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.
Cluck-U Chicken. That was the name of the only food joint open deep into a night in the early 1990s, somewhere near Santa Clara. Details now fuzzy from the intervening decades, I found myself driving Dan Monson, Mark Few and Bill Grier on a midnight food run. Had somebody told me, on that night so long ago, that Gonzaga basketball would become one of the most-unlikely success stories in the history of college sports, man, I’d have choked on my chicken.
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. Few’s credentials pass most of the important tests: longevity, postseason success, NBA draft picks, winning …
Former Zags standout Drew Timme has played in NBA Summer League games, NBA preseason games and a lot of NBA G League games. His next action will finally come in an NBA game.
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. Ajayi may still exercise that option, just not with Gonzaga. The forward who transferred …
Following Saturday’s round-of-32 loss to top-seeded Houston, the Zags’ roster picture for next season isn’t nearly as clear. The biggest decision, and one that will clarify the Zags’ priorities in the transfer market, will be made by first-team All-West Coast Conference post Graham Ike.
Make it two players from Gonzaga’s 2024-25 roster now in the NCAA transfer portal. One day after sophomore guard Dusty Stromer announced intentions to transfer, junior forward Jun Seok Yeo followed his teammate into the portal, according to VerbalCommits.com. Stromer’s …
David Stockton is wrapping up his eighth season in the NBA G League. Averaging 14.2 points per game for the Valley Suns – the sixth different team the 33-year-old former Gonzaga guard has played for since leaving Spokane in 2014 – he says he’s seen the NBA’s feeder league make a nice evolution.
In the latest Zags Basketball Insiders Podcast, longtime Spokesman-Review reporter Jim Meehan and former GU center and TV analyst Richard Fox break down the dominant win over Georgia, the heartbreaking loss to Houston and debate the overall entertainment value of this year's tournament.
Gonzaga figures to have a busy offseason and it started quickly Monday with sophomore wing Dusty Stromer planning to enter the transfer portal. On3.com’s Joe Tipton was first to report Stromer’s decision. College basketball’s transfer portal opened Monday and will …
The streak, one of the most remarkable in college basketball, has ended. For the first time since 2014, there will be a Sweet 16 without Gonzaga. Prior to an 81-76 loss to Houston on Saturday in the second round of …
The top-seeded Cougars were scoring points seemingly at will most of the second half, but their top-ranked defense was unable to stop Graham Ike and Gonzaga’s offense. So instead of game over, Gonzaga was still in the picture, even after a J’Wan Roberts field goal with 4:29 left gave Houston a 76-65 lead.
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.
WICHITA, Kan. – The question was directed at Graham Ike, not Mark Few. Gonzaga’s coach decided to weigh in anyway. On the heels of a 27-point outing, the senior forward was asked by a reporter to describe his mindset during …
Here are four observations from Gonzaga’s 81-76 loss to Houston on Saturday at Intrust Bank Arena in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32. Dramatic ending A season of close calls for Gonzaga culminated with one more in the Round of …
WICHITA, Kan. – Mark Few talked to his Gonzaga players often during the season about the qualities that made Houston such a great team. Their energy and intensity were a paradigm for them to emulate. It can be considered painful …
This season, which started with such promise but was derailed by a series of high-profile close losses, probably had to end this way. After trailing by 14 points against the nation’s second-ranked team, Houston, in its NCAA second-round matchup, Gonzaga …
LJ Cryer The All-American guard lived up to his billing with 30 points and six 3-pointers. Every time the Zags cut into the Cougars’ lead in the second half, Cryer seemed to have an answer. He hit a tough 3 …
Follow along as eighth-seeded Gonzaga takes on top-seeded Houston in the second round of the NCAA Tournament this evening in Wichita, Kansas. Tipoff is set for 5:40 p.m. on TNT.
There was no ideal start Saturday for Gonzaga, two days after racing in front of Georgia 27-3 and rolling to an NCAA Tournament first-round win. But the Zags nearly made up for it with a frantic comeback in the closing minutes that had 14,168 roaring inside Intrust Bank Arena and made the Cougars sweat out an 81-76 round-of-32 victory.