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It’s TYON for REAL BASKETBALL!

Check out the third episode of the 2025-26 season from Free Ira Brown! Support the show at patreon.com/freeirabrown. Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on X @a_cravalho

3 months ago | 3 reads

Graham Ike Named to Karl Malone Award Preseason Watch List

Graduate student Graham Ike was named to the Karl Malone Award preseason watch list, an award that’s given to the best power forward in the country. Drew Timme, now with the South Bay Lakers (Los Angeles Lakers’ G League affiliate), won this honor in the 2020-21 season with the Zags. In his two seasons with […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

Gonzaga Adds Four-Star Dooney Johnson to 2027 Recruiting Class

Just two days after his official visit to Spokane for the exhibition against Western Oregon, four-star recruit Dooney Johnson out of the 2027 class committed to the Zags. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf reports that the school’s support of Tyon Grant-Foster’s push for another year of eligibility was a factor in his decision. “It was how they […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

Gonzaga Wins Final Exhibition Against Western Oregon, 111-53

After rushing from the Spokane County Courthouse to the McCarthey Athletic Center, graduate student wing Tyon Grant-Foster hit the court for warmups and received a loud ovation from the Kennel. The Grand Canyon transfer beat the NCAA and was granted a preliminary injunction. When Grant-Foster checked in for the first time against Western Oregon, the […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

Tyon Grant-Foster Granted Preliminary Injuction, Will Play For Gonzaga

After nearly three hours in the Spokane County Courthouse, Judge Maria Polin (2005 Gonzaga University School of Law graduate) has granted a preliminary injunction for Tyon Grant-Foster. The Grand Canyon transfer will play for the Zags in the 2025-26 season, seven years after his first college basketball season. Common sense and justice ultimately prevail, thanks to […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

Recruit Dooney Johnson Plans Official Visit With Gonzaga

2027 four-star recruit Dooney Johnson will be on his official visit for Gonzaga’s game tonight against Western Oregon. He actually was in Spokane yesterday, checking out the Zags’ practice. The 6-5 and 185-pound guard hails from Milwaukee Juneau in Wisconsin, out of the 2027 recruiting class. He averaged 25.3 points per game on a 52 […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

Nolan Hickman Selected No. 5 in NBA G League Draft

Nolan Hickman was picked No. 5 overall in the 2025 NBA G League Draft by the Capital City Go-Go, the Washington Wizards’ affiliate. He played with Ryan Nembhard and the Dallas Mavericks in the 2025 NBA Summer League, averaging 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in three appearances. In his senior campaign with the […]

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Gonzaga Lands Commit From Four-Star Recruit Luca Foster

Joining four-star center Sam Funches and German combo guard Jack Kayil in the 2026 recruiting class, four-star wing Luca Foster from Link Academy in Branson, Missouri (previously with Archbishop Carroll in Radnor, Pennsylvania), has pledged himself to coach Mark Few and the Zags. Foster went on his official visit to the Kennel last week when […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

Tyon Grant-Foster’s Perliminary Injuction Hearing Postponed

Tyon Grant-Foster’s eligibility case was set for Thursday, October 23rd, at 3:30 p.m. PT in Spokane, but the NCAA filed a motion on Wednesday, October 22nd, requesting that the case be moved from state to a federal court. The NCAA is sticking by its thought process that Grant-Foster’s eligibility expired because “he had the opportunity […]

3 months ago | 0 reads

Allie Turner Named to Becky Hammon Award Preseason Watchlist

The Becky Hammon Player of the Year Award is given to the best mid-major player in the country, and Gonzaga sophomore guard Allie Turner is being considered for the honor after a remarkable freshman season out of the West Coast Conference. Turner hit a staggering 105 three-pointers last season for the Zags, and no returning […]

3 months ago | 1 read

Player Preview: How Ismaila Diagne Changes Everything for Gonzaga

The 2025–26 season has barely begun, but Gonzaga fans have already been given their first real hints of just how valuable Ismaila Diagne will be for the Zags this year. Through the Kraziness in the Kennel scrimmage and the exhibition win over Northwest University, the 7-foot sophomore has moved from theoretical upside to observable influence. […]

3 months ago | 2 reads

11 Zags Named to NBA Roster

Gonzaga had 11 Zags listed on an NBA opening day roster in 2024-25, so the 2025-26 season will have the exact amount. Here are all those who have been groomed by coach Mark Few over the years: Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren Sacramento Kings’ Domas Sabonis Indiana Pacers’ Andrew Nembhard Orlando Magic’s Jalen Suggs Los […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

10 Zags Named to NBA Roster

Gonzaga had 11 Zags listed on an NBA opening day roster in 2024-25, so the 2025-26 season took a slight dip, at least for now. Here are all 10 that have been groomed by coach Mark Few over the years: OKC’s Chet Holmgren Sacramento’s Domas Sabonis Indiana’s Andrew Nembhard Orlando’s Jalen Suggs Los Angeles Lakers’ […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Gonzaga Defeats NAIA Northwest in First Exhibition, 111-62

In their fashionable red/blue warm-up pants, it was redshirt junior guard Braeden Smith, senior guard Adam Miller, senior guard Steele Venters, junior forward Braden Huff, and senior Graham Ike getting the starting nod for Gonzaga pregame versus the NAIA Northwest Eagles from nearby Kirkland, Washington. It was strange to see some open seats in the […]

4 months ago | 7 reads

NCAA Screws Tyon Grant-Foster Out of Eligibility With Gonzaga

Make it make sense as to why the NCAA denied Gonzaga transfer Tyon Grant-Foster’s appeal for an eligibility waiver. He started his first two collegiate basketball years at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, from 2018 to 2020. The NCAA suddenly made it possible for certain college athletes before the start of the 2025-26 […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Exhibition Preview: Gonzaga Takes on Northwest University at Home

Gonzaga basketball is officially back—even if the season hasn’t technically started yet. The Zags open exhibition play on Sunday, October 19, at the McCarthey Athletic Center with a tune-up against Northwest University, an NAIA program out of Kirkland, Washington, that finished 5-23 last year but brings back two starters, including leading scorer Trent Williams. The […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Center Recruit Sam Funches Commits to Gonzaga

Just two weeks after experiencing Kraziness in the Kennel and receiving “We want Funches” chants from the Kennel Club, four-star center Sam Funches in the 2026 recruiting class decided to become a Zag. The Germantown product is following in a prominent lineage of dominant big men to come through Spokane (Kelly Olynyk, Zach Collins, Domantas […]

4 months ago | 2 reads