Four-Star Center Sam Funches Reveals Tentative Dates for Official Visit to Gonzaga
Sam Funches, among the top ranked centers in the 2026 recruiting class, is working on rescheduling his official visit to Gonzaga and told Athlon Sports he has two weekends in mind.
Funches, who is ranked No. 41 overall in the 247Sports composite 2026 class rankings, said he is looking at June 27-29 or the weekend of Kraziness in the Kennel - which has not been formally scheduled yet but will likely take place on October 4.
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He also confirmed his previously planned official visit to Gonzaga, which was set to take place February 14-16, did not happen because his Germantown high school team was still participating in the state playoffs in Mississippi.
Germantown defeated Madison Central to win the 7A championship, with Funches contributing 16 points and seven rebounds on 7-11 shooting.
Funches has 23 total offers and has already taken official visits to Kansas, Ole Miss, and Cal and has plans to visit not only Gonzaga but Vanderbilt, LSU, and Mississippi State as well.
Gonzaga, like most college programs, prefers to have high profile recruits on campus to see a game, but the two offseason weekends most likely to bring in recruits are Kraziness in the Kennel and the last weekend in June, when the streets of Spokane are converted into tens of thousands of basketball courts for Hoopfest, the largest three-on-three basketball tournament in the world.
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Whichever weekend Funches ends up in Spokane will show just exactly why the city is nicknamed Hooptown, USA, and why Gonzaga fans are some of the best in the world.
The big man also told Athlon he is now 7'0 and 220 pounds after being listed at 6'10 and 205 pounds by multiple recruiting services.
Gonzaga has yet to land a commitment in the 2026 recruiting class, with Funches the only known offer made by the staff so far, although the program has been connected to No. 1 ranked recruit Tyran Stokes as well as small forward Dean Rueckert.
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