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Josh Heytvelt scored 19 points, Jeremy Pargo 16 and Matt Bouldin chipped in 14 points and six assists as Gonzaga upended No. 2-ranked North Carolina 82-74. On Nov. 22, 2006. “Leon (Rice, assistant coach) and I just finished watching it,” Gonzaga head coach Mark Few said earlier this week. “There were a lot of the same characters in the play that will be in this one, too. They look different, but they’re the same characters.” In addition to the aforementioned Bulldogs (plus Will Foster, who didn’t play), the Tar Heels have seven holdovers from the 2006 game, including standouts Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington, who will take the court when the teams meet in the South Regional semifinals Friday in Memphis, Tenn. UNC’s current starting five all played in the 2006 contest/Jim Meehan, SR. More here.
Question: How do you think Gonzaga will do against North Carolina with a berth in the Elite Eight at stake Friday night?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Aliasjax on March 26 at 11:17 a.m.
I expect UNC to win. They’re the higher seed and the favorite; however, I’m pulling for my ‘dogs and wouldn’t be surprised by a Zags victory. They’re talented enough to win.
Stickman on March 26 at 9:21 p.m.
NC is very good, and I expect them to win. If the Zags somehow come out on top, then the season goes on. Simple. I don’t watch the games anymore, just the scores. I will leave that to the young, as they are the most excited by these events. As the next year passes, no one will remember anyway.
JIMMYMAC on March 26 at 11:52 p.m.
We remember when it happend two years ago ;)