Report: UW men’s basketball to face Gonzaga Dec. 9 in Spokane

The Husky men’s basketball team will deal with Gonzaga on Dec. 9 following period for the first time because 2019, according to a report from CBS Sports university basketball insider Jon Rothstein. The in-condition foes were scheduled to perform on Dec. 12 of 2021 but the video game was cancelled owing to constructive COVID-19 checks inside of the Huskies’ system.

The cancellation prompted Gonzaga and Washington to shift their four-yr sequence back one year, GU Athletic Director Chris Standiford instructed The Spokesman-Evaluation last December.

According to the amended agreement, the teams would play at McCarthey Athletic Heart this fall and again during the 2024-25 year. Gonzaga would then make return journeys to Seattle in the course of the 2023-24 and 2025-26 seasons.

The Bulldogs and Huskies have played 22 instances because 1971 and last satisfied in December of 2019 at Alaska Airways Arena, the place Filip Petrusev scored a workforce-high 17 points and all five GU starters achieved double figures in an 83-76 victory.

Gonzaga has received 13 of the very last 14 conferences concerning the groups which include each individual of the past 6 game titles.

Previously this week, Gonzaga declared a extremely-anticipated matchup with Baylor that will just take location on Dec. 2 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Bulldogs will also journey to Birmingham, Alabama, to enjoy Alabama, even though neither college has introduced a day for the neutral-site activity.