Zags-Gaels in championship matchups

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It’ll be Gonzaga-Saint Mary’s in the men’s and women’s WCC title games today to determine the conference’s automatic bids into the NCAA tournaments.

Start with the women: Here’s my game story and Chris Anderson’s photos from Gonzaga’s 96-71 dismantling of Portland. GU will face the Gaels , who edged San Diego. More on Saint Mary’s win here .

On the men’s side, Gonzaga held off San Francisco 71-67. Here’s my game story , John Blanchette’s column and Anderson’s photos . GU-USF game stories also from San Francisco Chronicle , Las Vegas Review-Journal and Contra Costa Times , as well as a Seattle Times column . The Chronicle also has a gamer from Saint Mary’s-Santa Clara.

Update : A Peoria newspaper has GU assistant Ray Giacoletti , a native of East Peoria, on a long list of possible candidates for the Bradley job.

The women’s title game tips at noon (in-game updates at Twitter.com/srjimm) and the men at 6.