ours truly and former Zags center Richard Fox, an analyst on Gonzaga games televised on KHQ and SWX, sorted through the team’s highs and lows in Las Vegas and broke down Friday’s showdown against No. 18 Kentucky in Nashville in the latest Zags Insiders Podcast.
Gonzaga debuted at No. 5 in the NCAA Evaluation Tool, more commonly referred to as the NET rankings. The Zags (7-1) are the highest ranked among one loss teams with No. 8 UConn (6-1) the only other to crack the top 10.
Just nine seconds into Gonzaga’s basketball game against Michigan last week, Wolverine forward Yaxel Lendeborg swished a distant 3-point shot. Lendeborg is one of Michigan’s huge frontcourt players (6-9, 240), but the range of this perimeter shot looked like it …
Princeton transfer Caden Pierce, a former Ivy League Conference Player of the Year, will make an official visit to Gonzaga before deciding where he will continue his college basketball career.
LAS VEGAS – Two months ago, without knowing anything other than how the win-loss record would shake out, the overwhelming majority of fans would have been satisfied with what Gonzaga put together this week at the Players Era Festival.
LAS VEGAS – They call this tournament the Players Era Festival. Unfortunately for Gonzaga, the Wednesday championship game turned into a festival of players’ errors. In the kind of meltdown the Gonzaga men have not felt for decades, Michigan dominated …
LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga came into Wednesday’s matchup with No. 7 Michigan seeking a Players Era Championship, a $1 million paycheck and another top-10 win to bolster its nonconference resume. All the Zags got at MGM Grand Garden Arena was …
LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga came into Wednesday’s matchup with No. 7 Michigan seeking a Players Era Championship, a $1 million paycheck and another top-10 win to bolster its impressive nonconference resume.
A sight seen often at Gonzaga games: Streams of Zag fans hitting the exits midway through the second half with a blowout win secured. A sight rarely, if ever seen: Hundreds of Gonzaga fans in the concourses, leaving an arena midway through the second half with the Zags trailing by 40 points.
LAS VEGAS – Three observations at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 101-61 blowout loss to Michigan on Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Nightmare start Gonzaga has had a few so-so starts this season, but nothing remotely close to the …
The objective was two-fold for No. 12 Gonzaga on Tuesday night against Maryland.With four other teams improving to 2-0 at the Players Era Festival before Mark Few’s squad tipped off at MGM Grand Garden Arena, it was imperative the Zags first beat the Terrapins to join a group of unbeatens in Las Vegas and stay alive in the championship picture.
In the latest Zags Basketball Insiders Podcast, Richard Fox and yours truly covered Gonzaga’s convincing win over Alabama, the impact of Mario Saint-Supery and Tyon Grant-Foster and the pluses and minuses of NIL-driven tournaments.
LAS VEGAS – Gonzaga coach Mark Few caught a few minutes of the Michigan-Auburn game on television prior to the Zags taking the floor against Maryland on Tuesday night at the Players Era Festival.
Alabama’s bench got the best of Gonzaga on Monday, outscoring the Zags 27-18 in GU’s 95-85 victory. It was the first time GU lost the bench points category this season. In fact, Gonzaga reserves had dominated counterparts by at least 10 points in every other game.
Welcome to a new era of college basketball tournaments – the Players Era Festival.The Players Era, in just its second year, has a stacked field of 18 teams playing in the best Feast Week tournament, each earning as much as $1 million and potentially more with $1 million awarded to the tournament champion after playing three high-level games.
LAS VEGAS – Here are three observations from No. 12 Gonzaga’s 95-85 win over No. 8 Alabama at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Monday. Big three for GU The Zags’ frontcourt tandem of Graham Ike and Braden Huff is …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao. Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield. Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II.MGM Grand Garden Arena has played host to a variety of iconic boxing matches through the years and decades, becoming an unofficial hub for the combat sport in the United States. The second-annual Players Era Festival served up another juicy heavyweight bout Monday night at the historic Las Vegas venue.
Gonzaga’s showdown with Alabama on Monday night in Las Vegas fell just short of being a top 10 matchup. Alabama, on the strength of a 90-86 victory over then-No. 8 Illinois in Chicago, moved up three spots to No. 8 while the Zags, 72-point winners over Southern Utah, gained one spot to No. 12.
Gonzaga vs. San Francisco, Jan. 24
Gametime: 5 p.m.
Location: McCarthey Athletic Center
On TV: CBS Sports
On Radio: 590-AM