Gu Tickets Available Monday

Gonzaga will receive an allotment of 1,250 tickets for the NCAA West Regional in Phoenix and they will go on sale Monday. Here’s the setup:

By telephone: Bulldog Club members and Gonzaga season-ticket holders may purchase tickets by phone from 8 a.m. until noon by calling 323-4204. Students, faculty, staff and Gonzaga alumni may call for tickets from noon to 3 p.m. Tickets to the general public go on sale at 3 p.m.

A table will also be set up at the Crosby Student Center that will sell tickets to students only from 8 a.m. to noon, and to faculty and staff from noon to 3 p.m. All West Regional tickets are $90.

Not-so-sweet 15

Bulldogs forward Casey Calvary was distraught when he picked up his fourth foul, sending him to the bench with 15:35 still to play.

The primary defender assigned to Stanford strongman Mark Madsen, Calvary had GU’s first eight points of the game and seemed like the player the Zags could least afford to lose.

He buried his head in his hands and had to be consoled by teammate Mike Leasure.

“I was miserable,” said Calvary, who wound up playing just 15 minutes, yet still had 10 points and six rebounds.

“I can’t stand sitting and watching. It drove me crazy my freshman year when I didn’t play. When I’m in foul trouble, that’s when I rip my hair out. I’m a real emotional little kid.”

Drawing a crowd

There were the usual hugs, handshakes and milling around after Mead captured fourth place in the girls State 4A basketball tournament Saturday afternoon. Unlike other games in the Tacoma Dome, however, it took the crowd more than a half hour to disperse when the next game started.

It didn’t take long after Mead’s win for loyal listeners with radios to alert everyone to GU’s pending upset of Stanford. And once someone noticed you could see the televisions in the open-air restaurant at least a story above the floor at the South end of the dome, a crowd quickly gathered.

There were cheers for every Gonzaga positive and nervous groans for every Stanford basket.

During the numerous timeouts down the stretch, the crowd mingled, sharing amazement at what they were seeing.

About 40 people gazed up as the last long seconds ticked away. When the game became official, it was probably the first time in a state tournament third-place game such a loud cheer erupted for no apparent reason as a player slowly dribbled across half court during a 7-2 game.