The Ritzville Adams County Journal - Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887

For a lot of years the Gonzaga men’s basketball team was criticized for playing in a weak league. So the Zags scheduled a tough nonconference slate against quality teams in early tournaments or at neutral sites near to where the big name team played. After defeating a lot of these big name teams some of them decided it would make for must see basketball by playing a home and home series.

These games have been good for college basketball and allowed for other teams around the country to do the same. The matchups have been fun to see and now that conference play is in full swing the teams t...