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Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 high school basketball player in the country, is headed to Gonzaga. Holmgren is the highest-rated recruit Mark Few has landed in his 22 years as head coach. The 7-foot-1 center chose the Zags over Minnesota, Ohio State, Michigan, North Carolina, Memphis, Georgetown and the G League. Holmgren averaged 20.6 points, 12.6 rebounds. 5.2 blocks and 4.5 assists per game for Minnehaha Academy (Minnesota) and won three state championships during his high school career. “Mark… Source link

There’s no line too high for Gonzaga bettors. Even though the Bulldogs were 14-point favorites at BetMGM, the largest spread for a national semifinal game in at least 25 years, it’s another round of bettors loading up on Gonzaga. Of all the money bet on the Gonzaga-UCLA game at BetMGM, 79 percent is on Gonzaga laying a huge number.  That pattern follows the first four rounds of the NCAA tournament. Bettors haven’t lost on Gonzaga yet. Gonzaga has covered in each tournament game Despite having… Source link

Mike Roth’s phone buzzes every spring. Administrators from small-conference schools often call Gonzaga’s longtime athletic director to pepper him with questions or arrange a meeting in person. They all want to understand how a tiny Jesuit school from Eastern Washington built a basketball program that rocketed to national prominence two decades ago and sustained that success ever since. “It’s been going on since the early part of our run,” Roth told Yahoo Sports. “Every year,… Source link

A small private Catholic school in eastern Washington that didn’t win a single game over the first six decades of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament‘s existence knocked off USC on Tuesday to reach the Final Four. And the most remarkable part of this remarkable story is that Gonzaga’s supremacy was wholly unsurprising. The new premier program in men’s college basketball steamrolled the sixth-seeded Trojans in the Elite Eight, 85-66. Drew Timme, the Zags’ fourth-best NBA prospect, outplayed and… Source link

Creighton coach Greg McDermott cringed when he glanced at a halftime box score. The Bluejays held Gonzaga first-team All-American Corey Kispert to two first-half points on Sunday, yet they still trailed by 10. “There’s just so many ways that they can beat you,” McDermott lamented. This is the pick-your-poison challenge that Gonzaga poses. With a patient, unselfish approach, three of the 15 best players in college basketball and a wealth of complementary talent, the Zags always seem to… Source link

The Gonzaga Bulldogs will not practice together for a week after a positive COVID-19 test on their team. (Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Gonzaga men’s basketball program, ranked No. 1 in the nation, will pause all activities for one week because of COVID-19, the school announced Sunday. “Out of an abundance of caution and the well-being of student-athletes, in accordance with COVID-19 protocols Gonzaga has made the decision to pause men’s basketball competitions… Source link