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.
The texts started flying between Gonzaga’s Dusty Stromer and Houston’s Mercy Miller right after the NCAA Tournament brackets were released Sunday afternoon. The TV screen showed the Midwest Region bracket with Gonzaga vs. Georgia, Houston vs. SIU-Edwardsville, winners meeting in the second round. Stromer reached for his phone to message his former Notre Dame High teammate in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
WICHITA, Kan. – Milos Uzan had a tough job coming into Houston’s program, replacing do-everything point guard Jamal Shead, a first-team All-American now earning NBA paychecks with Toronto. Uzan accepted the challenge when he transferred after playing two seasons at …
WICHITA, Kan. – Gonzaga and Houston didn’t play each other Thursday – that round-of-32 showdown arrives Saturday – but they took turns trying to one-up each other with dominating performances. No. 1-seeded Houston had the easier task as a heavy …
WICHITA, Kan. – The first sign of trouble came Wednesday night when a flight cancellation alert appeared on Tyus Battle’s phone. The former Syracuse star and older brother of Gonzaga guard Khalif Battle was scheduled to fly out of New …
WICHITA, Kan. – This game felt like an appetizer. Tasty, and a bit teasing, creating a hunger for more satisfying encounters ahead. Gonzaga’s 89-68 thrashing of Georgia in the NCAA Tournament first round on Thursday displayed a group of Zags …
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. Dakota Leffew knocked down a 3-pointer then scored again on the next trip down. …
Houston’s start wasn’t quite as impressive as Gonzaga’s in the ensuing game Thursday, but the Cougars left no doubt early in a blowout victory over Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The top-seeded Cougars put their efficient offense and smothering defense on display throughout a 78-40 victory 16th-seeded SIEU.
Difference makers Nolan Hickman The senior guard scored the game’s first points, a 3-pointer less than 30 seconds in. He hit three more 3s on his way to 15 first-half points. Hickman finished with 18 points, hitting 5 of 6 …
It required all of five minutes to determine who the superior Bulldogs were at Intrust Bank Arena. Gonzaga scored 27 of the first 30 points, established a 25-point lead in the first half and steamrolled its SEC opponent for an 89-68 victory.
The senior guard from Seattle knocked down five 3-pointers and scored 18 points to guide eighth-seeded Gonzaga past No. 9 Georgia 89-68 Thursday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
WICHITA, Kan. – Here are three observations from Gonzaga’s 89-68 win over Georgia on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Another blazing start for Zags Gonzaga scored the first 13 points and bolted in front 27-3. GU …
The Gonzaga Bulldogs take on the Georgia Bulldogs in the NCAA Tournament first round.
NCAA second round action with Gonzaga playing Houston.
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.
WICHITA, Kan. – With more than two decades of success on the sport’s biggest stage, it requires a considerable amount of ink to print all of Gonzaga’s NCAA Tournament superlatives and streaks.
Gonzaga is busy preparing to play Georgia on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament, college basketball’s biggest stage. But a few Zags made time Wednesday to applaud former teammate Anton Watson, who scored his first NBA points Monday with the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, one of the biggest stages in the world.
Creator and curator of a hoop phenomenon unique to college athletics, mastermind of offensive efficiency, motivator of elite athletes. Mark Few is all of that. Globally appreciated. Unknown until recently, though, has been his capacity to coach desperation.
WICHITA, Kan. – From Mark Few’s dinner table to the top of Gonzaga’s scouting report, Georgia’s Asa Newell not only qualifies as the most important matchup of Thursday’s NCAA Tournament opener between the WCC Zags and SEC Bulldogs, but one of the most intriguing of GU’s season, given the history between the freshman standout and one of the schools that nearly landed his services.
With March Madness as the frenzied backdrop, executives from the Pac-12 and Mountain West churn forward in pursuit of media rights agreements for their restructured conferences beginning in the summer of 2026. There's nothing at stake except hundreds of millions of dollars, coveted exposure on major broadcast and cable networks and security for the remainder of the decade.