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Analysis: No. 13 Gonzaga pounds Southern Utah 122-50 while setting Div. I margin of victory record

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 18, 2025

After the first seven minutes one might have assumed it was Southern Utah, not Gonzaga, playing its fourth game in nine days.

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Gonzaga announces death of Barbara Few, mother of Bulldogs coach Mark Few

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 17, 2025

Barbara Few, the mother of 27th-year Gonzaga coach Mark Few, died Friday , according to posts from the school’s social media accounts.

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Key matchup: Former NWAC POY Jaiden Feroah returns to Washington for Gonzaga-Southern Utah

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 16, 2025

Jaiden Feroah’s never visited McCarthey Athletic Center, but Southern Utah’s top scorer and rebounder has a strong track record in the state of Washington, and might be able to provide a quality geography lesson on the Pacific Northwest from two years playing in the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC).

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No. 19 Gonzaga looking to iron out kinks in return home against Southern Utah

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 16, 2025

After four games and four double-digit wins, No. 19 Gonzaga hasn’t wasted time establishing who and what it wants to be in 2025-26.

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Gonzaga rewind: Mark Few praises Adam Miller’s ‘mental toughness’ during emotional return to Arizona State

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 15, 2025

TEMPE, Ariz. – Adam Miller walked onto the floor for pregame warmups at 6:55 p.m. PT, more than an hour before No. 19 Gonzaga and Arizona State tipped off late Friday night.

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Analysis: No. 19 Gonzaga overcomes choppy stretches to beat Arizona State 77-65 in first road test

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 14, 2025

TEMPE, Ariz. – Mark Few expected his 19th-ranked Gonzaga team would have to overcome a new set of hurdles in its first true road game of the season.

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Gonzaga signee Luca Foster one of 50 players named to Naismith High School watch list

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 13, 2025

Luca Foster officially signed with Gonzaga on Wednesday and woke up Thursday to learn he was named to the Naismith Boys’ High School Player of the Year watch list.

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Former Real Madrid roommates Ismaila Diagne, Massamba Diop to clash on court when Gonzaga meets Arizona State

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 13, 2025

TEMPE, Ariz. – When he moved from Dakar, Senegal, to Madrid in 2022, Massamba Diop encountered the usual challenges that come with adjusting to life in a new continent, plus a few more that are more unique to playing high-level basketball thousands of miles from home.

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Key matchup: Gonzaga set to face Arizona State point guard Moe Odum at third school

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 13, 2025

TEMPE, Ariz. – If you do not consume college basketball news during the spring and summer months, or keep up with hundreds of thousands of transactions that occur every day during the transfer portal cycle, it can be difficult to know who is playing where when the regular season starts back up in November.

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‘It’s like family.’ No. 19 Gonzaga’s visit to Arizona State doubles as long-awaited Homecoming for Adam Miller

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 14, 2025

TEMPE, Ariz. – “Straightforward” and “simple” would not be the first terms that come to mind when describing Adam Miller’s six-year college basketball journey, but the veteran Gonzaga guard generally has fond memories from a two-year pit stop at Arizona State.

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Luca Foster, Sam Funches sign letters of intent with Gonzaga

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 12, 2025

Luca Foster signed his letter of intent with Gonzaga on Wednesday morning from a conference room at Link Academy in Branson, Missouri.

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Gonzaga rewind: Zags’ Few, Bluejays’ McDermott still see value in home-and-home scheduling model

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 12, 2025

Not unlike roster retention and the mid-range shot, home-and-home scheduling agreements between premier college basketball programs have become somewhat of a lost art in recent years.

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Analysis: Graham Ike’s 3-point flurry sparks No. 19 Gonzaga in runaway win over No. 23 Creighton

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 11, 2025

Graham Ike’s back-down game was a central part of the scouting report No. 23 Creighton put together before traveling to Spokane for Tuesday’s contest at No. 19 Gonzaga.

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Key matchup: Creighton’s Owen Freeman has been on Gonzaga’s radar since early spring

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 10, 2025

Owen Freeman’s conversations with Mark Few’s coaching staff never went far enough to warrant scheduling a time for the forward to see Gonzaga’s facilities in person, but for at least a handful of days there seemed to be mutual interest between the touted Iowa transfer and West Coast hoops power in Spokane.

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‘We’re going into a hornet’s nest.’ No. 23 Creighton visits No. 19 Gonzaga in highly-anticipated Top 25 showdown

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 10, 2025

As season-opening wins go, Creighton’s 92-76 decision over South Dakota last Wednesday was on the more unsettling side.

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Gonzaga’s Graham Ike named preseason third team All-American by Sporting News

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 10, 2025

One week into the college basketball season, Gonzaga's Graham Ike is still garnering preseason All-American recognition. 

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Gonzaga rewind: Wings Jalen Warley, Tyon Grant-Foster pound the glass in 83-68 rout of Oklahoma

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 9, 2025

Within the larger goal of winning Saturday’s nonconference game against Oklahoma, Tyon Grant-Foster and Jalen Warley had another objective Saturday night at the Arena.

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Analysis: No. 21 Gonzaga outclasses Oklahoma 83-68 to extend impressive streak at Arena

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 8, 2025

After making short work of Kentucky in 2022, steamrolling Baylor last season and outclassing Oklahoma on Saturday, Gonzaga may have to wait awhile before another SEC or Big 12 opponent agrees to make the cross-country trek for a nonconference game at the Arena.

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No. 21 Gonzaga set for first true nonconference test against ‘smart’ and ‘old’ Oklahoma team

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 7, 2025

Mark Few, of all people, understands the heavy lift that comes with transforming a low-major college basketball program into a perennial NCAA Tournament contender.

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Key matchup: Well-traveled Oklahoma guard Nijel Pack could put Gonzaga’s improved perimeter D to the test

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 7, 2025

Before arriving at Oklahoma, Nijel Pack played 122 career games over five college basketball seasons in the Big 12 and ACC, so it was a safe bet the veteran guard probably had at least one encounter with someone on Gonzaga’s roster during his time at Kansas State and Miami.

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How Gonzaga’s age, experience can give them an edge this season: ‘These guys come with a lot of battles’

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 6, 2025

Fourth-year Gonzaga assistant Stephen Gentry made just one game-winning shot during his competitive basketball career. In 2001, Gentry, who attended Fort Scott High School in rural southeast Kansas, was playing a rivalry game against F.L. Schlagle High School, located roughly 95 miles north in Kansas City. The ball found Fort Scott’s senior guard on the final possession and Gentry pumped in the shot that sealed a narrow victory.

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Gonzaga, Oregon to meet in future game at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 5, 2025

Gonzaga’s nonconference game against Oregon on Dec. 21 at Portland’s Moda Center will be the first of two meetings between the Pacific Northwest powers over the next few seasons.

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Gonzaga rewind: Defense passes the test in season-opening win over Texas Southern

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 5, 2025

Gonzaga players and coaches deserve credit for the defensive adjustments they made toward the end of the 2024-25 season, allowing the Zags to transform from a group that was painful to watch at times into one that finished inside the top 30 of KenPom’s defensive efficiency ratings.

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After starting lineup fiasco, Tyon Grant-Foster paces Gonzaga with 15 points in 98-43 win over Texas Southern

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

Gonzaga’s choppy start during Monday’s season opener against Texas Southern had nothing on the starting lineup fiasco that occurred minutes before tipoff at McCarthey Athletic Center.

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Gonzaga’s Graham Ike one of 50 named to Naismith Trophy watch list

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 3, 2025

Graham Ike was named to another preseason watch list hours before Gonzaga’s 2025-26 season tipped off at McCarthey Athletic Center.