How to watch Gonzaga vs. Arkansas basketball exhibition: TV channel, live stream, time

After a long, chaotic, and still not fully resolved offseason, Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs will take the floor on Saturday in an exhibition battle vs. John Calipari and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

It will, at least temporarily, give fans, coaches, and players a chance to focus on actual on-court basketball, rather than discussing TROs, NCAA rules, and everyone’s eligibility status with the regular season now less than two weeks away.

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Gonzaga has two exhibition games ahead of the official start of the regular season. Not only do the Zags take on Arkansas on Saturday, but they will host Lewis-Clark State next Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Who will play?

Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Chauncey Wiggins (9). | Photo by Erik Smith

Gonzaga is expected to have 13 of 15 players available on Saturday, with Florida State transfer forward Chauncey Wiggins and Real Madrid big man Izan Almansa the lone ineligible players as of this writing.

Wiggins is part of the Georgia lawsuit, which remains stayed, per the Georgia Court of Appeals, while Almansa has yet to be cleared by the NCAA due to his experience playing professionally overseas and in the NBA G League.

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Unless either situation is resolved before Saturday’s tipoff, both players are expected to sit out – thinning Gonzaga’s frontcourt rotation and giving more opportunities to freshman Sam Funches and sophomore Parker Jefferson against Arkansas.

What to watch for

Gonzaga assistant coach Brian Michaelson and guard Nathan De Sousa (7). | Photo by Myk Crawford

Gonzaga’s frontcourt duo of Massamba Diop and Braden Huff played against each other earlier this month at Kraziness in the Kennel, meaning Saturday gives fans a first glimpse at how the star big men look playing alongside one another in coach Few’s offense.

Huff is back after averaging 17.8 points on elite efficiency in 18 games last year, before a knee injury ended his season in mid-January. Diop may not be as offensively impactful as…

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