The Big 12 and the Huskies have hit the brakes on their discussions about UConn joining the conference, echoing last year's stalled talks with the Gonzaga Bulldogs. ESPN's updated 2025 and 2026 basketball recruiting rankings are out, and we break down where Gonzaga Bulldogs targets like Davis Fogle, Nik Kamenia, and Kingston Flemings stand. Plus, we explore the scheduling challenges mid-major programs like San Francisco face against Power 5 opponents, and Gary Bell's promotion to associate head coach at Northern Arizona University.

Don't miss our analysis on the latest conference realignment moves and what they mean for the future of college basketball.

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Mark Few was the lone college basketball coach on the sideline for Team USA's Gold Medal performance in Paris in 2024, could he be the head man for Olympic men's basketball in Los Angeles in 2028? Steve Kerr doesn't plan to return, and Few couldn't be the only college coach to lead the men's team at the olympics after coach K won three gold medals while coaching Duke.

Few taking over as head coach is one of three bold predictions on today's show, including a trio of former Zags making the 2025 NBA All-Star Game - with discussion on Domantas Sabonis, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Suggs, and Andrew Nembhard - and a look at the five former Gonzaga coaches who are head coaches elsewhere in Division 1 basketball. Could all of them - Tommy Lloyd, Leon Rice, Dan Monson, John Jakus, and Roger Powell - make the NCAA Tournament in 2025?

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Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will navigate a second straight season without shooter Steele Venters, but this time they are more equipped to handle his absence. How will the lineup and rotation be impacted by Venters' absence, and who is most likely to step up?

Today is Mailbag Monday so in addition to discussing Venters' injury, we also discuss whether the Zags and Baylor game - which could happen on pay-per-view in Mexico City - is a ploy to convince the Big 12 to add the program along with UConn, and which transfers have improved three point shooting the most when coming to Spokane to play for coach Few.

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The Gonzaga Bulldogs and Baylor Bears are reportedly going to play an early season game, and the latest rumor is the matchup will be played in Mexico City - which has been a big initiative by Brett Yormark and the Big 12. Rocco Miller joins me to discuss this potential Zags-Baylor matchup, fill us in on two other non conference games on Gonzaga's schedule, and discuss matchups against UConn, Kentucky, San Diego State, and the Battle 4 Atlantis.

We also discuss why so many power conference programs refuse to schedule competitively and how it negatively impacts programs like Santa Clara and San Francisco, and what if anything can be done to change that trend.

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Steele Venters suffered a left Achilles injury and will miss the 2024-25 college basketball season, his second straight season without playing a game for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Mark Few's team has the depth to shoulder his absence, but the Eastern Washington transfer and former Big Sky Player of the Year would have provided outside shooting and depth on the wing for the Zags, and now has to endure another full year of rehab after an ACL injury caused him to miss last year as well.

Dusty Stromer is likely going to fill the minutes that would have gone to Venters, and it will be a big storyline to see if he can shoot closer to the 41% from three he shot in the second half of last season. Emmanuel Innocenti, a transfer from Tarleton State, might fill in more minutes for Few and the Zags as well.

Finally we close the show discussing 6'6 2025 prospect Efeosa Oliogu who listed Gonzaga in his top seven, but who is expected to end up at Maryland. Could the Zags secure another Canadian prospect? Plus Kingston Flemings and Nik Khamenia teaming up for Team USA's U18 3x3 team and whether they could team up again in Spokane in 2025.

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Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will host Sam Funches at The Kennel in February. Funches is the top ranked center in 2026 recruiting class, and has offers from Alabama, Houston, Ole Miss, Cal, and others. As a 7'0 big man with an outside shot, he could be the next great Zags big man and is GU's only known priority recruit in the 2026 class.

The Big 12 is pursuing the national champion UConn Huskies in more conference realignment rumors, although there are still a lot of hurdles that would need to be cleared before this could happen. Would Gonzaga also get invited to create a college basketball powerhouse conference?

Finally we close the show discussing a situation where UConn does join the Big 12, and whether that could lead to the Big East extending full membership to Gonzaga and whether they could make that work travel wise.

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Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will face the West Virginia Mountaineers in the first game of the Battle 4 Atlantis on November 27. WVU is led by new head coach Darian DeVries and his son, 22 ppg scorer Tucker DeVries. Zags are 5-0 against West Virginia, and that streak isn't expected to end in 2024.

Gonzaga will then face either Louisville or Indiana in the second game. Louisville has a new coach in Pat Kelsey from Charleston, while Indiana is rebuilding around former Zag and Arizona big man Oumar Ballo. Finally, the bracket is perfectly set up for a championship battle between Gonzaga and Arizona, a reunion of Few and his longtime assistant Tommy Lloyd.

Finally we close the show discussing Kingston Flemings, a 5-star guard prospect from San Antonio who listed the Zags in his top five alongside Texas, Houston, Texas Tech, and Arkansas. How does Isiah Harwell factor into this recruitment, and could Flemings commit to Gonzaga during Kraziness in the Kennel?

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The transfer portal is college basketball's boogeyman, with many reports indicating 40% of players who enter the portal are still uncommitted - a fact that is incredibly misleading and posted by folks trying to turn fans against player autonomy. Take the Gonzaga Bulldogs for example: 3 players entered the portal and only one of them transferred to a new D1 school: Pavle Stosic, who ended up at Utah State. But Luka Krajnovic returned home to Croatia and Colby Brooks was a walk-on who graduated.

We also discuss the rapidly increasing NIL budgets and asks for players, with a report indicated 77% of polled Power-5 coaches have been asked to pay $1M or more to a player in NIL. When will regulation come to college athletics?

Finally we close the show discussing whether Baylor will truly be Gonzaga's first opponent of the season or if they will add a game on November 4, and why the Zags are playing so many neutral site games this season.

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