Mario Saint-Supery took a dive into Oregon State's cheerleader section and quickly became part of an internet meme after scoring Gonzaga's first basket Monday in a West Coast Conference Tournament semifinal game at Orleans Arena.
Wayne Tinkle pinpointed defensive coverage on Graham Ike as an area fourth-seeded Oregon State needed to polish up if the Beavers had any chance of upsetting top-seeded Gonzaga in Monday's West Coast Conference Tournament semifinal.
Their numbers didn’t leap off the stat sheet. Then again, not many Gonzaga players’ numbers did aside from Graham Ike’s 24 points and 11 rebounds. But GU point guards Mario Saint-Supery and Braeden Smith got the job done with their combined effort in a 65-56 victory Monday over Oregon State in the West Coast Conference Tournament semifinals at Orleans Arena.
Gonzaga welcomed the return of forward Jalen Warley, who missed the previous two games with a lingering thigh contusion. The Virginia transfer seemed to have pretty good mobility while challenging perimeter shots, leaping for rebounds and scoring one basket in transition.
LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga didn’t have any games last week, but an extended break didn’t stop the Zags from moving up in the NET rankings and down in a few bracket projections. ’Tis the season to discuss seeding possibilities as …
Twenty years ago, March 2006, Adam Morrison executed his own celebratory leap onto the scorer’s table before surfing back onto the court on the shoulders of surging Zag zealots. As Gonzaga’s men’s basketball team enters its final West Coast Conference …
LAS VEGAS – Mark Few hopes his current roster took more than history lessons from a team gathering last week to watch a private screening of the documentary, “Gonzaga: The Slipper Still Fits,” that premiered Friday on streaming service Tubi.
Gonzaga is bound to make more memories at the conference tournament when it officially leaves for the Pac-12 in a few months’ time. There’s a good chance the Zags will make many of those in Las Vegas, not far from where they’ve played the last 18 conference tournaments a couple miles off the Strip at the Orleans Arena.
So it’s here – Gonzaga’s true basketball farewell to the WCC, 47 seasons after joining the lodge. Forty of those have concluded with a tournament to decide the league’s automatic entry to the NCAAs. The inaugural began with first-round games at campus sites (the Zags upset by Pepperdine that year). Then there was an uncodified rotation of hosts, which too often became what former GU coach Dan Monson derided as “the Santa Clara Invitational.” At last, neutral ground was found at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas – which more often than not actually became the Gonzaga Invitational, the Zags having won 12 of 17 there, and 22 in their history. But there’s never one like the first. And, truly, there’s never been a Gonzaga season like 1995.
The college basketball postseason has turned into awards season for Gonzaga’s Graham Ike. Four days after earning West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors, the senior forward was one of 15 players named to the Wooden Award Men’s National …
LAS VEGAS – Just a theory: The scant representation of Gonzaga players on this season’s all-conference teams is starting to look more like a compliment than an insult. I’d still bet that just about everybody on the GU roster will …
The feature-length documentary spotlighting Gonzaga’s unlikely rise to college basketball prominence picked up at least one favorable review Monday night moments after a private screening at the Bing Crosby Theater.
Braden Huff was named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic Team for the second straight season and teammate Emmanuel Innocenti joined him as one of the 11 players honored Wednesday.
Gonzaga was halfway to an outright West Coast Conference championship Saturday. Twenty minutes of game time later, the Zags had to settle for a co-title with rival Saint Mary’s, which rallied for a 70-59 victory in Moraga. In the latest …
Graham Ike captured his first West Coast Conference regular-season championship last week and can now add WCC Player of the Year to his growing list of accolades. The senior forward became the first Zag to earn WCC Player of the …
FRISCO, Texas – Anton Watson has yet to officially complete his second full season as a professional basketball player, but the former Gonzaga standout already sees a big change in himself as a member of the G League’s South Bay Lakers.
Gonzaga’s road loss to West Coast Conference rival Saint Mary’s resulted in a predictable drop in the AP poll, the NET rankings and in most NCAA Tournament bracket projections. The Zags slipped from No. 9 to No. 12 in the …
The West Coast Conference Tournament has a bracket but it’ll still be another week until Gonzaga knows its opponent for a semifinal game at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The Zags (28-3, 16-2) enter their final WCC Tournament with the …
MORAGA, Calif. – Gonzaga didn’t collect a win but possibly a week’s worth of bulletin board material from Saturday’s 70-59 loss at Saint Mary’s, giving the Gaels a share of the West Coast Conference regular -season title for the fourth consecutive year.