West Coast RUMORS & NEWS

SI "Chances are, Mark Few hasn’t completely healed from the 86-70 shellacking he and Gonzaga suffered at the hands of Baylor in the national championship game earlier this month, but he and the Bulldogs received some news Monday that should fast-track their mental bounce..." April 19

Black Sports Online "Jalen Suggs is on his way to being a top 5 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft after his excellent freshman year with Gonzaga. They came up short in the championship game losing to Baylor who gave them their first loss of the season. For now, he won’t be going into the league a..." April 17

The Score "Arizona will hire Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as its next head coach, sources told Stadium's Jeff Goodman. Lloyd has served as an assistant on... " April 14

247 Sports "Gonzaga got killed on the glass Monday night as the Bulldogs were no match for Baylor’s length and athleticism. The good news is that help is on the way — in short order.  Seven-footer Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 prospect in the class of 2021’s 247Sports..." April 07

Larry Brown Sports "The Arizona Wildcats are in the market for a new head basketball coach, and one name is being repeatedly mentioned as an initial candidate. Arizona fired Sean Miller on Wednesday, opening up speculation on who will replace him. Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd has been receiving buzz as..." April 07

Washington Post "Baylor, which spent the early part of the century as a men’s basketball hellscape crawling with skulduggery and worse, spent Monday night as a brilliant, kinetic credit to its sport. It became the 37th different college to win a national championship, and it carved out a starring presence..." April 06

Bleacher Report "Baylor's Jared Butler was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament as the Bears won the first national title in program history. Scott Drew's squad blitzed Gonzaga early and didn't look back en route to an 86-70 victory..." April 06

CBS Sports "It was set up to be a storybook finish for Gonzaga. A season finale for the preseason No. 1 Bulldogs facing preseason No. 2 Baylor, with the championship on the line. Monday night was supposed to be one last showcase en route to becoming the first undefeated men's title winner..." April 06

USA Today "The sting of losing in the men's NCAA Tournament championship game for a second time in five years will last in Spokane, Washington, longer than March Madness. In the long term, it's not a matter of whether Gonzaga will get another opportunity to cut the nets in April...." April 06

The Score "After one of the wildest NCAA Tournaments ever, the two best teams in the country for almost the entire season will play for the national championship Monday. Gonzaga enters with the chance for the first undefeated season since 1976, while Bayloris looking for the first..." April 05

Sporting News "Jalen Suggs: Final Four hero, impending NBA draft lottery pick and ... former football star? Yes indeed. The phenomenal Bulldogs freshman is not only a terrific basketball talent, but also a former standout on the gridiron — one who saw plenty of recruiting interest as he..." April 05

Bleacher Report "Jalen Suggs grew up wanting to have his Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade moment, leaping to the top of the scorer's table after coming through in the clutch. He got his moment Saturday night in the Final Four. "I've always wanted to run up on the table like Kobe and..." April 04

The Score "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Saturday the nation's top college players for their respective positions. Gonzaga took home two of college basketball's major individual awards. Corey Kispert earned the Julius Erving Award as the..." April 04

USA Today "It might be April, but March Madness isn't over. Not even close.  The best was saved for last in a men's Final Four overtime thriller that saw No. 1 Gonzaga save its perfect season thanks to Jalen Suggs's buzzer-beating 3-pointer.  In a..." April 04

Larry Brown Sports "Jalen Suggs made a heck of a play late in Gonzaga’s Final Four game against UCLA on Saturday night.  UCLA’s Cody Riley drove to the basket for a dunk attempt with the game tied at 77 and two minutes left. He went up but Suggs was able to get a hand on the ball. Riley..." April 04

Yardbarker "Mark Few had a great comment about Jalen Suggs’ final shot that helped Gonzaga beat UCLA 93-90 in overtime on Saturday night.  Suggs made the shot of the tournament when he banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer from well beyond the arc (video here). The shot gave Gonzaga..." April 04

Clutch Points "Former Gonzaga Bulldog Adam Morrison understandably went bonkers on Saturday upon witnessing Jalen Suggs bail out his alma matter with a game-winning half-court heave against the UCLA Bruins in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The retired NBA player, who now moonlights as a..." April 04

Black Sports Online "One could say that any shot over 30 feet is a lucky shot considering the low % of makes. Was Jalen Suggs game winning 3 a lucky shot? Of course, he wasn’t trying to bank it in, but the more important question is this. WHO THE HELL CARES?? That was..." April 04

Total Pro Sports "Skip Bayless is a certified troll who knows exactly what he is doing when he decides to post something on Twitter. After the game winner in the Gonzaga-UCLA game, many have called it one of the best college games in NCAA Tournament history. The Bulldogs beat the Bruins, 93-90, on a..." April 04

