This is great. Keep the connection with Gonzaga going.

It helps that Drew & Few are friends.

Thanks for sharing.

Still undecided on the neutral venue, but plan to play.

Mark Few tells me that Gonzaga plans to play Baylor during the upcoming season.

Bulldogs' non-conference schedule:

Battle 4 Atlantis (3)
At San Diego State
UConn (MSG)
Baylor (TBD)
Arizona State
Kentucky (Seattle)
UCLA (Intuit Dome)

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) September 9, 2024

BREAKING: Baylor will play Gonzaga on Nov. 4 - the first day of the college basketball season, Global Sports @globalsande and Events partner Sean McShane told TheFieldof68.

The game this season will be played at Spokane Arena, and they have agreed to meet in each of the…

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) September 18, 2024

Interesting update. A home game for the Zags.

Two big keys here.

1. This is technically a "neutral site." So while it's a de facto home game for the Zags, BU will not have the benefit of this being counted as a road win/loss.

2. The main reason they're doing it this way is because of the significant NIL benefit for both teams. Playing this off campus allows for that. The future two matchups will have a heavy NIL flavor as well.

College basketball was missing a bigtime matchup for opening night. Now they have it.

I'm surprised it's in Spokane, essentially a home game for the Zags. I didn't look it up but I had a feeling it wasn't on campus. The NIL opportunities are more important.

It's great to have another marquee game to open the season. Last year's game vs Auburn was huge & Baylor is doing it again. I wouldn't be surprised if Drew does this every year.

Just keep winning!

I absolutely love Drew's fearlessness and also his apparently great relationships with other elite coaches.

Once again Baylor MBB will have one of the best schedules in the country. Now we need to win them.