stretch of the college basketball calendar colloquially known as “Feast Week” ended on Sunday, though you wouldn’t know it based on the sheer number and quality of games that have taken place since.