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Gonzaga sets program record for field goals in 123-57 blowout of NAIA Eastern Oregon

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 16, 2023

Consider the Gonzaga Bulldogs tuned up.

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Gonzaga’s Graham Ike and Ryan Nembhard named to Wooden Award preseason list

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 14, 2023

Two players from Gonzaga’s roster – and a handful of players the Bulldogs will face throughout the 2023-24 college basketball season – were named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 watch list on Tuesday morning.

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Gonzaga looking to set a tone against EOU in final test before Maui Invitational

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 13, 2023

Before Gonzaga kicked things into high gear, the Bulldogs had to endure a lethargic stretch in the first half of Friday’s season opener against Yale.

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Key matchup: EOU’s Malachi Afework returns to Kennel after hitting double digits at Gonzaga last season

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 13, 2023

In a predictably lopsided game at McCarthey Athletic Center last December, Eastern Oregon struggled to find quality shots and retain possession of the ball, making 29% from the field while committing 28 turnovers in a 120-42 loss to 10th-ranked Gonzaga.

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‘Not your regular freshman’: Making unexpected start, Dusty Stromer excels for Gonzaga in college debut

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 10, 2023

As they typically do when extracurricular activities overlap, Eric Stromer and Amy Tinkham took a tag-team approach to parenting duties on abnormally busy Friday night.

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Difference makers: Braden Huff, Ryan Nembhard lead high-powered Gonzaga offense in 86-71 win over Yale

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 10, 2023

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Gonzaga target Zoom Diallo narrows down college list to four schools

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 10, 2023

Zoom Diallo will play his college hoops on the West Coast.

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Report: Gonzaga’s Steele Venters expected to miss 2023-24 season with knee injury

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 8, 2023

Steele Venters, a junior wing who transferred to Gonzaga after winning Big Sky Conference Player of the Year honors last season at Eastern Washington, is expected to miss the 2023-24 college basketball season due to a knee injury, according to a report Wednesday evening from the Messenger’s Jeff Goodman.

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‘Very happy in his skin.’ Gonzaga’s Jun Seok Yeo following lightly-treaded path of South Koreans to play Division I

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 7, 2023

It may happen Friday in Gonzaga’s home opener against Yale, it may happen Tuesday when the Bulldogs host an overmatched Eastern Oregon team from the NAIA, but at some point in the early stages of the 2023-24 college basketball season, Mark Few will signal to his bench and summon a 6-foot-8, 215-pound sophomore forward to the scorers table.

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Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard named to Naismith Award watch list

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 6, 2023

Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard was one of 50 players named Monday to the watch list for the Naismith Award, which is presented annually to the best college basketball player in the country.

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Gonzaga-LCSC rewind: Dusty Stromer, Braden Huff provide solid minutes off Bulldogs’ bench in exhibition rout

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 4, 2023

Graham Ike’s scoring and Ryan Nembhard’s facilitating may have been the least surprising aspects of Gonzaga’s 96-58 exhibition win over Lewis-Clark State on Friday.

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Gonzaga punishes NAIA Lewis-Clark State in familiar fashion during 96-58 exhibition win

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 3, 2023

The last time Lewis-Clark State visited Gonzaga, the Warriors had their hands full with an accomplished big man who punished them in the low post, a point guard named Nembhard who picked apart their defense and a young forward wearing No. 34 who turned away a handful of their shots at the rim.

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Gonzaga hosting exhibition game against Lewis-Clark State team that recently faced Arizona

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 2, 2023

It can be a cumbersome task preparing for Gonzaga, but after Friday night, every team facing the Bulldogs the rest of the season will have at least some film of them playing against another opponent.

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Four-star shooting guard Vyctorius Miller list Gonzaga in final five

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 2, 2023

Gonzaga is one of the five options Vyctorius Miller will continue to consider as the four-star class of 2024 shooting guard from California nears a college commitment.

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Whirlwind week for Filip Petrusev continues with trade to Sacramento Kings

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 1, 2023

Former Gonzaga center Filip Petrusev hardly had time to settle in to his new home before learning he was on the move again.

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Basic math: How the addition of three transfers could keep Gonzaga near the top of the college basketball world

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 1, 2023

It’s Thursday morning, a mere 22 days before the start of a new college basketball season in Spokane, and three Gonzaga players arrive on the upper concourse of McCarthey Athletic Center for a prescheduled photoshoot.

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Five-star shooting guard Isiah Harwell lists Gonzaga in final nine

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 31, 2023

Isiah Harwell scheduled an official visit to Gonzaga last month and the five-star shooting guard reaffirmed his interest in the Bulldogs when he listed GU as one of his final nine college choices Tuesday evening.

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‘So lucky and blessed.’ Mark Few’s summer experience with Team USA paying dividends for longtime coach, Gonzaga

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 30, 2023

Mark Few prefers to keep things low key during the offseason. It’s easier said than done for a prominent Division I basketball coach, but the more time spent with a fly-fishing rod or pickleball paddle in his hand – preferably with a cell phone nowhere in sight – the better.

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Gonzaga’s Graham Ike named to preseason Karl Malone Award watch list

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 26, 2023

Graham Ike became the third Gonzaga player named to a preseason watch list this week when the transfer big man was named Thursday to the watch list for the Karl Malone Award, which recognizes the best power forward in college basketball.

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Gonzaga’s Ryan Nembhard makes Cousy Award watch list

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 23, 2023

Two years after older brother Andrew was named one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, Gonzaga junior Ryan Nembhard has been added to the watch list for the award recognizing the top point guard in college basketball.

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After injury setback, former Gonzaga standout Chet Holmgren enters rookie season in NBA with ‘a touch of grey’

Sun., Oct. 22, 2023

Mark Few watched on from the sideline as one of his former players paced up and down the court, wrestled down low with other centers and contested shots at the rim during Team USA training camp in early August, held in Las Vegas a few weeks before the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

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‘It’s natural for him.’ Gonzaga’s Julian Strawther gaining confidence from sensational preseason, high-profile mentors

Sun., Oct. 22, 2023

During his three seasons at Gonzaga, Julian Strawther was constantly urged by coaches and teammates to take any open shot that came his way.

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Breaking down the situation for 13 former Gonzaga and Washington State players as the NBA season gets underway

Sun., Oct. 22, 2023

It’s not a certainty that there will be a former Gonzaga basketball player on the court when you flip on the NBA on these days, but it won’t take too much channel surfing in 2023-24 to find one of the 11 ex-Bulldogs who’ll be on an active roster when the regular season starts up Tuesday.

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Ten NBA games featuring former Gonzaga players to mark on your calendar

Sun., Oct. 22, 2023

This time last year, we compiled a full schedule of NBA games pitting one former Gonzaga basketball player against one another.

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Saint Mary’s picked ahead of Gonzaga in preseason WCC poll; Zag trio makes preseason all-league team

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 12, 2023

LAS VEGAS – If Gonzaga was fueled by the No. 2 seed at last year’s West Coast Conference Tournament, the Bulldogs should have no trouble summoning motivation when the 2023-24 season opens less than a month from now.