LAS VEGAS – The Gonzaga and Connecticut teams clashing in Saturday’s Elite Eight game at T-Mobile Arena were in the same city, and very different places within their individual seasons, five months ago while competing at the PK85, held over four days at the Moda Center during Thanksgiving week.
Follow along with the Zags
Subscribe to our Gonzaga Basketball newsletter to stay up with the latest news
LAS VEGAS – Adama Sanogo’s UConn teammates believe there was a correlation between comments made by Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett prior to a second-round NCAA Tournament game and the 24-point, eight-rebound outing the junior forward delivered a day later in a 70-55 win over the Gaels.
LAS VEGAS – The Gonzaga and Connecticut teams clashing in Saturday’s Elite Eight game at T-Mobile Arena were in the same city, and very different places within their individual seasons, five months ago while competing at the PK85, held over four days at the Moda Center during Thanksgiving week.
LAS VEGAS – This is still in the workshopping phase, but I’m imagining a cross-generational, buddy-style sit-com. Let’s tentatively title it: “The Fewie and Drewie Show.”
Early in Thursday’s post-game press conference, Drew Timme turned the tables and asked the media to direct questions at Malachi Smith, who was a major factor off the bench in Gonzaga’s 79-76 victory over UCLA. “He had a hell of a game,” Timme reasoned.
Julian Strawther already had a couple of strong candidates for biggest shots of Gonzaga’s season. He submitted another near the end of a rollercoaster battle against UCLA that immediately joined the pantheon of biggest shots in program history.
Julian Strawther won it on a 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left. Gonzaga made it possible with exceptional play on the defensive end for more than 11 minutes in the second half of Thursday’s tense, down-to-the-wire Sweet 16 win over UCLA.