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NBA Announces Chet Holmgren as Defensive Player of the Year Finalist
The most elite defenders of the NBA’s 2025-26 season include San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, Detroit Pistons guard Ausar Thompson, and Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren. Holmgren is coming off an NBA All-Star appearance for the first time in his young career. He’s on the chase for a second-straight NBA championship, becoming the […]
Six Zags Suited Up for NBA Playoffs
If any college basketball recruit in the transfer portal is considering the Gonzaga Bulldogs, take a look at the amount of professional talent on basketball’s biggest stage right now. Six Zags who were trained and prepared for the next level within the walls of the McCarthey Athletic Center are now gearing up for the 2026 […]
Arizona State’s Massamba Diop to Visit Gonzaga’s Campus
Coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs’ incoming transfer portal class could be gaining one of the most coveted true centers available, joining Houston Cougars freshman guard/wing Isiah Harwell. First reported by Gonzaga Bulldogs on SI’s Andy Patton, Arizona State Sun Devils freshman center Massamba Diop plans to be in Spokane, Washington, this weekend, from […]
Season Recap: Steele Venters, Gonzaga’s Greatest What-If
On November 3rd, 2025, Steele Venters finally played basketball again. It had been 961 days since his last game. Two torn ligaments. Two surgeries. Two full seasons watching from the bench while two different Gonzaga teams sent three-pointer after three-pointer clanging off the rim. When he checked in against Texas Southern midway through the first […]
Will Graves’ Two Dissimilar, Yet Salient National Championship Experiences
Walk-ons are vitally important to the success of any college basketball team, especially in the eyes of Will Graves. The former Gonzaga Bulldog guard was with the program for three seasons from 2019 to 2022 and was a part of the 2020-21 group that made it all the way to the NCAA national championship at […]
Gonzaga’s Joaquim ArauzMoore Enters Transfer Portal
Gonzaga Bulldogs redshirt sophomore guard Joaquim ArauzMoore has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Better known as ‘Q,’ the walk-on appeared in 12 games across his two seasons and scored 11 points on 3-for-6 three-pointers. The Ross, California native is joining sophomore center Ismaila Diagne, graduate wing Steele Venters, junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti, redshirt junior guard […]
Season Recap: Ismaila Diagne Was More Than His Minutes
Ismaila Diagne was the first Zag into the transfer portal once the 2025-26 season wrapped up, and nobody who followed this team closely was particularly surprised. However, that doesn’t make it not hurt. It’s ultimately understandable, with Graham Ike gone and a frontcourt vacancy that would almost certainly get filled from the outside, the writing […]
Season in Review: Ismaila Diagne Was More Than His Minutes
Ismaila Diagne was the first Zag into the transfer portal once the 25-26 season wrapped up, and nobody who followed this team closely was particularly surprised. However, that doesn’t make it not hurt. It’s ultimately understandable, with Graham Ike gone and a frontcourt vacancy that would almost certainly get filled from the outside, the writing […]
Gonzaga Snags First Transfer, Houston Guard/Wing Isiah Harwell
Per his Instagram, 2025 five-star recruit and former Houston Cougars guard/wing Isiah Harwell has committed to the Gonzaga Bulldogs. This is the Zags’ first acquired transfer in this recruiting cycle. The 6-6, 220-pound freshman chose Houston over Gonzaga, Texas Longhorns, and California Golden Bears, coming out of Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah. While dealing […]
Gonzaga Snags First Transfer, Houston Wing Isiah Harwell
Per his Instagram, 2025 five-star recruit and former Houston Cougars wing Isiah Harwell has committed to the Gonzaga Bulldogs. This is the Zags’ first acquired transfer in this recruiting cycle. The 6-6, 220-pound freshman chose Houston over Gonzaga, Texas Longhorns, and California Golden Bears, coming out of Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah. While dealing […]
Both Gonzaga Programs to Play Michigan State in Palm Springs
Per CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein, both Gonzaga Bulldogs basketball programs will take on the Michigan State Spartans on Dec. 19 at the Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, California. The men’s matchup will honor Naismith Hall of Fame coaches Mark Few and Tom Izzo. The last time these two went to battle was on the USS […]
Season Recap: Emmanuel Innocenti Was Exactly What Gonzaga Needed. Now He’s Moving On.
