Mark Few was purely going off memory. Turns out the longtime Gonzaga coach has pretty impressive recall, to go along with the other qualities that have cemented him as one of sport’s best over the last 30 years. Following Gonzaga’s …
One week after Gonzaga’s Graham Ike was named an Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association gave the same honor to frontcourt mate Braden Huff.
Former GU center Richard Fox, analyst on Gonzaga telecasts on KHQ and SWX, and yours truly spent extra time on Huff and Smith as well as previewing the upcoming West Coast Conference season.
If the new Pac-12 were alive today, it would be doomed in one significant regard: at-large participation in the NCAA Tournament. Okay, maybe that’s overstating the situation. But clearly, the rebuilt conference would be struggling based on results to date. …
For the first time this season, Gonzaga didn’t move up in the Associated Press weekly college basketball rankings. The Zags (12-1), who handled Oregon 91-82 on Sunday at the Moda Center in Portland, remained at No. 7 in the media poll.
PORTLAND – Gonzaga can bank on at least two more chances to play in the state of Oregon this season. The Zags are scheduled to return in February for road West Coast Conference games against Portland (Feb. 4) and Oregon State (Feb. 7).
PORTLAND – Gonzaga’s loaded nonconference schedule served up a handful of quality opponents and marquee matchups that could’ve knocked Mark Few’s team down on the wrong night. Even after an unusual number of early-season setbacks, Few felt strongly the Oregon …
Gonzaga back-up point guard Braeden Smith outscored Oregon’s four bench players by himself, 21-13. Smith bettered his season high by 10 points this season with a team-leading 21 points and seven assists, guiding the seventh-ranked Zags down Oregon 91-82 Sunday at the Moda Center.
Gonzaga is steadily reversing its 3-point struggles early in the season into a team strength.Steele Venters and Adam Miller led the way Sunday. Venters made 4 of 5 attempts while Miller connected on 3 of 5, all coming in the first half. Gonzaga hit 6 of its first 8 from distance and did most of its damage behind the arc in the opening half.
No. 7 Gonzaga and Oregon clash Sunday afternoon with entertaining individual matchups all over the court and an intriguing one on the sideline. Gonzaga’s Graham Ike/Braden Huff vs. Oregon’s Nate Bittle/Kwame Evans Jr. and GU freshman point guard Mario Saint-Supery …
Maybe Neil Everett considered how much the late Bill Walton would’ve enjoyed Sunday’s matchup between No. 7 Gonzaga and Oregon – former and future members of Walton’s beloved Pac-12 “Conference of Champions,” playing in the NBA arena where his No. 32 jersey is retired.
PORTLAND – It’s been six years since Gonzaga and Oregon last played, but Mark Few and Dana Altman have been involved in many of the same battles since a 2019 meeting at the Battle 4 Atlantis.
PORTLAND – In some cases, nonconference scheduling requires years of planning, strategy and dialogue. In others, compelling nonleague matchups between the best programs in college basketball materialize out of thin air. The origins of Sunday’s Northwest Elite Showdown matchup between …
Anyone still wondering how Steele Venters is holding up physically after missing two full seasons with injury might find their answer by pulling up video of the soaring dunk he converted in the second half of Gonzaga’s 98-70 victory over Campbell Wednesday at McCarthey Athletic Center.
Playing without students at McCarthey Athletic Center for the first time this season, seventh-ranked Gonzaga knew it would have to scare up some of its own energy Wednesday night against mid-major opponent Campbell.
Gonzaga has been as close as you can get to a sure thing with Graham Ike and Braden Huff in the starting lineup, losing on just two occasions – to national runner-up Houston in the NCAA Tournament and second-ranked Michigan earlier this season – since Mark Few paired the frontcourt players together in last year’s West Conference Tournament.
Campbell coach John Andrzejek did the math quickly in his head. “I think they’re ranked seventh in the country right now,” Andrzejek said after Gonzaga’s 98-70 victory Wednesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center. “There are not six teams better than them, I’ll tell you that for sure.”
Three takeaways at the buzzer of No. 7 Gonzaga’s 98-70 win over Campbell on Wednesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center Another inside job It’s quite possible you’ve read this a time or two before: Braden Huff and Graham Ike overpowered …
Graham Ike picked up a second weekly honor for his 25-point performance on Saturday in Gonzaga’s 82-72 victory over then No. 25 UCLA. Ike, who was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week on Monday, was one of five …
Gonzaga vs. Pepperdine, Dec. 28
Gametime: 5 p.m.
Location: Firestone Fieldhouse
On TV: TBD
On Radio: 590-AM