PORTLAND – On Thursday, Drew Timme will officially become a two-time NCAA Tournament participant.

Sophomore wing Julian Strawther chose a memorable dunk. Senior guard Rasir Bolton picked one that happened in practice, seen by just Gonzaga's players and coaching staff. Head coach Mark Few recalled something that only he and maybe a handful of others witnessed. The question to each: What’s your favorite highlight produced by freshman forward Chet Holmgren?

In 1995, Gonzaga coach Dan Fitzgerald, showman, comedian, curmudgeon, colorful story-weaver, was asked how he managed to get his team rolling late in the season and earn the school’s first NCAA trip. “I kept telling them: ‘Get the round thing to the bald thing’.” The round thing: A basketball. The bald thing: John Rillie.

A 29-point effort from Corey Allen in the semifinal round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament was good enough to lift Georgia State over Appalachian State for a 71-66 victory.

We connected with 247sports’ Ben Moore for a Q&A to learn more about the Panthers. He’s covered Georgia State basketball for 15 years and, in his words, attempted to walk-on in 1999-2000 when Lefty Driesell was the head coach.

00: Robert Sacre (2010-12)

Richard Fox transferred to Gonzaga from the University of Colorado in 2001, sat out the next basketball season as the penance the NCAA exacted before the current portal free-for-all and readied himself to suit up for 2003.

It began as a convenient way to organize poolside gatherings and game-room hangouts. More than anything, it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, hatched five years ago when Snapchat was decidedly the most efficient, modern way to round up a bunch of 16-, 17- and 18-year-old boys. Its origins? The Westin Hotel in Phoenix, otherwise known as Gonzaga’s home base during the 2017 Final Four.

It’s March in Nebraska – which for most fans means it’s time for spring football.