Barring any last-minute cancellations, the Zags have scheduled their final non-conference opponent in a buy game opportunity against North Florida on December 17th in the Kennel. The Ospereys play out of the Atlantic Sun Conference.<\/p>\n
After the departure of Matthew Driscoll in 2024, interim coach Bobby Kennen\u2019s group finished tied for seventh in the conference standings with an 8-10 record in conference play, 15-17 overall this past season.<\/p>\n
After the news that Gonzaga and Oregon will officially take place on December 21st at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon (tickets go on sale on September 11th), that fills up the 13 available slots for the non-conference. A total schedule can have up to 31 games (32 starting in 2026-27), and with 18 games on the West Coast Conference slate, there is no more room.<\/p>\n
Gonzaga will face off against seven (possibly eight) programs that received a bid into last season\u2019s NCAA Tournament during the non-conference. Here is where the full 2025-26 schedule currently stands, filled with Quad 1 opportunities:<\/p>\n
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Kraziness in the Kennel (McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane) \u2013 October 4th<\/p>\n
#Western Oregon (McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane) \u2013 October 27th<\/p>\n
Texas Southern (McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane) \u2013 November 3rd<\/p>\n
Oklahoma (Spokane Arena in Spokane) \u2013 November 8th<\/p>\n
Creighton (McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane) \u2013 November 11th<\/p>\n
Arizona State (Desert Financial Arena in Tempe) \u2013 November 14th<\/p>\n
Southern Utah (McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane) \u2013 November 17th<\/p>\n
*Alabama (Players Era Festival in Las Vegas) \u2013 November 24th<\/p>\n
*Maryland (Players Era Festival in Las Vegas) \u2013 November 25th<\/p>\n
*Players Era Festival in Las Vegas (consolation\/third place\/championship) \u2013 November 26th<\/p>\n
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Kentucky (Bridgestone Arena in Nashville) \u2013 December 5th<\/p>\n
North Florida (McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane) \u2013 December 7th<\/p>\n
UCLA (Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle) \u2013 December 13th<\/p>\n
Campbell (McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane) \u2013 December 17th<\/p>\n
Oregon (Moda Center in Portland) \u2013 December 21st<\/p>\n
#Exhibition<\/p>\n
*Arena location for the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas will be at either the MGM Grand Garden Arena or the Michelob ULTRA Arena; Winner receives $1 million, 2nd place at $500,000, 3rd place receives $300,000, 4th place with $200,000<\/p>\n
The final 18-game slate of opponents for West Coast Conference play will start on December 28th (official dates\/times to be announced later):<\/p>\n
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Home: Loyola Marymount, Pacific<\/p>\n
Away: Oregon State, San Diego<\/p>\n
Home and Away: Saint Mary\u2019s, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Washington State, Seattle, Portland, Pepperdine<\/p>\n
Arden Cravalho\u00a0is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area\u2026 Follow him on X @a_cravalho<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barring any last-minute cancellations, the Zags have scheduled their final non-conference opponent in a buy game opportunity against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,17634,4250,6635,35877,231,772,1544,22915,12513,27159],"class_list":{"0":"post-264041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-gonzaga-basketball","11":"tag-gonzaga-bulldogs","12":"tag-graham-ike","13":"tag-maui-invitational","14":"tag-ncaa","15":"tag-ncaa-basketball","16":"tag-ncaab","17":"tag-non-conference","18":"tag-purdue-boilermakers","19":"tag-west-coast-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115138564250276277","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}