The 2026-27 college basketball season keeps giving fans reasons to circle dates on the calendar.
Just days after another wave of marquee nonconference games surfaced, Michigan State and Gonzaga officially joined the party. The two national powers will square off on Dec. 19 at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, California, in what could end up being one of the best standalone games of the entire nonconference slate.
For a sport that’s often criticized for lacking high-profile regular-season matchups, this is exactly the kind of game fans want to see.
Two of college basketball’s gold standards collide
Michigan State and Gonzaga have been among the most consistent programs in college basketball for nearly three decades…