Good morning from San Diego. We'll get right to it after one of the more memorable Gonzaga games in years. It might have cost me a couple years off my lifespan (8 p.m. start, deadline, overtime, deadline, building 138 degrees, deadline), but it was worth it.

Here's my game story, and those from the San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times, and ESPN.com.

I doubled checked with the conference office and re-confirmed that the victory clinched at least a second seed for Gonzaga and a bye into the WCC Tournament semifinals. There is no scenario if GU and Saint Mary's finished tied (11-3 or 10-4, or in a three-way tie with San Francisco at 10-4) that Gonzaga takes the top seed. SMC wins that if it comes down to a tiebreaker.

San Francisco is locked in at No. 3, even if the Dons finish in a three-way tie for first. Pepperdine is locked in at No. 6. The rest will be decided Saturday.

Read on.

Good morning. I watched a replay of the first half when I got home (bedtime, 2!), got up for a phone interview with KJR in Seattle and then watched the second half. Entertaining game full of big plays, drama and questionable calls both ways that ended with Mickey McConnell draining a tough, leaning 15-footer to win it (pictured above in photo by S-R's Dan Pelle).

Can't say I'm a big fan of those 8 p.m. starts (that almost always become 8:10-8:15). I typically file a 6-8 inch game story for first edition right after the game, then make a mad dash to get a couple of interviews and a quick rewrite for final.

Here are the links: S-R gamer, John Blanchette column, S-R photos, A.P. gamer and Contra Costa Times gamer.   

Much more below in my day-after post.

We got an early start flying out of Las Vegas and a late start on the day-after post. But we’re home, welcomed by some wind and snow, and here’s a recap of Saint Mary’s 81-62 win over the Zags in the WCC title game.

Links: S-R gamer, John Blanchette column, Chris Anderson photos, San Francisco Chronicle gamer, Contra Costa Times here and here, A.P. gamer, Seattle Times column, Tacoma News Tribune gamer and Las Vegas Review-Journal gamer.

Read on.

I watched the GU-SMC replay into the early hours and was sleeping soundly when the phone rang this morning with a radio interview request. So, the Z’s will come later and the day-after post sooner.

Here are the links: S-R gamer, John Blanchette column on Omar Samhan, S-R photos, A.P., Seattle Times and Contra Costa Times (authored by S-R’s Dave Trimmer). San Diego, Gonzaga’s opponent Saturday, played without Brandon Johnson (groin injury) and lost to Portland. The Pilots, meanwhile, might not get Nik Raivio back this season.

Read on for more from Gonzaga’s 80-61 win over Saint Mary’s.

Back with the day-after post from Gonzaga’s 72-70 win over Saint Mary’s on Thursday, played out before a loud and packed McKeon Pavilion.

“It was nuts,” GU reserve center Will Foster said. “It was nuts.”

Yes it was. More below. I’ll post my GU-San Francisco advance later today.