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Per Kevin McPherson of Hogville.net, the Gonzaga Bulldogs have set up an exhibition with the Arkansas Razorbacks at the Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The preseason matchup will take place sometime in mid-to-late October. Coach John Calipari confirmed that this tune-up scrimmage before the start of the official 2026-27 season will happen during an […]
Coming out of a 31-win season, the Zags watched 11 players leave the roster this offseason. Five seniors aged out. A program-record six more hit the portal. All of it landed right as Gonzaga prepares to officially join the new-look Pac-12 on July 1, a league where San Diego State, Utah State, and Boise State […]
The Gonzaga Bulldogs 2026-27 roster has added a familiar last name from nearby Gonzaga Prep, 6-5 wing Carter Nilson, out of the 2026 recruiting class. This report comes from Andy Patton of Gonzaga Bulldogs on SI. Carter is the son of Mike Nilson, the 1999-2000 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Mike was […]
The dog days of summer are underway, and three of the four newest Gonzaga Bulldogs recruits through the 2026 class have arrived a month early before the official team workouts start in early July. Through the incoming NCAA transfer portal haul, both 6-6 Houston Cougars sophomore shooting guard/wing Isiah Harwell and 7-1 Arizona State Sun […]
This is one of the more fascinating non-conference clashes that coach Mark Few has set up this offseason, and there are plenty of those to choose from. Per the gatherings of scheduling expert Alex Rosinski, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on the LSU Tigers of the SEC in the Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington, […]
According to Baseball America’s Jacob Rudner, Gonzaga Bulldogs freshman right-handed pitcher Landon Hood is in the NCAA transfer portal with a do-not-contact tag. He joins redshirt junior third baseman Mikey Bell as the two Zags to leave the program. Hood is the No. 73-ranked prospect for the 2028 MLB Draft, thanks to his average 96 […]
Canada Basketball announced its 24-man player pool for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Qualifiers in Hamilition, Ontario, and Quebec City, Quebec, this summer. Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard, Dallas Mavericks guard Ryan Nembhard, San Antonio Spurs forward/center Kelly Olynyk, and Reyer Venezia’s Kyle Wiltjer of Venice, Italy, are all in Canada’s athlete pool. The Canadians […]
No matter what the outcome from this Western Conference Finals was going to be, a proven seven-foot big man from the Gonzaga Bulldogs program was going to end up on the winning side of this all-time Western Conference Finals series. A matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren and the San Antonio Spurs’ Kelly […]
Redshirt junior third baseman Mikey Bell is leaving the Gonzaga Bulldogs program after two seasons and will enter the NCAA transfer portal, per D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers. The back-to-back West Coast Conference Player of the Year right away becomes one of the most coveted bats available across college baseball when the portal officially opens on June 1. […]
Denver Pioneers junior guard Jocelyn Medina joins Rider Broncs sophomore guard Emmy Roach as the two transfer additions for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Medina averaged 6.4 points on a shooting split of 41.0 field goal percentage/20.3 three-point percentage/92.1 free throw percentage, 2.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.1 steals in 19.0 minutes played across 28 contests in […]
Gonzaga once again enters 2026-27 as a legitimate national title contender on paper, with a frontcourt that may be the most physically imposing that coach Mark Few has assembled in years. Massamba Diop, a 7’1 projected 2027 lottery pick, slots in alongside a returning senior Braden Huff, with Izan Almansa possibly providing professional-level depth behind […]
Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren was among the 15 names listed on an All-NBA Team. He just barely made the cusp, receiving exactly the 15th-most votes at 87. The lanky challenger at the rim is also coming off an NBA All-Star and All-Defensive First Team appearance for the first time in his career. He’s […]
The 64-team NCAA Tournament bracket is out, and Gonzaga Bulldogs baseball (35-19, 22-5 WCC) didn’t receive an at-large bid or even finish on the First Four Out line. The Zags ended up No. 57 in the Rating Percentage Index or RPI. Also put into factor was their No. 66-ranked Diamond Sports Ranking and No. 152-ranked […]
A substandard and detrimental two-game stretch for the No. 1-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. Coach Mark Machtolf’s group was the clear favorite to win the West Coast Conference Tournament and didn’t look anything like the part. In the first matchup, Gonzaga got rolled over by the No. 5-seeded Saint Mary’s Gaels […]
Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren was considered a top-two defender in the NBA. He only trailed San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, the 2025-26 Defensive Player of the Year, for the most total votes by 10, 200-190. The pair of ‘cream of the crop’ shot blockers are going head-to-head in the Western Conference Finals […]
The 2026-27 season carries more uncertainty than any Gonzaga campaign in recent memory. New conference, new roster, new identity. Eleven players gone. The three players that coach Mark Few is counting on to hold it together are a senior coming off a knee injury, a sophomore wing who spent the first half of last season […]
The Gonzaga Bulldogs will take on first-year coach Casey Alexander (previously with the Belmont Bruins) and the Kansas State Wildcats in the opening round of the Players Era 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 24. The Zags are 1-2 against the Wildcats in their all-time history. Last season, Kansas State finished with a 12-20 […]
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are included as a possible participant for the Diamond Cup, a new eight-team pool-play event debuting in the 2027-28 campaign. The ‘blue-blood’ programs that are mentioned are the Arizona Wildcats, UConn Huskies, Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan Wolverines, and North Carolina Tar Heels. According to a report from CBS Sports’ […]
After winning their West Coast Conference regular-season title since 2022, the Gonzaga Bulldogs (35-17, 22-5 WCC) won four of the five conference awards. Player of the Year: Redshirt junior third baseman Mikey Bell (back-to-back) Coach of the Year: Mark Machtolf (sixth in his 23-year career) Pitcher of the Year: Sophomore left-handed pitcher Karsten Sweum Freshman […]
Five-star wing DeMarcus Henry, out of the 2027 recruiting class, has received an offer from the Gonzaga Bulldogs after assistant coach Stephen Gentry saw him compete at Nike EYBL in Memphis, Tennessee, over the weekend of May 15. Henry competes with Team Why Not, which is based out of Los Angeles, California. Along with the […]
In August of 2024, I published the first article I ever wrote for this site. It was a preview of Davis Fogle, Gonzaga’s most exciting incoming recruit, and I spent most of it arguing that fans should cool their expectations. Coach Mark Few rarely plays freshmen, I wrote. Fogle would probably come off the bench. […]
13 former Gonzaga Bulldogs suited up in the NBA this season, setting a new program record. As the 2026 playoffs get underway, seven of them punched postseason tickets, with one more agonizingly close to joining them. From a reigning champion hunting a repeat to a journeyman veteran soaking up garbage minutes on the hottest team […]
The Gonzaga Bulldogs have landed a commitment from Rider Broncs sophomore guard Emmy Roach, according to her Instagram. The Littlehampton, South Australia native averaged 6.6 points on 40.6 shooting from the field, 34.3 shooting from beyond the arc, and 70.8 shooting from the charity stripe. The six-footer also chipped in 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 1.0 […]
In a surprising decision, Alba Berlin combo guard Jack Kayil and his agents, Kevin Bradbury and Milan Nikolic, told DraftExpress’s Jonathan Givony that he’s staying in the 2026 NBA Draft. Technically, international players have until June 13 to withdraw, so his announcement coming much earlier than that makes one think that this is very much […]
I was lucky enough to get to visit Memphis last year, and while out playing tourist, somewhere between Graceland and Sun Records, I found myself in the back of an Uber driving past FedExForum. It was one of the rare moments in my life when I wasn’t thinking about Gonzaga basketball at all. Mostly, I […]