Less than two minutes into North Florida’s season opener, Kamrin Oriol brought the ball down the floor against the Florida Gators and spotted up from the 3-point line. Oriol rose, released and connected to break the seal for North Florida …
It’s been 20 days since Gonzaga last took the floor at McCarthey Athletic Center. The 11th-ranked Zags (8-1) have managed to pack a season’s worth of experiences into the three-week stretch between a Nov. 17 game against Southern Utah and …
NASHVILLE – During the first half of Friday’s ESPN2 broadcast, commentators Karl Ravech and Jimmy Dykes took a brief pause to give viewers a sense of the hostility building among 18,507 fans at Bridgestone Arena, most of them dressed down in Kentucky blue.
Sometimes they call these kinds of games “gut-checks.” Indicators of how well teams cope with adversity. Resilience. Determination. Fortitude after being seriously tested and having come away disappointed. Are you stepping onto a slippery slope or finding firm footing and …
NASHVILLE – Nine days after being on the wrong end of a beatdown, 11th-ranked Gonzaga managed to do about the only thing that would’ve felt satisfactory on Friday night. Administer one of its own. “It’s no fun for anybody, those …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Three observations at the buzzer from Gonzaga’s 94-59 win over Kentucky at Bridgestone Arena. Starting lineup changes Nine games into the season, Gonzaga coach Mark Few hasn’t been afraid to shake up the starting lineup. It probably …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Kentucky-based reporter asked Graham Ike if there’s something favorable about the interior matchup after he chewed up the Wildcats for the second straight year. Ike didn’t correct the inquisitor verbally, but he did subtly flash three …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Gonzaga and Kentucky could use a resume-boosting win Friday. The 11th-ranked Zags were throttled 101-61 by Michigan in their last outing while the 18th-ranked Wildcats lost at home to No. 16 North Carolina, 67-64. Kentucky is 5-0 …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In theory, Kentucky’s revamped roster was supposed to give its opponents plenty to think about – and about a dozen different players to worry about – as they prepared for matchups with the Wildcats in 2025-26.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The stretch of the college basketball calendar colloquially known as “Feast Week” ended on Sunday, though you wouldn’t know it based on the sheer number and quality of games that have taken place since.
In 27 seasons, Mark Few’s teams at Gonzaga have been on the losing end of 153 games – an average of just 5.6 losses per season. The Zags have made it through 13 seasons with five losses or fewer while maintaining an overall winning percentage of .830.
Caden Pierce’s recruiting tour has already taken the Princeton transfer to a few of college basketball’s most prestigious programs, with a recent visit to Purdue and a trip to Duke on Tuesday that coincided with the Blue Devils’ ACC/SEC Challenge matchup with Florida.
DALLAS – During the Las Vegas Summer League, a certain Dallas Mavericks rookie caught the eyes of coaches, executives and scouts around the NBA. No, not Cooper Flagg. It was a point guard who led the nation in assists at …
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 …
Gonzaga vs. North Florida, Dec. 7
Gametime: 6 p.m.
Location: McCarthey Athletic Center
On TV: KHQ
On Radio: 590-AM