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Gonzaga rewind: Graham Ike’s second-half takeover, Ryan Nembhard reaches 1K and other close calls in Stockton

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 28, 2024

STOCKTON, Calif. – Mark Few didn’t necessarily need any more evidence to prove his 2023-24 Gonzaga Bulldogs won’t be able to cruise past West Coast Conference competition the same way many of his other teams have.

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‘Control what you can control’: Graham Ike sits through most of first half, returns to lift Gonzaga over Pacific 82-73

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 27, 2024

STOCKTON, Calif. – Graham Ike and Anton Watson have been indispensable pieces for Gonzaga’s frontcourt this season. More than once, the Bulldogs have learned how fast things can snowball when the veteran forwards aren’t on the floor.

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Gonzaga facing ‘quick, tough’ turnaround ahead of road game against Pacific

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

STOCKTON, Calif. – Facing a sound and sturdy team from San Francisco, offensive issues piled up for Gonzaga through the opening quarter of Thursday night’s West Coast Conference showdown in Spokane.

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Key matchup: WCC’s top facilitators will go head to head when Gonzaga takes on Pacific

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

STOCKTON, Calif. – Through 21 games this season, eight players have led Pacific in scoring and nine more in rebounding. At 6-15 overall and 0-6 in West Coast Conference play, the Tigers won’t give Gonzaga the same headaches they’ve encountered game planning for teams in the upper tier of the conference, but their offensive balance can still make things difficult, especially on short prep.

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Graham Ike, Gonzaga find way to contain San Francisco star Jonathan Mogbo in victory

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 25, 2024

Graham Ike’s free-throw shooting and low-post scoring were some of the biggest keys to Gonzaga’s second-half rally during a gutsy 77-72 win over San Francisco Thursday at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

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Difference makers: Graham Ike’s second-half surge helps Gonzaga stave off San Francisco

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 25, 2024

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Gonzaga’s Braden Huff earns third WCC Freshman of Week honor

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 24, 2024

Coming off a career-high 26-point outing against San Diego, Gonzaga’s Braden Huff was named West Coast Conference Freshman of the Week Wednesday morning.

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Former Gonzaga star Chet Holmgren named to Team USA player pool for Summer Olympics

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

Former Gonzaga star and current Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren is one of the 41 players Team USA will examine as it begins to assemble its 12-player roster ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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Gonzaga putting ‘faith in defense,’ vowing to improve ‘nastiness’ during WCC play

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 23, 2024

By normal college basketball standards, there’s been nothing visibly wrong with Gonzaga’s offense this season.

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Tipoff time, television network announced for Gonzaga-Saint Mary’s game on Feb. 3

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 22, 2024

Both regular-season games between West Coast Conference heavyweights Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s will air on national television.

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Gonzaga rewind: Ryan Nembhard-Braden Huff connection sparks Zag offense in San Diego thumping

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

SAN DIEGO – Mark Few celebrated his 700th coaching win on Thursday in a convincing 86-61 victory at Pepperdine. The second leg of Gonzaga’s two-game trip in Southern California, a 105-63 victory against San Diego, gave the 25th-year coach and his family another reason to celebrate.

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Gonzaga sprints out to big lead in first half, routs San Diego 105-63

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 20, 2024

SAN DIEGO – Mark Few’s halftime message Thursday night at Pepperdine fueled Gonzaga to one of its best stretches of the season in an eventual 25-point victory.

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Gonzaga hoping to recapture second-half magic from Pepperdine win in road trip finale at San Diego

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 19, 2024

SAN DIEGO – Mark Few has been a proponent of a revised scheduling model in the West Coast Conference, probably with situations like the one Gonzaga’s facing this week in mind.

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Key matchup: San Diego’s Wayne McKinney could be factor after missing first Gonzaga meeting

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 19, 2024

SAN DIEGO – Wayne McKinney is accustomed to doing a number of things for San Diego’s basketball team – most of which go uncharted in a traditional box score.

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‘Just an awesome run.’ Gonzaga’s Mark Few doused with water, pulls out signature handstand after 700th career win

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 18, 2024

MALIBU, Calif. – Mark Few still remembers most of the details from his first win as Gonzaga’s coach – a narrow 76-71 win over a tough Montana team at the Grizzlies’ home gym in Missoula.

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Difference makers: Graham Ike, Nolan Hickman fuel Gonzaga’s offense in 86-61 blowout of Pepperdine

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 18, 2024

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‘Unfathomable at the most.’ Past and present, Gonzaga assistants riff on Mark Few’s ‘mind boggling’ quest to 700 wins

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 18, 2024

From 1991 to 1996, three of the brightest basketball minds in Spokane lived under the same roof. Dan Monson offered his tenants rooms free of charge; Mark Few and Bill Grier repaid the favor by picking up the occasional household chore and indulging their landlord with lengthy basketball conversations that spilled late into the night.

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With Mark Few on the cusp of 700 wins, a look at the Gonzaga coach’s other milestone victories

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 17, 2024

Gonzaga coach Mark Few is on the cusp of another career milestone, needing only one more victory to reach 700 in his career.

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Gonzaga drops out of Associated Press Top 25 for first time since 2016

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 16, 2024

The Gonzaga men’s basketball team still has a chance to preserve a handful of streaks with approximately two months left of the 2023-24 college basketball season, but the Zags watched another one vanish Monday when the latest edition of the Associated Press Top 25 rankings came out.

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Four out: After a fifth loss, where does Gonzaga go from here?

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 13, 2024

Depending how you look at it, the fact that Gonzaga’s 77-76 loss to Santa Clara on came during a single-game week for the Bulldogs could be a blessing or a curse.

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Gonzaga rewind: Anton Watson, Braden Huff shine in otherwise dim result for Bulldogs; Santa Clara incurs WCC fine

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

On Dec. 29, Gonzaga forward Anton Watson sat at a podium at the McCarthey Athletic Center in the wake of an 84-74 loss to San Diego State and confidently voiced a goal to a group of reporters: “I don’t think we’re trying to lose the rest of the year.”

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Gonzaga rallies from 13-point deficit, but can’t finish job in first loss to Santa Clara since 2011

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 11, 2024

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – After last week’s home West Coast Conference sweep of Pepperdine and San Diego, Gonzaga coach Mark Few stressed the Bulldogs would need to bring their defense on the road, anticipating a tough environment and even tougher opponent Thursday night at Santa Clara.

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With coach nearing milestone, Gonzaga opens three-game road WCC swing at Santa Clara

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 10, 2024

In baseball, it’s considered a cardinal sin to discuss a no-hitter as it’s happening in real time.

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Key matchup: Once a Gonzaga recruit, Adama Bal thriving at Santa Clara after two seasons at Arizona

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 10, 2024

The top challenge for Gonzaga Thursday night at Santa Clara will be containing a high-impact transfer who’s blossomed under Herb Sendek after struggling to get on the floor at a power conference school a year earlier.

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Gonzaga notes: Bulldogs disrupt Toreros, pile up season-high 14 steals in blowout win

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 6, 2024

Ben Gregg’s defensive contributions might have flown under the radar in a game in which the junior scored a career-high 22 points.