Gonzaga’s non-conference schedule is fully complete

The Gonzaga Bulldogs will open the 2018-19 year against Central Washington University in an exhibition game on Nov. 1, and will close the non-conference schedule against Cal-State Bakersfield on Dec. 31.

In between, the Zags will play one of the more grueling stretches of basketball in school history, going through a two-week spurt of playing, possibly, four-straight ranked teams.

Scheduling is always a tricky dance in college basketball, and Mark Few has rarely shied away from running the Zags through the gauntlet. Since the program’s success over the past two decades, that has transformed from the play us anywhere/anytime, to securing high profile opponents in home/home games, e.g. the…