Bulldogs have six open spots to fill on their 2024-25 nonconference schedule after the Washington game dropped off their calendar
Since 2018 — when the West Coast Conference switched from an 18-game to a 16-game league schedule to grant more non-league opportunities for its members — the Zags have gone toe-to-toe with some of the nation’s best. Twenty-three AP Top 25 teams in that span to be exact, just under four per season on average, including multiple matchups against the top six winningest programs in the sport: Kentucky , Kansas, North Carolina , Duke , UCLA and Syracuse.
“It certainly changed our non-league stuff,” Gonzaga head coach Mark Few said of WSU and Oregon State joining the WCC. “I mean we got a lot less non-league games, which are very important to us. Now we got to play 18 league games, so that’s impacted our non-league scheduling to a certain extent and … it certainly throws some northwest teams in there so our travel won’t be as bad.”
The 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis won’t top the 2023 Maui Invitational in terms of overall talent and prestige, though half of the eight-team field set to compete at Atlantis Paradise Island over Thanksgiving week was featured in the latest version of CBS Sports’ Top 25 and 1 rankings . Providence, which joined the field late after Creighton opted to withdraw, welcomes back All-Big East forward Bryce Hopkins. Bensley Joseph , Jabri Abdur-Rahim and Christ Essandoko could all be starters on Kim English’s first NCAA Tournament team.
Unlike the previous two meetings — both of which were Gonzaga victories — the Wildcats will be led by Mark Pope, the former coach at BYU who took over in Lexington, Kentucky, after John Calipari’s seismic decision to leave for Arkansas.
UConn’s quest for history will be without starters Donovan Clingan, Stephon Castle and Tristen Newton, all of whom are pursuing the NBA. Hurley brought in top-10 recruit Liam McNeely and two-time All-WCC guard Aidan Mahaney from Saint Mary’s. Perhaps the biggest re-acquisition was Alex Karaban, who announced he’s returning to Storrs, Connecticut, after testing the draft waters this spring.
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