In case you can’t beat ‘em, be a part of ‘em.
The 6”7” wing and native of Kent, Washington might be returning to his house state to play for the Zags subsequent season. Ajayi was the West Coast Convention’s main scorer at 17.2 PPG on capturing splits of 46.7 FG%/47.0 3P%/70.9 FT% with Pepperdine. The junior additionally completed 2nd within the convention for rebounding at 9.9 RPG. He was some of the coveted gamers within the switch portal.
Ajayi is a multi-positional defender with a seven foot wingspan and a deep offensive repertoire (a killer along with his catch-and-shoot sport). He’ll fill majority of Anton Watson’s minutes and needs to be drafted into the NBA after one season with Gonzaga.
Gonzaga recruiting by no means stops, even throughout the full swing of March Insanity. Look how scary this potential roster for Gonzaga might be subsequent season.
Ryan Nembhard
Nolan Hickman
Michael Ajayi
Ben Gregg
Graham Ike
Dusty Stromer
Steele Venters
Braden Huff
Jun Seok Yeo
Luka Krajnovic
Sure, in fact there’s a likelihood that one or two of those gamers could switch for extra taking part in time/NIL offers however the 2024-2025 squad has the potential to be a preseason High 5 ranked staff subsequent season. It’s far too early to be having that dialogue proper now because the Zags have extra necessary issues to fret about in the intervening time. Perhaps that huge rematch with #1 Purdue on Friday with a visit to the Elite Eight being on the road?
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga College graduate from the Bay Space… Observe him on Twitter @a_cravalho
