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GU's season opener arrives Saturday when Mississippi Valley State visits the Kennel, one night after taking on Washington State.

The NCAA has cracked down on scrimmage information. No news is supposed to get out.

A University of Washington proposal to resume the men's basketball series with Gonzaga was met with a chilly reception from the Bulldogs.

Got in a fender-bender the other day. The other guy and I agreed that we were equally at fault.

A heated, national-profile rivalry in the Northwest may soon be back on. Washington has proposed resuming its cross-state series with Gonzaga for three consecutive years at Seattle's KeyArena, beginning next season.

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"The little point guard," another added. "Is Micah Downs still there?" yet another chimed in.

Josh Heytvelt's mother had one question when she heard where professional basketball was taking her son: How close is that to Iraq ? The answer: a comfortable distance, but still a long ways from Clarkston.

The popular TV commercials touting "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" is a sentiment Josh Heytvelt desperately hopes is untrue.

The NBA Summer League is littered with players with Seattle and state ties and here is an update on all of them.

The 2009 season was one of the more memorable seasons for the West Coast Conference, some more than others.

Gonzaga basketball player Steven Gray returned to his alma mater this week to help his former coach Scott Orness at the High Potential Basketball camp at Bainbridge High.

After testing the waters once, returning to Gonzaga for his senior year and then watching as fellow teammate Austin Daye went ahead of him to the NBA, Jeremy Pargo isn't giving up just yet.

Like most recent college graduates, former Gonzaga basketball players Micah Downs, Josh Heytvelt and Jeremy Pargo are looking for work.

Here are the top three center prospects from a thin position who could be available when the Bulls make their first pick Thursday in the NBA draft.

Austin Daye showed plenty of offensive moves in his workout with the Pistons. He displayed versatility and toughness.

The NBA draft starts at 4 p.m. today, and it looks like Huskies all-time rebounding leader Jon Brockman could go late in the second round.

With the NBA Draft just three days away, and this being the last Ziggin' and Zaggin' before Thursday's selections, it is a perfect time to look at where Gonzaga's four pro prospects - Austin ... by Shay Cronin 14 reads With the NBA Draft just three days away, and this being the last Ziggin' and Zaggin' before Thursday's selections, it is a perfect ...

Apparently, whatever Jeremy Pargo did over the weekend in Utah, it worked. The graduating Zag worked out with the Jazz in Salt Lake City, impressing scouts who, by their own admission, had all but written off the Gonzaga point guard.

AP Terrence Williams, a Rainier Beach grad, could become the 12th player with Seattle ties to be drafted in the first round since 1998 in Thursday's NBA Draft.