Northwest Notes: July 27, 2023

Gonzaga, San Diego State to

play home-and-home hoops series

Gonzaga and San Diego State agreed to a home and home men's basketball series beginning this season in Spokane on Dec. 29. The Zags make a return trip to Viejas Arena in 2024-25.

The Aztecs finished last season 32-7 after making its magical run to the national championship game. SDSU is projected to return four of the top six scorers from last year’s team and add the reigning Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year in USC transfer Reese Dixon-Waters. San Diego State finished 2022-23 with No. 18 and No. 2 national rankings in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls, respectively.

This is the fifth all-time meeting between Gonzaga and San Diego State, with both programs winning twice in the series. The Aztecs held off GU in the last meeting, 72-70, at Viejas Arena on Dec. 22, 2017.

Gonzaga won the first meeting, 72-69, in the 1959 City of Roses Tournament in Portland. The Aztecs won the second matchup, 79-76, on Nov. 16, 2010, during the third annual ESPN Tip-Off Marathon. In the second game of the 2016-17 season, the Bulldogs cruised to a 69-48 win in Spokane during ESPN's Tip-Off Marathon.