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Gonzaga transfer Jun Seok Yeo stays in WCC, signs with Seattle U

UPDATED: Thu., April 24, 2025

Gonzaga transfer Jun Seok Yeo didn’t have to leave the West Coast Conference, or the state of Washington, to find his new college home.

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Gonzaga’s Ben Gregg enters transfer portal, would need eligibility waiver to play extra season

UPDATED: Tue., April 22, 2025

Ben Gregg probably played his final game in a Gonzaga uniform last month against Houston in the NCAA Tournament, but the senior added his name to the transfer portal late Tuesday night to keep his options open in case the NCAA passes a waiver offering players an additional year of eligibility.

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Gonzaga frontcourt duo of Graham Ike, Braden Huff to return for 2025-26 season

UPDATED: Tue., April 22, 2025

As college basketball’s transfer portal closed on Tuesday, Gonzaga got reassuring news from two of its most important players.

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Well-traveled Jalen Warley exercising patience, focusing on development in early days at Gonzaga

UPDATED: Sat., April 19, 2025

In a fluid, constantly changing NCAA climate where players can hop from one school to the next without penalty, Jalen Warley’s taken one of the more unique routes of any Division I athlete, let alone college basketball player, in recent years.

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Gonzaga’s Drew Timme, Washington State’s Isaac Jones named to All-G League teams

UPDATED: Fri., April 18, 2025

Drew Timme’s production in the G League didn’t go unnoticed by the Brooklyn Nets’ front office, or by those who voted the former Gonzaga star as one of five members of the 2024-25 All-NBA G League second team.

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Gonzaga walk-on Graydon Lemke enters transfer portal after redshirting in 2024-25

UPDATED: Wed., April 16, 2025

Walk-on forward Graydon Lemke is entering the transfer portal after redshirting the 2024-25 season at Gonzaga, he announced Wednesday on social media.

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Gonzaga’s Nolan Hickman, Khalif Battle and Spokane’s Tyson Degenhart selected to Portsmouth Invitational

UPDATED: Mon., April 14, 2025

Gonzaga and Spokane will be well represented later this week at the annual Portsmouth Invitational tournament.

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Gonzaga recruiting: Maryland’s Rodney Rice lists Zags in top six; Delaware guard Izaiah Pasha cancels visit

UPDATED: Thu., April 10, 2025

Gonzaga continues to make headway with one of the most prominent guards currently available in the transfer portal.

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WCC transfer tracker: Keeping up with portal moves, transactions for all nine teams

UPDATED: Thu., June 12, 2025

The 2024 West Coast Conference Tournament still hadn’t concluded by the time one of the league’s top performers – Pepperdine point guard Moe Odum – revealed plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal.

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Gonzaga closes 2024-25 season ranked No. 23 in Associated Press poll

UPDATED: Tue., April 8, 2025

Gonzaga moved up, down and occasionally outside of the Associated Press Top 25 poll at different points of the 2024-25 college basketball season.

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Gonzaga transfer portal targets 1.0: Three guards with history in WCC could be on Zags’ radar as team reloads in backcourt

UPDATED: Sat., April 5, 2025

For all the uncertainty around Gonzaga’s roster entering 2025-26, at least one thing is abundantly clear: The Zags need bodies in the backcourt after losing at least four rotational pieces from last season’s team that won a conference tournament championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Gonzaga’s Mark Few misses out on Naismith Hall of Fame as first-time finalist

UPDATED: Sat., April 5, 2025

Mark Few will have to wait at least another year for his induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Gonzaga transfer Dusty Stromer announces commitment to reigning WAC champion Grand Canyon

UPDATED: Wed., April 2, 2025

Dusty Stromer didn’t wait long to enter his name in the transfer portal and didn’t need much more time to identify a new school.

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‘Happy I was able to put the jersey on.’ Khalif Battle’s time at Gonzaga was short but meaningful

UPDATED: Sat., March 29, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – Sitting at a locker at Intrust Bank Arena, Gonzaga guard Khalif Battle held an iPhone in his right hand. Resting beneath the mobile device was an NCAA name placard taken from the news conference from which Battle had just returned.

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UConn’s Geno Auriemma: Gonzaga ‘rivals anything anyone else has built’ under longtime coach Mark Few

UPDATED: Fri., March 28, 2025

After 26 seasons, by almost every measure or metric, Gonzaga’s Mark Few boasts a résumé that stacks up with just about any in college basketball.

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Michael Ajayi becomes third Gonzaga player to enter NCAA transfer portal

UPDATED: Thu., March 27, 2025

Michael Ajayi indicated he’d mull the idea of returning to college for one final season through a blanket NCAA waiver given to former junior college athletes.

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Gonzaga’s Jun Seok Yeo reportedly enters transfer portal after seeing role diminish in 2024-25

UPDATED: Tue., March 25, 2025

Make it two players from Gonzaga’s 2024-25 roster now in the NCAA transfer portal.

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‘As good as anybody we’ve played.’ Houston’s Kelvin Sampson gives high praise to Gonzaga after dramatic finish in Round of 32 matchup

UPDATED: Sun., March 23, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – Gonzaga fans shared the same reaction when they learned the Zags’ NCAA Tournament seed on Selection Sunday, wincing, sighing and groaning when an “8” popped up next to the Zags’ name near the end of the hourlong CBS show.

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‘Spectacular’ Graham Ike scores 23 of 27 points in second half of Gonzaga’s near-comeback against Houston

UPDATED: Sat., March 22, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – The question was directed at Graham Ike, not Mark Few.

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NCAA Tournament notes: Gonzaga sees similarities between Houston, top WCC rival while scouting Round of 32 opponent

UPDATED: Fri., March 21, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – Strong. Physical. Nasty. Aggressive.

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Wiffle ball, fried ice cream and ‘idyllic’ times on the Palouse: Houston’s Kelvin Sampson, children have fond memories from time at Washington State

UPDATED: Fri., March 21, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – Picture this scene from the late 1980s: A Wiffle-ball game unfolding on a residential street in the hills of Pullman. Kelvin Sampson on the mound, John L. Smith behind the plate. Sampson’s children in the batter’s box, peppering grounders and line drives all over the black asphalt. Unforgettable Palouse nights they wish could have gone to extra innings.

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‘Can’t put it into words.’ Gonzaga’s NCAA Tournament first-timers embrace opening-round victory

UPDATED: Fri., March 21, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – It was roughly 1:50 a.m. in Italy when Gonzaga’s Final Four game against UCLA tipped off in 2021. Two hours later, Emmanuel Innocenti was still glued to his television set in Rome when Jalen Suggs’ epic buzzer beater dropped through the net at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

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‘A dream come true.’ Khalif Battle’s brother overcomes travel headaches to watch Gonzaga guard put up 24 points in NCAA tourney debut

UPDATED: Fri., March 21, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – The first sign of trouble came Wednesday night when a flight cancellation alert appeared on Tyus Battle’s phone.

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Bulldogs with bite: Gonzaga storms out to big lead, powers past Georgia for 89-68 NCAA Tournament win

UPDATED: Thu., March 20, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – After a few extended scoring runs from Gonzaga, Georgia briefly turned the momentum midway through the first half of Thursday’s NCAA Tournament opener.

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Montverde connection binds Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard, Georgia’s Asa Newell

UPDATED: Thu., March 20, 2025

WICHITA, Kan. – When building a list of the best high school basketball teams in recent memory, it’d be easy to make a case for two teams from Florida-based Montverde Academy.