Is there room for traditional tournaments like Maui, a mainstay for four decades, and the Battle 4 Atlantis, which began in 2011, to continue thriving and/or co-exist with NIL-driven counterparts? Will NIL-driven tournaments have staying power and become regular additions to the holiday tournament slate?
FRISCO, Texas – Malachi Smith knows a little about the grind it takes to make a difference on the basketball court – whether it was his one season at Wright State, where he earned Horizon League All-Freshman honors; at Chattanooga, where he earned first-team all-conference honors and was also named Big South Conference Player of the Year; or his year at Gonzaga, when he was a solid role player off the bench for a team that advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight.
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Oklahoma had just beaten Louisville for the title of the Battle 4 Atlantis men’s basketball tournament on Friday evening. Neither of those unranked teams was expected to be there, not with the likes of then-No. 3 …
After a first-round loss to West Virginia, the damage control Gonzaga did on days two and three at the Battle 4 Atlantis wasn’t enough to prevent the Bulldogs from slipping four spots in the latest edition of the Associated Press Top 25.
Remember the angst last season when Gonzaga was stationed on the bubble, hadn’t recorded a Quad 1 victory until February and was in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament? No such drama early on this season. The Zags are off to a 7-1 start – same as last year – but their November victories are carrying more clout this time around with a pair of Quad 1 wins.
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – After three games, the grand total came to 98 minutes, 48 seconds. Gonzaga was in control of the lead for nearly 100 minutes this week at the Battle 4 Atlantis, running up a double-digit lead in …
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – In the end, they didn’t win the Battle 4 Atlantis. In fact, No. 3-ranked Gonzaga finished fifth in the eight-team tournament, as none of the highest-ranked teams made it to the title game. The 90-65 win …
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – With a level of depth and offensive balance few teams in college basketball can match, third-ranked Gonzaga has shown the ability to beat teams in a variety of ways this season.
Ryan Nembhard isn’t the only Zag to set personal bests in Gonzaga’s last two games. Senior forward Ben Gregg scored a season-high 13 points in Thursday’s rout over Indiana. He went one better Friday, pouring in a career-high 24 points in a 90-65 blowout over Davidson in the fifth/sixth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Here are three observations from Gonzaga’s 90-65 win over Davidson on Friday at the Battle for Atlantis. Gregg, bench provide lift Led by Ben Gregg, three of GU’s top four scorers came off the bench in …
Setting a career-high for the second time in as many days, Ryan Nembhard piled up 14 assists, picking Davidson apart with a steady diet of passes into Gonzaga’s big men, who accumulated a 58-24 advantage in paint points during the team’s final game at Imperial Arena in the Bahamas.
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Davidson coach Matt McKillop divvied up scouting duties to his assistants this week at the Battle 4 Atlantis. The way things shook out, game one against No. 24 Arizona fell to Matt Matheny, the longest-tenured assistant …
Ismaila Diagne didn’t suit up for Gonzaga’s first two games at the Battle 4 Atlantis, and the Bulldogs are expecting to be without the 7-foot center for at least one more game in the Bahamas as he recovers from a sprained medial collateral ligament.
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Gonzaga’s multiple mascot names can be a little confusing. And it seems they carry a little different connotation. They were best-known, traditionally, as the “Bulldogs,” but as the team has emerged as a national powerhouse, “Zags” …
PARADISE ISLANDS, Bahamas – Here are three observations from No. 3 Gonzaga’s 89-73 victory against Indiana Thursday at Imperial Arena. Another Nembhard masterclass Two games, 25 assists, six turnovers. Ryan Nembhard, who entered Thursday’s game as the national leader in …
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – No. 3 Gonzaga responded to a disappointing loss the way one might expect of a program that’s been on the national stage for 25 years. So did No. 14 Indiana – for about 10 minutes. This …
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – For two years, Gonzaga’s coaching staff and development team worked with Oumar Ballo on his conditioning, helped him fine-tune his hook-shot and spent countless hours behind the scenes with the Mali native as he adapted to the American game.
No. 3 Gonzaga responded to a disappointing loss the way one might expect of a program that’s been on the national stage for 25 years. So did No. 14 Indiana – for about 10 minutes.