Gonzaga’s roster puzzle got a little messier on Wednesday.
Just a day after landing Florida transfer guard Xaivian Lee and briefly reaching a full roster for the first time all offseason, the Bulldogs saw another opening appear. Skylar Wicks, the St. Francis transfer who committed to Gonzaga in late June, has decommitted and will reopen his recruitment, according to a report from Dushawn London of 247Sports.
Wicks had also received approval on his waiver from the NCAA in early August, but that no longer appears to lock him in with the Zags.
The 6-foot-6 guard put together a strong season at St. Francis in 2025-26, averaging 17.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.4 steals in 33.2 minutes per game. He shot 43.9% on twos and 36.3% from three on 6.0 attempts per game, production that made him one of the more intriguing veteran additions on Gonzaga’s board.
Wicks has bounced through five different schools over the last six seasons, though injuries limited him to 74 Division 1 games. He is now pursuing what would be his seventh and final year of eligibility in college basketball.
His exit fits into a broader uncertainty around Gonzaga’s roster. The Bulldogs have already added three fifth-year seniors: Javon Bennett from Dayton, Xaivian Lee from Florida and Chauncey Wiggins from Florida State. Bennett is currently ineligible after the NCAA had a stay request granted in the Ohio lawsuit, though that could change if the NCAA fails to overturn the case on appeal.
Lee and Wiggins are eligible right now, but stay requests have also been made in the California and Georgia lawsuits, so their status could still shift.
Wicks, for his part, offered the kind of traits Gonzaga has targeted in that senior group: size, versatility, and outside shooting. He could play on or off the ball, but with Wiggins, Davis Fogle, Isiah Harwell and potentially incoming freshmen Luca Foster and Juwan Ekanga-Ehawa in the mix, his path to a major role looked crowded.
There’s still plenty unsettled beyond Wicks, too. Gonzaga has two international commits - point guard Nathan de Sousa and big man Izan Almansa - who are still waiting to be cleared for the upcoming season.
That leaves the Bulldogs in a wide range of possibilities, with as many as 15 players ready to go and as few as 10. For now, the staff is left waiting on NCAA answers while trying to get everyone who is eligible on campus and working together as the program heads toward its move to the Pac-12 in 2026-27.
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