Me: “People here always felt like you hated Phoenix and the Suns.”
Kobe: “I did. There’s no misunderstanding.”
Appreciate
@BrightSideSun
for capturing this from Kobe Bryant’s last game in Phoenix.
Two weeks ago, I 🛶 on a Maine lake.
A week ago, I had double bypass surgery (always trying to be like
@kentsomers
). My🫀stopped for 10 minutes.
Today, I’m 🏡 after Dr. Robert Riley saved my life and
@HonorHealth
John C. Medical Center staff cared for me. Glory to God. ✝️
Oscar Frayer’s mother, Bionca Sparrow, and his nephew, E.J. Harris, accepted Frayer’s diploma at GCU commencement today. Frayer, his sister Andrea Frayer-Moore and his friend Caley Bringmann died in a car crash on March 23, three days after GCU’s first NCAA tournament game.
Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley and his son, Bobby, attended the GCU game for former Sun Devil player Holland Woods II’s Senior Night with the Lopes and cheered on another ASU transfer, GCU’s Taeshon Cherry.
Grand Canyon students are hyped for tonight’s visit from Illinois. The Illini players and courtside Frankie Muniz are getting a kick out of the Havocs.
"It puts it all into perspective...I cried for two days and I never coached him...We talked about it. The great thing is O accepted Christ 11 days earlier, so he's hooping up in the big gym where you don't miss any and you get no losses." - Baylor coach Scott Drew on Oscar Frayer
Grand Canyon has the best record in the nation.
1️⃣ GCU (16-1, .941)
2️⃣ Ole Miss (15-1, .938)
3️⃣ Princeton (14-1, .933)
4️⃣ Purdue, Samford, Utah State (16-2, .889)
Grand Canyon baseball beat No. 4 Texas Tech 9-3 at GCU Ballpark with Tyler Wilson's three-run home run and Dustin Crenshaw's three-run double. The Lopes also beat No. 5 Oregon State last month.
Nicole Powell was a kid posing with Dan Majerle 25 years ago. Now, she is a fellow basketball coach with him at GCU. A childhood on Phoenix courts set up her future as a WNBA player and Lopes coach.
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Paul Westphal, a former Grand Canyon coach and Dan Majerle’s Suns coach, bowed to Majerle before tip and put on the Whiteout shirt for GCU vs. Boise State.
Grand Canyon (29-4) receives a No. 12 seed and will play No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s (26-7) in Spokane on Friday. The winner will play the Alabama-Charleston winner. Seth Davis picked the Lopes over the Gaels.
The Purple Pregame Party is moving to Indianapolis. Grand Canyon is sending 240 Havocs from its celebrated student section to the GCU-Iowa NCAA tournament game on Saturday.
At GCU’s Lopey Awards, AD Jamie Boggs announced a new annual honor — the Oscar Frayer Spirit Award for an uplifting and engaging love of team and community. As seen in Frayer, the inaugural winner.
#O4Ever
Grand Canyon landed another talented guard in Jaylen Fisher, a former All-Big 12 honorable mention who is transferring from TCU.
“It’s going to be a sight to see,” Fisher said of GCU. “I can’t wait for it. I’m just blessed for the opportunity.”
Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf visits Dan Majerle’s Grand Canyon basketball practice with Jerry Colangelo. But Thunder’s shoe game might steal the limelight.
The NCAA ruled that transfer Carlos Johnson can play for Grand Canyon this season. GCU coach Dan Majerle said that
@Witness_this23
could start for the Lopes.
Grand Canyon baseball swept a two-game home series against No. 4 Texas Tech with today's 8-7 win, which ended on left fielder Cade Verdusco throwing out a runner at second. Tyler Wilson, Tayler Aguilar and Sy Snedeker homered for GCU.
Grand Canyon baseball won 11-7 at Arizona. GCU takes a season series against UA for the first time since 1993. Lopes junior Tayler Aguilar hit his 16th and WAC-leading 17th home runs. The Lopes are 5-3 against Pac-12 teams.
Grand Canyon assistant coach and former WNBA player Nikki Blue lost her cousin and best friend during the holidays eight years ago but she is raising her cousin’s kids to ensure they enjoy Christmas and every other day since then.
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In only its third WAC Tournament chance, Grand Canyon is going to the Big Dance for the first time. The Lopes punched their NCAA tournament ticket with a 74-56 title game victory against New Mexico State. Jovan Blacksher Jr. wins WAC Tournament MVP.
