Rui Hachimura opts to skip NBA Draft Combine: report
Former Gonzaga University forward Rui Hachimura will not attend the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago. Hachimura's name did not appear on the final list of 66 invited players that was released on Tuesday. The showcase event for draft prospects will be held next week in ...
Despite great expectations, Rui Hachimura faces big challenge in quantum leap to NBA
Rui Hachimura's decision to end his college career in hopes of making a splash in the world's premier basketball league caused quite a stir in his homeland, but Japanese fans must temper expectations for their ascendant star. After a stellar junior year at Gonzaga University, ...
Rui Hachimura leaving Gonzaga University for the NBA
After a dynamic junior season, Gonzaga University forward Rui Hachimura has decided to turn pro. The Toyama Prefecture native declared for the 2019 NBA Draft on Monday. The early-entry deadline for players to announce their intentions to enter the draft is Sunday. Hachimura is projected to ...
Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura was named the recipient of the Julius Erving Award as the best small forward in the nation at the College Basketball Awards on Friday night in Los Angeles. The top honors went to Duke forward Zion Williamson, who won the John R. ...
Gonzaga’s quest to return to the NCAA Tournament Final Four after finishing runner-up in 2017 didn’t happen, but two of the West Coast Conference powerhouse team‘s top players were recognized for their on-court excellence on Tuesday. Junior forwards Rui Hachimura and Brandon Clarke were named ...
Not even a game-high 22 points from Rui Hachimura could save No. 1-ranked Gonzaga's season as it was eliminated from the NCAA tournament at the elite-eight stage by Texas Tech on Saturday. The 75-69 loss means Hachimura, who was recently named a finalist for the ...
Gonzaga advances to Sweet 16 despite Rui Hachimura's struggles
It was meant to be Gonzaga's first big test of the NCAA tournament, but Baylor proved unable to run with the West Region's No. 1 seed as the Bulldogs progressed to the Sweet 16 on Saturday. Gonzaga secured the 83-71 win while getting next to ...
Rui Hachimura sparks Gonzaga in rout of Fairleigh Dickinson in NCAA Tournament first round
When it comes to a 16 seed beating a 1, it's still true — anything really can happen in the NCAA Tournament. Just not on Thursday night. And not against Gonzaga. One year after dreamers and underdog lovers rejoiced at top-seeded Virginia's first-of-its-kind, first-round loss, the ...
Gonzaga star Rui Hachimura named to USBWA All-America First Team
Gonzaga forward Rui Hachimura was among five players named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's All-America First Team on Monday. Hachimura, the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, was joined on the team by Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett of Duke, Tennessee's Grant Williams ...
Rui Hachimura's Gonzaga handed NCAA tourney's West No. 1 seed
After a season in which it reeled off 17 straight wins in conference play, the Gonzaga University men's basketball team, led by Japan's NBA hopeful Rui Hachimura, was handed the top seed in the West Region of the NCAA tournament. Sunday's announcement gave Gonzaga its ...
Saint Mary's ended both the nation's longest winning streak and Gonzaga's six-year reign as West Coast Conference Tournament champion by grinding out a 60-47 victory in the title game on Tuesday night. Saint Mary's (22-11) all but shut down the nation's highest-scoring team by slowing ...
Gonzaga announcer Tom Hudson full of praise for Rui Hachimura
The Gonzaga University men's basketball team's sustained excellence is one of the most remarkable stories in contemporary sports. Really. The Bulldogs are, well, a Pacific Northwest dynasty. And they are on the verge of their 21st straight — no, that's not a misprint — NCAA Tournament ...
