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Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs head into the 2026-27 season with just four returners from last year's roster and a bevy of new faces brought in via the transfer portal, international market, and the 2026 recruiting class.
Many of last year's players have moved on to start professional basketball careers, but six of them are still in college - just with different uniforms on.
Those six join four other former Zags in playing for a new school in 2026-27. Below is a look at those 10 players, where they are rostered, and what their role could look like this upcoming season:
Arauzmoore spent three years at Gonzaga as a walk-on, appearing in 12 games and scoring 11 points with seven rebounds, two steals, and an assist - while shooting 3-6 from three.
The crowd favorite is off to High Point, which made the NCAA Tournament as a No. 12 seed last year and pulled off an upset over No. 5 Wisconsin. The Panthers open the season Nov. 2 against Liberty, and will host Pac-12 opponent Washington State on Nov. 7 at 2:00 PM PT.
Gonzaga may have left the WCC, but Diagne did not, instead transferring to San Francisco, where he'll be an integral part of Chris Gerlufsen's squad. The 7'0 big man started and played 30 minutes in USF's exhibition game against Arizona and preseason All-American Mo Krivas - scoring six points with three rebounds, two assists, and five fouls.
USF opens the season at home against Radford on Nov. 2.
The founder of the 'Tricky Trio', Gonzaga's recruiting class that included Jalen Suggs and Julian Strawther, Harris will now return to the WCC, where he spent three seasons at Gonzaga and one at LMU - averaging 14.3 points and leading the WCC with a 44.8% clip from the three point line in 2023-24.
Pacific opens the season Nov. 3 at home against non-D1 opponent Bethesda.
Innocenti drew the start for Arizona State in their first exhibition game, a win over New Mexico on Sunday afternoon. The 6'5 wing played 37 minutes and had 13 points, six rebounds, five steals, and four assists while shooting 5-10 from the field and 2-6 from three.
After two great seasons as a defensive specialist in Spokane, Innocenti will spend his senior season playing for Randy Bennett at Arizona State, joining other WCC stars Paulius Murauskas, Dillan Shaw, and Joel Foxwell.
The Sun Devils begin the season on Monday vs. ETSU.
Lemke redshirted in his lone season at Gonzaga before transferring to Belmont, where he scored 11 points in 23 minutes across 13 appearances last season.
He's back with the Bruins for 2026-27, and they will open the season Nov. 2 at home against Southern Indiana.
Orness, like Arauzmoore, was a walk-on last year and has since transferred out east. Orness takes his talent to Mount St. Mary's, where he'll compete for backcourt minutes in the MAAC.
The Mountaineers have an exhibition game on Wednesday against Navy, and begin the season properly on Monday, Nov. 2, in a road tilt against Xavier out of the Big East.
Smith spent two years at Gonzaga, redshirting in 2024-25 before splitting the point guard duties last season with Mario Saint-Supery. He hit the portal for his final season of eligibility and will spend it in the ACC with Notre Dame - likely as the team's starting point guard.
Smith started and played 23 minutes against Dayton and 29 against DePaul in Notre Dame's two exhibition games, dropping 17 points and five rebounds against the Blue Demons.
He'll be the starting point guard in the first CBB game of the season, taking place Nov. 1 between Notre Dame and Villanova in Rome.
Stosic appeared in 14 games with Gonzaga in 2023-24, redshirted in 2024-25 at Utah State, and then played a rotation role last year at Pepperdine - starting 12 of 31 games and averaging 3.6 points and 3.8 rebounds in 16.2 minutes.
Now he'll head to the NEC to play for the Knights, who open the season Nov. 2 on the road against Illinois, who made the Final Four last year.
Stromer spent two years at Gonzaga before landing at Grand Canyon last season, where he averaged 6.4 points and 2.7 rebounds as a key reserve. Now he comes back to the WCC, joining a new look San Diego team under first year head coach JR Blount.
The Toreros crushed Colorado State in an exhibition game on Sunday, 73-58, with Stromer starting and playing 30 minutes. The 6'6 wing scored seven points with one rebound and one assist, shooting 3-12 from the field.
USD opens the season on Monday against non-D1 opponent Biola, but first will play at UCLA on Tuesday, Oct. 27 in an exhibition battle.
Venters joins his third Division 1 school - all in the state of Washington - as he heads west to play for the Huskies in his final season. The 6'7 sharpshooter spent three years at Gonzaga but only played in one due to a pair of season-ending injuries.
Now Venters will suit up for the Huskies, who went 0-2 in the preseason with losses to Boise State and Washington State. Venters had six points with five fouls in 20 minutes against the Broncos, and three points on 1-4 shooting in 12 minutes against the Cougars.
UW opens the season at home on Monday against Braeden Smith's old school Colgate.
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