They recently moved up two spots to 17th in the polls this week. Three teams on the Gonzaga University schedule remain ranked in the Top 15 of both polls this week. The Bulldogs will travel to No. 2 University of Memphis Jan. 25, host 6th-ranked Washington State University Wednesday in the McCarthey Athletic Center and play No. 10 University of Tennessee in The Battle in Seattle Dec. 29.

The McCarthey Athletic Center has become quite the winning court for the Bulldogs since it opened for the 2004-05 season. Gonzaga is 42-1 in the new facility, winning its first 38 games in the McCarthey Athletic Center. Santa Clara University halted the streak with an 84-73 victory Feb. 12, 2007. That loss also snapped a 50-game home winning streak for the Bulldogs, at the time the longest streak in the nation, as Gonzaga left the old Kennel with 12 straight home victories.

Gonzaga University earned an impressive East Coast sweep last week, downing Saint Joseph’s University 70-65 in overtime and then downing the University of Connecticut 85-82 at the Hartford Hall of Fame Showcase in Boston on Saturday. Gonzaga raced to a 29-12 lead over SJU by hitting 11-of-18 shots to open the game, but lead just 35-30 at the half. Gonzaga came from a 55-49 deficit with 3:37 to play and SJU tied the game with two free throws with :10 left to force overtime. Saturday, UConn made 7 of its first 11 3-point attempts to build an early 10-point lead. Gonzaga led 45-42 at halftime on David Pendergraft’s trey at the buzzer. Matt Bouldin scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half and Jeremy Pargo scored 23 points to carry the Bulldogs to the victory. Gonzaga never led by more than four points in the second half until Pargo’s two free throws made it 81-76. Pargo’s 23 points equaled his career high set last year at Stanford.

Of course, Gonzaga’s big game against WSU is coming up on Wednesday and will be a great match up of ranked teams. Last year, WSU had a 77-67 win over 18th-ranked Gonzaga University.