Gonzaga set to join to the Pac-12, will become the 8th member of the conference

The Pac-12 is gaining different member. 

On Tuesday, the Pac-12 and the Gonzaga Bulldogs announced their caller partnership. 

Gonzaga is the eighth squad successful the league and volition articulation the league effectual July 1, 2026, with contention opening for each league sports sponsored by the assemblage successful the 2026-27 world year.

This is different large summation for the Pac-12 aft adding 5 caller teams past month. Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Utah State and San Diego State are each leaving the Mountain West Conference. Like Gonzaga, they are besides efficaciously joining the Pac-12 anterior to the 2026-2027 world year.

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The Gonzaga Bulldogs logo is seen astatine halfway tribunal astatine McCarthey Athletic Center. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

Prior to each the caller additions, Oregon State and Washington State were the lone 2 teams successful the Pac-12 aft the wide exodus pursuing past season. 

Gonzaga had antecedently been portion of the West Coast Conference for astir 40 years.

"We are delighted to invited Gonzaga into the Pac-12 arsenic they embark with america connected this unthinkable way ahead," said Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould successful a statement. 

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Gonzaga Bulldogs caput manager Mark Few helped Gonzaga go 1 of the champion assemblage hoops teams successful the nation. (Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports)

"Today represents an breathtaking milestone for the Pac-12 arsenic we invited different outstanding instauration with a affluent past of occurrence into our league," Gould added. 

The summation of Gonzaga makes the Pac-12 poised to vie astatine the highest levels of basketball. Over the past 5 seasons, Gonzaga boasts a 286-44 (86.7 winning percentage) combined grounds successful women’s and men’s basketball.

"This is simply a large time for Gonzaga University," said Gonzaga Athletics Director Chris Standiford successful a statement. 

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The Gonzaga Bulldogs logo connected a brace of shorts during a assemblage hoops crippled against the Syracuse Orange connected time 2 of the Allstate Maui Invitational astatine the SimpliFi Arena astatine Stan Sheriff Center connected Nov. 21, 2023 successful Honolulu. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

"We are excited to articulation a league with large contented and a committedness to innovating during this evolving clip successful collegiate athletics. I’d similar to convey Commissioner Teresa Gould for her enactment arsenic these talks progressed earnestly implicit the weekend, our alignment became evident, and our imaginativeness shared," Standiford continued. 

The Pac-12 volition proceed to look to grow arsenic they retrieve from the fallout of USC and UCLA, among different universities, leaving the conference. 

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