Clutch Points "NBA icon Dwyane Wade wasn’t far from Gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs’ mind after hitting the game-winning halfcourt shot against the UCLA Bruins Saturday night. Telling reporters during his postgame comments that he had wanted to emulate the former Miami Heat star..." April 04

Clutch Points "The Final Four of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is set after the Gonzaga Bulldogs rolled past the USC Trojans and UCLA’s Cinderella run continued following a narrow victory over Michigan. This weekend will present players with the..." April 03

Clutch Points "Gonzaga is looking to complete the super rare undefeated perfect season that culminates with an NCAA Championship. It has only been done seven times before and hasn’t happened since Indiana went 32-0 in 1975-76. Mark Few’s squad is just two wins away from joining..." April 02

Bleacher Report "After leading Gonzaga to the first undefeated regular season in program history, Mark Few has been named the 2020-21 Naismith Men's Coach of the Year. The Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Few as the winner of the award on Friday. He issued a statement about receiving the..." April 02

The Score "The Final Four schedule is officially set for Saturday evening's doubleheader in Indianapolis. First up, No. 1 Baylor takes on No. 2 Houston at 5:14 p.m. ET. The Bears, regaining their early season form following a tough stretch, will face a Cougars..." April 01

Yahoo! Sports "The best college basketball story of this generation is unfolding in front of us. For a glorious week, America will be captivated by one of the sport’s all-time storylines. As we await this most tantalizing of Final Fours, one question will dominate: Can Gonzaga capture college..." March 31

Larry Brown Sports "CBS provided an update on the medical status of referee Bert Smith following his collapse on the court Tuesday. Smith collapsed just over four minutes into the Elite Eight game between USC and Gonzaga in the West Region. He received immediate medical attention and was taken off the..." March 31

The Athletic "The fans already were in full throttle, on their feet and ready to celebrate the long inevitable conclusion. Not Mark Few. Mark Few was having a conniption. Up 18 points in a game long decided, the Gonzaga coach jumped up off of both feet, purposefully landing hard, a full toddler foot-stamping..." March 31

USA Today "With the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball squad and UConn Huskies women's team both advancing to their respective tournaments' Final Fours, the friendship between two star freshmen on both teams — Paige Bueckers at UConn and Jalen Suggs at..." March 31

ESPN "Half the men's Final Four was set on Monday night, as the Houston Cougars and Baylor Bears kept their national championship hopes intact. Now it's on to Tuesday's NCAA tournament matchups, with the top overall seed Gonzaga Bulldogs and an increasingly..." March 30

New York Post "USC’s Trojans are gifted, talented, deep, clever, powerful; Gonzaga’s Bulldogs are more gifted, more talented, deeper, more clever, more powerful. USC looks unstoppable; Gonzaga looks bulletproof. The Trojans have the best player in future pro Evan Mobley; the Zags may have the next..." March 29

Sporting News "It feels as though the Gonzaga Bulldogs already should be in the Final Four, with 29 victories and not a single defeat in the books and the national semifinals just six days away. Even the best of teams, though, are required to win four games in the modern NCAA Tournament to reach the..." March 28

Bleacher Report "Gonzaga men's basketball secured a future backcourt star Friday when combo-guard Hunter Sallis joined its 2021 recruiting class, according to ESPN's Paul Biancardi. The 5-star prospect is the No. 6 overall player, No. 2 combo-guard and No. 1 player from the..." March 26

The Athletic "Having just watched their son Drew drop a career-high 30 points and pull down 13 rebounds and carry top-seeded Gonzaga over Oklahoma and into the Sweet 16, Matt and Megan Timme walked outside of Hinkle Fieldhouse. They were headed home, back to Texas for the week, and wanted to see Drew..." March 23

TMZ "Talk about TEAMWORK!!! The BYU men's hoops team had a unique form of team bonding before the NCAA tournament ... by having to save a teammate who was TRAPPED inside an elevator!!! The disaster moment went down at the team hotel on Thursday ... when Cougars junior..." March 19

Complex "If you’re a college basketball junkie, you’ve come to the wrong place.  If you’re an NBA fanatic who only tunes into college basketball when it’s NCAA Tournament time, we’re glad you’re here.  While college basketball die-hards..." March 16

Sportsnet "If you haven’t completed a bracket yet, consider this one of your final warnings. This is not a drill. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the March Madness men’s NCAA basketball tournament is back. Of even more interest to those of us north of the..." March 16

ESPN "With its 86-69 win over Loyola Marymount Saturday night, the Gonzaga men's basketball team completed its first undefeated regular season -- and became the first Division I team to enter its conference tournament undefeated since Kentucky in 2015. While this..." February 28