Mark Few did not take it easy on his Gonzaga squad in the early part of the 2025-26 college basketball season. After a buy game against Texas Southern on Monday, Nov. 3, the Zags hosted a strong SEC team in Oklahoma at the Spokane Arena on Saturday, Nov. 8, and managed to secure a big time 15-point victory. Gonzaga’s reward for the win is a date with the No. 23 ranked Creighton Bluejays on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 PM at the McCarthey Athletic Center, before a true road game against Big 12 opponent Arizona State in Tempe on Friday night. Creighton and Gonzaga have squared off three times dating back to 2017, with coach Few’s team picking up a win each time – including in the 2021 NCAA Tournament en route to the program’s second national championship appearance. Creighton boasts a new look roster after program legend Ryan Kalkbrenner departed after five fantastic seasons in Omaha – where he was named Big East Defensive Player of the Year an astonishing four times. The loss is a massive one for the Bluejays, li
