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Coverage of Gonzaga’s 2021 Final Four opponent, the UCLA Bruins

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Dates set for next two matchups in Gonzaga-UCLA basketball rivalry

Gonzaga and UCLA will resume their interesting non-conference rivalry in December each of the next two seasons. The West Coast powers agreed to a two-game series back in May. The dates are now set for the matchups: Dec. 28th at the new Intuit Dome in Los Angeles and Dec. 13, 2025, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, according to a Gonzaga release.

Sports >  NCAA basketball

‘Thank you for my life’: Bill Walton’s colleagues share their favorite memories

Bill Walton was an American original, the rare figure worthy of a documentary. He was, in no particular order, a legendary college basketball player for UCLA, an activist arrested for protesting the Vietnam War, an NBA champion for the Portland Trail Blazers, a fantastic backup to Robert Parish and Kevin McHale on the champion 1986 Boston Celtics, the father of four college basketball players and one NBA champion, a polarizing broadcaster who overcame a stutter to work for multiple decades, a tie-dye wearing Deadhead who loved Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and eventually, a cult figure for ESPN and the Pac-12 Network.

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Scouting the WSU opponent: UCLA

If Washington State is going to pick up its first Pac-12 sweep since the 2011-12 season this year, it will have to happen on Saturday.