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Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs averaged 91 points per game when they went to the national championship in 2021, can they hit that mark this college basketball season? And if so, how will those points be divided up - will Graham Ike and Ryan Nembhard build on last year's total? How many points might Michael Ajayi or Khalif Battle contribute?

UConn Huskies head coach Dan Hurley is being pursued by the Los Angeles Lakers and is expected to make a decision by the end of the weekend. What the back-to-back national champions would look like if Hurley leaves for the NBA, and how it would impact the Gonzaga Bulldogs who play UConn at Madison Square Garden in December. Plus, a reminder how fortunate Zag fans are to have Mark Few, who has never entertained leaving in over 25 years in Spokane.

Gonzaga Bulldogs 2025 target Davis Fogle revealed his final four list on Wednesday, which included the Zags as well as Kansas, Creighton, and Nebraska. Could Mark Few bring the Anacortes native to Spokane? Fogle is up to 6'7 and impressed on the summer circuit, and will play his final season of high school basketball at Compass Prep in Arizona.

Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Steele Venters missed the entire 2023-24 college basketball season with a torn ACL, but he's ready to make his team debut this upcoming year. How will Mark Few make room for the 6'7 sharpshooter? And does Venters - who was Big Sky Player of the Year over Dalton Knecht and Dillon Jones - have an NBA future?

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs have filled 12 of 13 open scholarships heading into the 2024-25 college basketball season. Will Ismaila Diagne, the 7-footer from Real Madrid, take the final spot? Or will the Zags look elsewhere? We know Nolan Traore is not an option - he's staying in France - but what about Jamari Phillips or Dame Sarr?

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs have always been on the cutting edge of innovation in college basketball, and this year's decision to use scholarship spots on players who are expected to be more impactful in 2025 and beyond is another great example. While other coaches like John Calipari want to use less scholarships for fear of losing players to the transfer portal, Few and the Zags are prepping for the future with additions like Braeden Smith and Emmanuel Innocenti.