For the first time in 16 years, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will be joined in the men's basketball NCAA Tournament by their neighbors from just down U.S. Route 195, the WSU Cougars.
No. 21 Saint Mary’s led nearly the entire way to beat No. 17 Gonzaga 69-60 on Tuesday night and interrupt the Bulldogs’ stranglehold on the WCC Tournament title.
Portland shocked No. 14 Gonzaga in the WCC Tournament title game for a second-straight year, ending the Bulldogs’ school-record 24-game winning streak.
Nolan Hickman scored 20 points and No. 17 Gonzaga pulled away in the second half to beat San Francisco 89-77 and extend its streak to 27 years of making the WCC Tournament title game.
Eliza Hollingsworth had 20 points and 12 rebounds and No. 14 Gonzaga defeated Pacific 72-61 in the WCC Tournament semifinals for the Bulldogs’ 24th straight win.
Seven teams from the state of Washington are looking for basketball conference championships this week, led by the WSU men, Gonzaga men and women, and both EWU squads.
Graham Ike scored 24 points and No. 23 Gonzaga bolstered its NCAA Tournament hopes by handing No. 17 Saint Mary’s its first conference loss of the season.
Graham Ike scored 26 points and No. 23 Gonzaga clinched a bye into the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament by beating San Francisco 86-68.
The 509 is getting some shine in the latest men's basketball top 25 rankings from The Associated Press, with both WSU and Gonzaga making the new poll released Monday.
South Carolina remained the clear No. 1 team in the country and No. 2 Kansas State matched its best ranking ever after a chaotic week that saw nearly half of the AP Top 25 lose at least one game.
The top five of the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll remained unchanged Monday with defending national champ UConn still ahead of mighty Purdue.