At Spokane County Superior Court on the afternoon of Nov. 12, Gonzaga Bulldogs transfer/forward Chauncey Wiggins was cleared to play for the 2026-27 campaign. Judge Dean Chuang granted the preliminary injunction to allow him to compete in his fifth year of college basketball eligibility.
This was after Wiggins, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, failed to do so in his two previous 5-in-5 lawsuits against the NCAA in the states of Georgia and Texas.
A similar situation happened with wing Tyon Grant-Foster
last year. The men’s basketball program is now 2-for-2 in these strange situations in the Lilac City.
Multiple current Zags were present in the Spokane courtroom in support of Wiggins. That includes fifth-year guard Javon Bennett, fifth-year guard Xaivian Lee, redshirt freshman guard Alonzo Metz, redshirt freshman forward Parker Jefferson, sophomore wing Davis Fogle, redshirt senior forward Braden Huff, and coach Mark Few.
The Florida State Seminoles transfer looks to make his debut at the Spokane Arena this Saturday, Nov. 14, against the LSU Tigers at 12:30 p.m. PT on the USA Network. The 6-11 Wiggins, who spent his first three seasons with the Clemson Tigers from 2022-25, has shot 37.5 percent from beyond the arc across 419 attempts in his career.
This is a monumental add-on out at the perimeter for Gonzaga, who struggled massively in the three-point shooting department throughout the last three campaigns. Expectations of a return to the Final Four for the first time since 2021 have shot up.
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on X @a_cravalho
