Gonzaga Lets It Slip Late as Texas Ends Season 74-68

That’s it, folks. Gonzaga’s 2025-26 season is over. 74-68. A second-round loss to Texas. It hurts. But what stings most is how familiar this type of tournament loss feels. This is how Gonzaga loses tournament games. These are the same struggles this team has faced all year. And for the second straight season, the Zags fall short of the Sweet 16.

The game’s final possessions will likely haunt Zag fans for seasons to come.

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Down one. Thirty seconds left. One job. One single job. Do not give up a three. Keep it to a one possession game. Force anything else. Make them beat you at the rim. And instead, the Bulldog defense collapses, the corner opens, and Texas gets a clean look from outside that felt inevitable the second it left his hands. That’s the shot that ends the season. The Zags gave up a three.

Texas played well, credit where it’s due. But the Zags beat themselves in this one. All the struggles they’ve endured all season showed up all at once. Poor rim protection. Bad shot selection. Guards disappearing for stretches. Missed threes. Missed bunnies. Defensive breakdowns on the perimeter. It all came back like it had been waiting for this moment, and there was no fixing it in real time.

Being without Braden Huff hurt us, sure, but even without him this team had what it took to beat Texas. They just couldn’t put it together when it mattered. And now it’s over. The whole season.

For a good chunk of the game, Gonzaga looked like the team that was going to move on. They weren’t perfect, far from it, but they were solid, organized, and for stretches, clearly the better team. And that’s what makes everything that followed feel so familiar, because for a while the Zags gave just enough to make you believe this one would be different. And then it unraveled according to the exact same script it’s unraveled again and again for years now.

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