NCAA basketball

LAS VEGAS – There were dueling emotions for Isaac Jones on June 27 as the former Washington State forward followed along with the second and final day of the 2024 NBA draft.

Gonzaga released its 2024-25 women’s basketball nonconference schedule on Wednesday, showing five of the 11 games set at home.

It’s about to be easier to become, and more costly to remain, a season-ticket holder for the University of Gonzaga men’s basketball games inside McCarthey Athletic Center.

The final day of the Battle 4 Atlantis could deliver one of the most intriguing nonconference matchups of the 2024-25 college basketball season, but Gonzaga will have some work to do if it hopes to set up a potential meeting with former Bulldogs assistant Tommy Lloyd and Arizona in the Bahamas.

Kingston Flemings, a top 25 recruit in the 2025 class, has Gonzaga in his top five. Flemings made the announcement Tuesday via Instagram, four days after 2025 standout forward Nikolas Khamenia listed GU in his final five.

Numerica Kraziness in the Kennel, Gonzaga’s annual men’s basketball tip-off event, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the McCarthey Athletic Center, the school announced.

Gonzaga is in 2025 standout Nikolas Khamenia’s final five. Khamenia announced Friday his finalists are GU, Arizona, Duke, North Carolina and UCLA.

Now five years into his career, Robert Franks has been compensated to play professional basketball in four countries and three different continents, but the 27-year-old is still in pursuit of a job promotion that would bring him closer to his home state of Washington and fulfill his dream of landing a permanent roster spot in the NBA.

PULLMAN – Washington State has finalized its 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule.

About the Globe Trotter series: The Spokesman-Review connected periodically with Gonzaga coach Mark Few to highlight his on- and off-court experiences as an assistant coach with the U.S. Olympic basketball team. This is the final installment of the series.

WSU and OSU are turning over “every stone we know of and (trying) to create some stones we don’t know of.”

Not long ago, Washington State lost its volleyball coach, men’s basketball coach and athletic director in the wake of the Pac-12 Conference’s collapse.

Killian Tillie’s next stop in professional basketball apparently will be overseas. The former Gonzaga forward has signed with Unicaja Malaga in Spain, according to Eurobasket.com.

LAS VEGAS – Drew Timme likened his first season as a professional basketball player with the Wisconsin Herd, a G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, to his freshman season at Gonzaga.

It’s easy for the SEC and Big Ten to deny interest when schools aren’t available.

PULLMAN – The schedule for Washington State’s next men’s basketball season is starting to come together.

Gonzaga’s return matchup against San Diego State is set for Nov. 18. The Zags, who lost to the Aztecs 84-74 last December at the McCarthey Athletic Center, will try to return the favor this November at Viejas Arena, routinely filled with 12,000 fans and one of the most challenging road environments on the West Coast.

The West Coast Conference released its 2024-25 women’s basketball schedule Tuesday featuring 20 games over an 11-week span. With Washington State and Oregon State joining the WCC, conference play goes from 16 games to 20 with each of the 11 teams playing each other twice.

PULLMAN – The next chapter of Washington State men’s basketball is here.