Gonzaga and USC Schedule Charity Exhibition in Palm Springs

This West Coast Conference and now Big Ten Conference matchup will not count towards each program’s record but it will be a tune-up before the real thing and for a good cause.

Gonzaga and USC are joining the already stacked list of charity exhibitions. The matchup will take place in beautiful Palm Springs on the weekend of October 26th-27th at the Acrisure Arena. The last time these two schools played each other was just last season when the Zags beat the Trojans in the Legends of Basketball Las Vegas Invitational, 89-76.

It will be a good practice test for Gonzaga against Eric Musselman in his first season with the Trojans. The Zags need this type of challenge to gauge where the team is at before they start the gauntlet that is their non-conference schedule.

November 4th vs Baylor (Spokane Arena)

November 10th vs Arizona State

November 15th vs UMass Lowell

November 18th at San Diego State

November 20th vs Long Beach State

November 27th vs West Virginia (Battle 4 Atlantis)

November 28th vs Louisville/Indiana (Battle 4 Atlantis)

November 29th vs Arizona/Oklahoma/Providence/Davidson (Battle 4 Atlantis)

December 7th vs Kentucky (Climate Pledge Arena)

December 14th vs UConn (Madison Square Garden)

December 18th vs Nicholls State

December 21st vs Bucknell

December 28th vs UCLA (Intuit Dome)

Mark Few and Gonzaga’s charity game against USC will benefit Eisenhower Hospital’s new cardiovascular care unit, the local renown hospital system in Palm Springs. Details on how to buy tickets and how to watch should be finalized by the beginning of next week according to Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68.

Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga University graduate from the Bay Area… Follow him on Twitter @a_cravalho