GCU➡️ WCC
With Grand Canyon joining the West Coast Conference for 2025-26, the Lopes will be in a conference with an ESPN/CBSSN deal and a multi-bid NCAA tournament history (four consecutive tourneys for men’s hoops).
Gonzaga vs. Baylor
For the Zags, former Grand Canyon player/assistant and Corona del Sol grad T.J. Benson (pictured in the fresh red kicks) is on the staff with GCU player Liam Lloyd’s dad, Tommy.
For the Bears, coach Scott Drew is GCU coach Bryce Drew’s older brother.
1️⃣ Toronto won the NBA Finals.
2️⃣ Grand Canyon basketball student manager
@BWVisuaI
commemorated it by creating an epic composite photo.
3️⃣ Drake shared the image and it received 2.6 million likes today on Instagram.
Jerry Colangelo is a larger-than-life figure. That was true when a 9-foot statue of the Phoenix icon was unveiled at Grand Canyon University before a
@GCU_MBB
game. He hopes it can inspire students “that anything is possible in life.”
Photo:
@Davidkadlu
Jovan Blacksher Jr. is not playing like a freshman or a 5-11 guy for Grand Canyon. GCU coach Dan Majerle says he has been “unbelievably good” as one of seven players in the nation averaging 10.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals.
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No. 1 Gonzaga, No. 6 Nevada, No. 7 Tennessee and Grand Canyon meet today in Phoenix for a doubleheader. Respect for Jerry Colangelo is the major reason.
Grand Canyon pitcher Jake Wong found it “outright humbling” to be the first Arizona college player taken in the MLB draft. If your draft range comp is Tim Salmon, you’ve done well.
Grand Canyon is headed back to the WAC Tournament championship game Saturday night, thanks to Carlos Johnson’s second consecutive career-high scoring game and shutting out WAC Player of the Year Jake Toolson in the second half.
Grand Canyon baseball will make its NCAA DI tournament debut in the Tucson regional. Andy Stankiewicz’s 39-19-1 GCU team will open against 40-15 UA at 7 p.m. Friday. The Lopes and Wildcats split a home-and-home series this year. The regional also includes UCSB and Oklahoma State.
Grand Canyon’s Carlos Johnson, a former Shadow Mountain star in Phoenix, has become one of the nation’s top sixth men by finding his fit with Dan Majerle at GCU.
Celtics president Danny Ainge is sitting courtside for Grand Canyon basketball. Ainge and GCU coach Dan Majerle were Suns teammates for three seasons, including the 1993 NBA Finals team.
🇺🇸🏀 before Jerry Colangelo:
👎 3 Ls & 7th at 2002 World Cup
🥉 3 Ls & bronze at 2004 Olympics
🇺🇸🏀 with Colangelo as boss:
🥇 gold at 2008 Olympics
🥇 gold at 2012 Olympics
🥇 gold at 2016 Olympics
🥇 gold at 2020 Olympics
Four-star point guard Jovan Blacksher Jr. signed to stay home in Phoenix with Grand Canyon. GCU head coach Dan Majerle on
@ytnunahead
: “He’s going to be a guy that you’re glad is on your team every gym you walk into.”
T.C. Dean, the first Black graduate of Grand Canyon in 1959, still holds a Lopes record (20.1 rebounds per game) and a court presence with a front-row seat by GCU’s bench. At the last home game, a fan asked Dean to autograph his page in GCU’s 75th anniversary book.
Grand Canyon hit yet another program-best NET ranking, climbing 11 spots to No. 37 after winning at Liberty. GCU was No. 56 before beating San Diego State on Tuesday. The Lopes have moved into a posh NET neighborhood.
Former UNLV and New Mexico State head coach Marvin Menzies joined Grand Canyon as the associate head coach on Dan Majerle’s staff. “I’m looking forward to what I can add to what they’ve already started building,” Menzies said.
This WAC Tournament championship game has been a long time coming for Grand Canyon. The Lopes get a chance to avenge last year’s title game and other heartbreakers against New Mexico State, which rolls into tonight with an 18-game win streak.
#LopeVegas
Grand Canyon will be a No. 15 seed and play No. 2 seed on Saturday at the NCAA tournament in Indiana. GCU (17-6) is the only Arizona team dancing. Iowa (21-8) was ranked No. 5 nationally in last week's poll. Winner plays the Oregon (20-8) vs. VCU (19-7) winner.