Day after USC Upstate 27
Back with the day after USC Upstate post. GU hammered the visitors 90-40, but the Spartans did take home $70,000, their second biggest payday of the season (Notre Dame forked out $90,000).Read on for more.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009
UW is ready for WSU 11
COUGARS Well, it seems the Seattle University Redhawks are not yet ready to play with the big guys in Washington after all. OK, that's not fair. One nonconference game at UW isn't a true test, but the Huskies did blow them out last night, leading…
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2009
GU seniors shine in final home game 3
Gonzaga's five seniors -- Jeremy Pargo, Josh Heytvelt, Micah Downs, Ira Brown and Andrew Sorenson -- went out in style in their home finale. The Bulldogs cruised to a 90-40 win over USC Upstate on Tuesday night in front of 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic…
State 2B, 1A and 4A begins today 9
Greetings from Tacoma - third week on the road. It's the rest of the state versus the Tacoma area schools in the Dome. We'll find out if last year's finalist, Federal Way can ascend to the 4A throne vacated by Ferris. Kentridge, Todd Beamer, Curtis,…
Bennett's thoughts on WSU's season, postseason 5
COUGARS A few things to talk about this evening, though not as much as usual on a Tuesday afternoon. That's because WSU did not practice today, doing a little lifting and individual work instead. So the players were unavailable. But coach Tony Bennett did meet…
All kinds of GU stuff
Now that's a catchy headline. We've got a hodgepodge of stuff, from links to Robert Sacre to other Zag-related items. Read on.
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
More on WCC awards, Sacre 7
Just filed this notebook for Tuesday's S-R. The main topics (WCC awards, Robert Sacre's decision to redshirt) were touched on in earlier posts, but there's more info below.
Sacre opts to redshirt 1
Gonzaga reserve center Robert Sacre, who has been sidelined for more than two months after re-injuring his foot, has decided not to try to return to the court this season. He's eligible for a medical redshirt, so he'll be a sophomore for the 2009-2010 season.If…
Bryant wins POY; Bouldin, Heytvelt on WCC first-team 9
For the first time since 1999, Gonzaga didn't win at least one of the WCC's four individual awards. WCC coaches vote on the awards, which were announced Monday afternoon.Santa Clara senior center John Bryant was named player of the year, snapping Gonzaga's streak of winning…
Gonzaga moves up to 14th 3
Gonzaga climbed three more spots in the polls, settling in at 14th in the A.P. and ESPN/USA Today rankings. Saint Mary's checks in at 26th, just outside the ESPN/USA Today's top 25. That's up 11 spots from a week ago, if my math is correct.More…
A lot can happen for WSU this week 9
COUGARS • UPDATED: 11:25 A.M. Looking at the comments from our previous post, we can see the complexity of the Pac-10's tie-breaking rules tripped up a lot of people. That's one reason we said we'd wait until things cleared up a little bit. But here…
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009
Five seniors close out home careers 7
Gonzaga's Senior Night celebration is a little different this season. The Zags have a non-conference opponent, South Carolina Upstate, coming in Tuesday. The visitors fill what would have been an eight-day break between Gonzaga's WCC finale at San Diego and the semifinal contest in the…
Day-after San Diego 3
Back with the day-after post following Gonzaga’s 58-47 road win over San Diego on Saturday. Much more below. (Programming notes: I’m working on an article on the Zags’ five seniors as they await their final home game Tuesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center. I’m hoping…
Looking back at Eags' season-ending loss 1
The Eastern Washington Eagles had hoped to spend the next few days doing a little scoreboard watching and hoping Montana State might stumble a couple of times and let them sneak into the Big Sky Conference Tournament that opens next Saturday.Instead they will be busy…
ASU upset, the day after 41
COUGARS As I peruse the Pac-10's tie-breaker rules, trying to see how Washington State could avoid the Wednesday play-in games, I was reminded of the last piece of furniture I tried to put together. You know, the one with the instructions that state "put tab…
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