How Elite it is

John Blanchette, the super color guy for the SR, shines his light on Gonzaga’s tough win over West Virginia Thursday to advance to the Elite Eight for the third time in school history:

Tough enough?

Here’s how tough:

Thirty-seven seconds to play. The ball would be in the hands of Jevon Carter, the only West Virginia player all night with a notion of how to score – and score he had, most of the time over Nigel Williams-Goss, who was losing badly on points and looking a lot like Rocky imploring his trainer, “Cut me, Mick.”

So it was Silas Melson who’d been assigned to check Carter with the Mountaineers needing three to tie.

Williams-Goss had other ideas.

“Nah, move,” he told Melson. “I’m going to take him.”

Tough enough? More here.

Also:

• Photo Package: Gonzaga vs West Virginia /SR photogs
• Mathews, Gonzaga deliver at crunch time /Jim Meehan, SR
• Gonzaga survives key character trait as it survives WV /Vince Grippi, SR
• TV take: Oh baby, Sweet 16 crew had trouble with delivery /Vince Grippi, SR