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‘Just proud of her’: Gonzaga assistant R-Jay Barsh excited to watch South Carolina’s Chloe Kitts at Final Four

UPDATED: Fri., April 5, 2024

Gonzaga assistant coach R-Jay Barsh and South Carolina sophomore forward Chloe Kitts go back so far that Barsh isn’t exactly sure how long. “She was a little kid,” Barsh said. “Nearly her entire life.” Barsh has helped train Kitts on the basketball court and he’s been a mentor away from the game.

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Men’s NCAA tournament winners and losers: The West fails and Zach Edey shines

UPDATED: Mon., April 1, 2024

The NCAA field featured 30 teams from campuses west of the Mississippi River, from Iowa State to Arizona and Grambling to Oregon. But by the close of the Sweet 16, they were gone. Every last one of them. It’s the first time in tournament history that no teams west of the Mississippi reached the Elite Eight, according to Stats Perform.

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‘Connected’ Gonzaga women reflect on successful season after losing to Texas in Sweet 16

UPDATED: Sat., March 30, 2024

PORTLAND – In years to come, the 2023-24 Gonzaga women’s basketball team will be looked on fondly for many reasons.

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Was this the Gonzaga women’s best all-time team? That’s still up for debate.

UPDATED: Sat., March 30, 2024

PORTLAND – Their fans will certainly indulge the question, but the Gonzaga women were in no mood Friday night to compare this year’s team to past versions.

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Gonzaga rewind: Zags season ‘something we can be proud of’ after Sweet 16 exit

UPDATED: Sat., March 30, 2024

Pride and disappointment, the latter enters every locker room except one after the 67 games of an NCAA Tournament, were on display Friday as Gonzaga players processed a season-ending 80-68 loss to Purdue.

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Gonzaga guard Luka Krajnovic doesn’t travel with team, misses Sweet 16 game due to non-COVID illness

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

DETROIT – Fifth-seeded Gonzaga played with a shorthanded backcourt Friday night against top-seeded Purdue in the Sweet 16.

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Teammates give highest praise to ‘Gonzaga legend’ Anton Watson after senior’s career ends with Sweet 16 loss to Purdue

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

DETROIT – As a group of reporters huddled around Anton Watson, two teammates sitting near the senior forward decided to pause their own conversation and started eavesdropping on the one that was unfolding a few seats down.

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Difference makers: Purdue tandem of Zach Edey, Braden Smith torments Gonzaga in 80-68 Sweet 16 victory

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

Purdue’s Braden Smith dished out 15 assists – the second-highest total of his career – while scoring 14 points and nearing a triple-double with eight rebounds.

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Duke downs No. 1-seeded Houston after Jamal Shead leaves with injury

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

It didn’t matter to Duke’s Jeremy Roach how poorly he performed in the first half Friday night against Houston.

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NC State sends Stanford women, Cameron Brink packing in Sweet 16

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

Stanford achieved its goal of getting out of Maples Pavilion but will go no further, as senior post Cameron Brink saw her career end in her hometown, having fouled out early in the fourth quarter.

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Difference makers: Familiar foe Shaylee Gonzales gives Zags trouble in Sweet 16

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

An old nemesis of Gonzaga from her years at BYU, the second-year grad transfer stuck it to the Zags one last time.

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Gonzaga women’s historic season sends in Sweet 16 loss to Texas 69-47

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

PORTLAND – Everything that could go wrong did go wrong for the Gonzaga women’s basketball team in the first half Friday.

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Dave Boling: These days nothing is certain, but this Gonzaga team grew together and may keep getting better

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

DETROIT – Gonzaga’s men dominated so thoroughly the first week of the NCAA Tournament, it almost seemed like they had been sandbagging during much of this inconsistent season.

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Recap and highlights: No. 1 seed Purdue proves too much in second half of 80-68 win over Gonzaga in Sweet 16

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

Zach Edey, the reigning national player of the year, piled up 27 points and 14 rebounds, guiding the Boilermakers to an 80-68 win over No. 5 seed Gonzaga on Friday in the Sweet 16 at Little Caesars Arena.

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‘We shouldn’t hang our heads’: Gonzaga unable to slow down Zach Edey, Purdue’s shooters in 80-68 Sweet 16 loss

UPDATED: Fri., March 29, 2024

Gonzaga coach Mark Few and player after player described the predicament – trying to crowd 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey inside, but not to the point of leaving Purdue’s capable perimeter shooters open. Gonzaga is familiar with the conundrum because it is essentially what the Zags were able to do to opponents during a surge over the second half of the season that propelled them into Sweet 16.

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NCAA Tournament: Clemson upsets Tommy Lloyd’s Arizona for rare Elite Eight berth

UPDATED: Thu., March 28, 2024

The Clemson basketball team was unfazed by pregame “U of A” chants.

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Doing the little things: Gonzaga women’s Esther Little plays crucial role off the bench

UPDATED: Thu., March 28, 2024

PORTLAND – The stat sheet doesn’t reflect her contributions, and Esther Little is fine with that.

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‘It’s a home game for them’: Texas coach Vic Schaefer laments regional format, playing Gonzaga in Portland

UPDATED: Thu., March 28, 2024

PORTLAND – Don’t count Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer as a fan of the new NCAA Tournament regional format that was implemented last year.

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Key matchup: Gonzaga women need to attack the glass against Texas

UPDATED: Thu., March 28, 2024

PORTLAND – The game could come down to rebounding.

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Gonzaga women familiar with Texas guard Shaylee Gonzales, who spent three years with BYU

UPDATED: Thu., March 28, 2024

PORTLAND – Two years ago, the Gonzaga Bulldogs thought they’d seen the last of Shaylee Gonzales.

‘Just proud of her’: Gonzaga assistant R-Jay Barsh excited to watch South Carolina’s Chloe Kitts at Final Four

Men’s NCAA tournament winners and losers: The West fails and Zach Edey shines

‘Connected’ Gonzaga women reflect on successful season after losing to Texas in Sweet 16

Was this the Gonzaga women’s best all-time team? That’s still up for debate.

Gonzaga rewind: Zags season ‘something we can be proud of’ after Sweet 16 exit

Gonzaga guard Luka Krajnovic doesn’t travel with team, misses Sweet 16 game due to non-COVID illness

Teammates give highest praise to ‘Gonzaga legend’ Anton Watson after senior’s career ends with Sweet 16 loss to Purdue

Difference makers: Purdue tandem of Zach Edey, Braden Smith torments Gonzaga in 80-68 Sweet 16 victory

Duke downs No. 1-seeded Houston after Jamal Shead leaves with injury

NC State sends Stanford women, Cameron Brink packing in Sweet 16

Difference makers: Familiar foe Shaylee Gonzales gives Zags trouble in Sweet 16

Gonzaga women’s historic season sends in Sweet 16 loss to Texas 69-47

Dave Boling: These days nothing is certain, but this Gonzaga team grew together and may keep getting better

Recap and highlights: No. 1 seed Purdue proves too much in second half of 80-68 win over Gonzaga in Sweet 16

‘We shouldn’t hang our heads’: Gonzaga unable to slow down Zach Edey, Purdue’s shooters in 80-68 Sweet 16 loss

NCAA Tournament: Clemson upsets Tommy Lloyd’s Arizona for rare Elite Eight berth

Doing the little things: Gonzaga women’s Esther Little plays crucial role off the bench

‘It’s a home game for them’: Texas coach Vic Schaefer laments regional format, playing Gonzaga in Portland

Key matchup: Gonzaga women need to attack the glass against Texas

Gonzaga women familiar with Texas guard Shaylee Gonzales, who spent three years with BYU

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