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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009

North Carolina overwhelms GU, 98-77 

Gonzaga's season came to an end Friday night as top-seeded North Carolina rolled to an impressive 98-77 victory at FedExForum in Memphis. North Carolina led by as many as 17 in the first half and settled for a 53-42 lead at the break. The Tar…

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Jeremy Pargo dunks and is framed by bright lights and the NCAA logo in Memphis, Tenn.  (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Game day for GU, UNC 

Game day for Gonzaga and North Carolina in what appears to be a great Sweet 16 matchup. A couple of items in today's S-R, authored by John Blanchette. First, his column on GU's previous losses in the Sweet 16 and how it can avoid a…

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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009


GU updates from Memphis 

Media day has come and gone, so I'll post a couple of things rather than wait 'til later and have one extremely long post.Click below for the GU-UNC matchups and also for an unedited notebook. Back with the game preview in about 90 minutes.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009

Revisiting 2006, 1999 

Won't tell you what time I got up this morning to fly across country, but the first numeral might have been a '3'. But we made it to warm Memphis (perhaps 65 degrees) and I just filed a look back at the 2006 Gonzaga-North Carolina…

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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009

Coaching up the Zags 

I solicited the opinions of three coaches -- Maryland's Gary Williams, Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg and Washington State's Tony Bennett -- who have experience facing Gonzaga and North Carolina. Read what they consider to be the key points in Friday's GU-UNC matchup below in an…

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Ty's toe

North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson, who has been battling a jammed right big toe since March 6, spent about 15 minutes with the media Tuesday. I believe the first 12 questions dealt with his toe. The last couple dealt with his toe. A couple…

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Zags keep tourney interesting

Conference calls coming up with North Carolina players and coach Roy Williams. Until then, take a look at John Blanchette's column on Demetri Goodson's buzzer-beater giving the NCAA tournament a break from a rather ho-hum first two rounds.Check back later for more.

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MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2009

Demetri Goodson of Gonzaga runs off the court and waves to acknowledge the Zag fans who stayed to cheer his winning shot against Western Kentucky in the Portland Or. Rose Garden. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Goodson looks back, moves on 

Media day today at Gonzaga and Demetri Goodson was interviewed by just about everybody at the McCarthey Athletic Center, not to mention another audience with scribes on a teleconference.I filed this unedited notebook that is virtually all about Goodson with a brief update on Matt…

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SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2009

Demetri Goodson (left) drives past Orlando Mendez-Valdez  to put up the winning shot as the Zags beat Western Kentucky 83-81. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

GU lets the good times roll 

I put together a follow-up on Gonzaga's two tournament wins in the front seat of the company Impala and finished it up at home this afternoon.Read on for the unedited version of the article that will run in Monday's S-R. (By the way, I sometimes…

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Day after WKU 

Wild finish to last night's GU win over Western Kentucky and a crazy post-game in the media room. The wireless connection went kaput for everyone for roughly 90 minutes, resurfaced once for about 2 minutes and then again, thankfully, at deadline for perhaps 15 minutes…

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SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2009


Goodson hits game-winner for GU 21 

Gonzaga blew a nine-point lead in the final 2:15, but freshman guard Demetri Goodson hit a running bank shot from 8 feet with 0.9 seconds left to give the Bulldogs a thrilling 83-81 victory over Western Kentucky. Matt Bouldin led GU with 20 points and…

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#32 Steven Gray of Gonzaga leaps over #30 Chris McKnight during second half action against Akron in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in the Portland Oregon Rose Garden Thursday, March 19, 2009.   Gray was called for a foul on the play as Gonzaga pulled out a 77-64 win.  (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Game day for GU-WKU

Gonzaga and Western Kentucky will decide one of the spots in the Sweet 16 later today at the Rose Garden. Read more about it in the Louisville Courier-Journal and Oregonian. There's a couple of articles on the Bowling Green Daily News, but the Website is…

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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009

Gonzaga notebook 

Back with the notebook. They're about to shut down the media room here at the Rose Garden, so we're heading for the shuttle bus. Read on for the unedited version of the notebook.

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Day after Akron

I posted my game story and notebook last night (see previous posts). Here's John Blanchette's column on GU avoiding another first-round departure, S-R photos, some of the game's key numbers, game stories from Cleveland and Akron, and more from the Seattle Times and News Tribune…

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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009

Matt Bouldin will play as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Zag notebook 

Just filed this notebook from Gonzaga's 77-64 NCAA tournament win over Akron on Thursday.Read the unedited version below.I'll post John Blanchette's column in the morning.

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Zags shake off slow start, defeat Akron 

It took the better part of 30 minutes, but the Gonzaga Bulldogs finally put together a long, decisive run and pulled away from Akron, 77-64, at the Rose Garden on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Trailing 52-51, Gonzaga scored…

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Game day for GU-Akron 

No shortage of NCAA coverage, so we'll get to the GU-related links. Here's John Blanchette's look at Akron coach Keith Dambrot, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer's advance, A.P.'s advance, and a trio of items in the Akron newspaper, including this blog post. (Make sure to check out…

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009

Read all about it 

Back with a ton of unedited cut-and-paste material to post. Read on for more.(I'll post John Blanchette's Q & A with Rev. Robert Spitzer and Blanchette's profile of Akron coach Keith Dambrot in the morning).

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Zips-Zags: From Z to Z

Good morning from Portland. Not sure if this will reach anybody because I've been bumped off my wireless connection about a half dozen times and I can't get to my e-mail. So, we'll keep it short. We'll give you something to chuckle about with columnist…

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TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2009

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Jim Meehan joined The Spokesman-Review in 1990. Jim is currently a reporter for the Sports Desk and covers Gonzaga University basketball, Spokane Empire football, college volleyball and golf.

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