SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga men's basketball and Baylor will clash on opening night of the 2024-25 season in the Spokane Arena Nov. 4. This will be the first of a three-game agreement over the next three seasons.
Both teams appear in many early Top-10 rankings from media outlets. Ticket information and a game time will be announced soon. Future matchup dates and locations between the Bulldogs and Bears will be released later.
This season's matchup will be the eighth all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Baylor. Seven of the previous games have been on a neutral court, and five of the meetings have been decided by single digits. The Bulldogs won the first meeting between the programs, 77-75, on Nov. 29, 1991, in Fresno, Calif.
The Zags won the first five meetings, but Baylor has won the last two matchups, the 2021 National Championship game in Indianapolis, and the latest in the 2022 Peacock Classic in Sioux Falls, S.D. In that 2022 meeting, Adam Flagler hit a pair of threes as No. 6 Baylor scored the final eight points of the game to rally past No. 14 Gonzaga 64-63.
In the 2022-23 season, GU cruised to an 88-72 victory over Kentucky in the Spokane Arena. The Top-5 matchup drew 12,333 fans, the largest crowd ever for any event in the history of the Spokane Arena. The Zags are 13-6 all-time in their games inside the Spokane Arena since it opened in 1995. Last season, Gonzaga beat Pepperdine in the CCF Classic in the Spokane Arena, 86-60, in front of 12,015 fans.
Gonzaga Men's Basketball History in the Spokane Arena
11/24/95 Washington State L 67-72 (OT)
11/30/96 Washington State L 62-75
12/8/98 Washington W 82-71
11/29/99 Washington State W 73-63
1/2/01 New Mexico L 80-81 (OT)
1/6/01 Prairie View W 93-50
12/22/02 Eastern Washington W 67-64
11/24/03 Georgia W 82-76 (OT)
12/31/03 Eastern Washington W 70-49
12/21/04 Eastern Washington W 83-70
12/19/05 Eastern Washington W 75-65
2/17/07 Memphis L 77-78 (OT)
2/7/09 Memphis L 50-68
12/12/09 Davidson W 103-91
2/5/11 Memphis L 58-62
11/26/11 Western Michigan W 78-58
12/10/14 Washington State W 81-66
11/20/22 Kentucky W 88-72
1/4/24 Pepperdine W 86-60
