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The Gonzaga Bulldogs and UCLA Bruins will continue what has been among the best non-conference rivalries in college basketball for at least the next two seasons, agreeing to a pair of matchups starting in the 2024-25 season.
The Zags will face UCLA at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on December 28, before meeting in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena on December 13, 2025.
It will be the tenth and eleventh all time meetings between these two powerhouse programs. Gonzaga has won seven of the last nine, including four in a row – although three of the games have been decided by less than 10 points. Last year Gonzaga held off UCLA in the fifth place game of the Maui Invitational behind 32 points from Anton Watson.
Prior to that, Julian Strawther hit a three pointer with 7.2 seconds left to send UCLA packing in the 2023 Sweet 16, and before that Jalen Suggs hit a half-court buzzer beater in the 2021 Final Four – propelling the Zags to the national championship game which they lost to Baylor.
This year’s event has been named the West Coast Hoops Showdown, and will be the first college basketball game played at the Intuit Dome, which will be the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers when it opens this August.
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Courtesy : https://collegesportswire.usatoday.com/2024/07/18/gonzaga-ucla-basketball-scheduling-agreement-intuit-dome/