Emmanuel Innocenti. E-Man. The Italian Stallion. A dude seemingly assembled from equal parts grit, hustle, and sheer will is packing his bags and leaving Spokane after two seasons of doing everything the hard way and making it look easy. He may be the best on-ball defender to ever suit up for the Gonzaga Bulldogs, and […]
Ismaila Diagne Adds to Growing List of Zags in Transfer Portal
Seven-foot sophomore center Ismaila Diagne has gone portaling, the fifth Gonzaga Bulldog to do so this cycle. He joins graduate wing Steele Venters, junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti, redshirt junior guard Braeden Smith, and redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness. Diagne served mostly as the third big behind forward Graham Ike and redshirt junior forward Braden Huff […]
Gonzaga’s Transfer Portal Tracker: Departures, Targets, Commits
With the NCAA transfer portal now officially open, over 1,850 men’s Division I players have entered their names on the first two days alone. The portal will close on April 21. The Gonzaga Bulldogs lost six players from their 2025-26 roster in graduate wing Steele Venters (Washington Huskies commit), junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti (Arizona State […]
Paige Lofing Becomes Second From Gonzaga Women to Enter Portal, Joins Vera Gunyadin
Heading into her sophomore season, 5-9 point guard Paige Lofing has entered her name into the NCAA transfer portal. Hailing from Huntley Project in Billings, Montana, Lofing averaged 2.2 points in 6.4 minutes per 27 contests for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. She joins 5-9 senior guard Vera Gunyadin as the two Zags in the portal. After […]
Paige Lofing Becomes First From Gonzaga Women to Enter Transfer Portal
Heading into her sophomore season, 5-9 point guard Paige Lofing has entered her name into the NCAA transfer portal. Hailing from Huntley Project in Billings, Montana, Lofing averaged 2.2 points in 6.4 minutes per 27 contests for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. The young freshman’s stats may not have been eye-popping during her one season in Spokane, […]
Steele Venters Opts Out of Gonzaga, Joins Transfer Portal
One more non-surprising decision as the fourth Gonzaga Bulldog puts his name in the transfer portal, the third in the last two days. Graduate wing Steele Venters joins junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti, redshirt junior guard Braeden Smith, and redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness in the search for another college basketball program to call home. Venters […]
Braeden Smith Becomes Third Zag to Step Into Transfer Portal
Not a surprise. Redshirt junior point guard Braeden Smith becomes the third Gonzaga Bulldog to enter his name in the NCAA transfer portal, along with junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti and redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness. After transferring away from the Colgate Raiders and redshirting in 2024-25, Smith started 18 of the 35 games for the […]
Emmanuel Innocenti Makes Unexpected Decision to Enter Transfer Portal
Coming out of left field, Gonzaga Bulldog’s junior wing Emmanuel Innocenti has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal in search of a new home for his final year of eligibility. The defensive ace becomes the second Zag to do so, along with redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness. After his four-year amateur Italian basketball […]
Malachi Smith Works Tail Off, Rewarded Two-Year Deal With Brooklyn Nets
After going undrafted in 2023 and then being shipped off to four different NBA G League teams, former Gonzaga Bulldog guard Malachi Smith has secured a roster spot with the Brooklyn Nets for the rest of the 2025-26 season and potentially further. Smith’s two-year deal comes after two 10-day contracts with the organization. He made […]
Gonzaga Reportedly Schedules Michigan State for Upcoming Non-Conference
In a conversation with Tim Staudt on The Game 730 AM in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State Spartans coach Tom Izzo stated that he has scheduled a non-conference matchup with coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs for the 2026-27 season. No date or official location is set, but the game will reportedly be played […]
Gonzaga Reportedly Schedules Michigan State for Incoming Non-Conference
In a conversation with Tim Staudt on The Game 730 AM in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State Spartans coach Tom Izzo stated that he has scheduled a non-conference matchup with coach Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs for the 2026-27 season. No date or official location is set, but the game will reportedly be played […]
Gonzaga’s Cade Orness Enters Transfer Portal
According to his agent, Ryan Murphy, redshirt freshman guard Cade Orness has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Orness becomes the first Gonzaga Bulldog from the 2025-26 roster to do so. The portal officially opens up the day after the national championship on Tuesday, April 7, and will be for 15 days until closing on April […]
Brandon Clarke Arrested in Arkansas
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was arrested at 1:03 p.m. PT on Wednesday, April 1, and booked in Cross County, Arkansas, according to The Commercial Appeal’s Damichael Cole and Lucas Finton. He was held on a Civil Investigative Demand with the Cross County Sheriff’s Department, but has since been released and bonded out of jail. […]
12 Years a Gonzaga Podcaster
Check out the 19th 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
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