Graham Ike of the Zags wasn’t listed within the Top 20.
The assists leader in college basketball at 9.8 per game is in the running for one of the most coveted individual honors. Ryan Nembhard is also being nominated for the Bob Cousy Award which is given to the best point guard in the nation.
Nembhard now owns the top two single-season assists records in Gonzaga program history (246 and counting in 2024-25, 243 in 2023-24). His 4.39 assist-to-turnover ratio this season is currently second in the country. The 6’0 guard has put together 10 double-doubles as well which is tied for the 14th most in all of college basketball.
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Here are the other 19 nominees from around the country:
Ace Bailey – Rutgers
Johni Broome – Auburn
Walter Clayton Jr.- Florida
Hunter Dickinson – Kansas
Eric Dixon – Villanova
Cooper Flagg – Duke
Keshon Gilbert – Iowa State
PJ Haggerty – Memphis
Dylan Harper – Rutgers
Kasparas Jakučionis – Illinois
Curtis Jones – Iowa State
Kam Jones – Marquette
Ryan Kalkbrenner – Creighton
Alex Karaban – UConn
Chaz Lanier – Tennessee
Maxime Raynaud – Stanford
Mark Sears – Alabama
Javon Small – West Virginia
Braden Smith – Purdue
No former Zag has ever won this award but a few have come close (Drew Timme in 2021-22 and 2022-23, Corey Kispert in 2020-21, Nigel Williams-Goss in 2016-17 were all finalists).
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho