Adam Morrison

Game Day Photos! Show Us You Zags Game Face

... the White House to keep each of President Donald Trump's tweets, even those he deletes or corrects. The head of the National Archives and Records Administration, David S. Ferriero, told two Democratic senators in a letter that the White House has assured him it's already doing this. > >. Gonzaga falls just short to UNC in title game 71-65. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on the championship game of the NCAA Tournament between North Carolina and Gonzaga (all times local): 8:40 p.m. North Carolina has its sixth NCAA basketball championship. The Tar Heels survived an ugly, foul-filled second half to beat Gonzaga 71-65. They scored the final eight points of the game to pull out the win. - 8:20 p.m. Gonzaga center Zach Collins is the first casualty of the foul-fest in the NCAA championship game. The freshman 7-fo. 2017-04-03 T 23:26:29 Z. SPOKANE, Wash. - Today is the big day! The Gonzaga Bulldogs are making their first appearance ever in the National Championship game after beating South Carolina Saturday evening.  Monday at around 6:20 p.m., the Zags will play one more game against North Carolina. To ...

For Rush Players, Life In The Minors No 'easy Thing To Do

... called up, called down or traded. The younger players, like Rush goalie Adam Morrison, don’t seem to mind the lifestyle. Morrison, 26, started his career in the Boston Bruins minor league system. He played in South Carolina, Providence, R. I., and Reading, Pa., before joining the Rush this season in a trade. All of the travel has opened the Vancouver native’s eyes to parts of the United States he never thought he’d see. “I’m young enough that I’m not settled down anywhere that I have to worry about a mortgage," he said. Logan Nelson has been a pro for three years and has played for the Rush, Quad City Mallards, Wichita Thunder and is now back with the Rush. He’s already learned that you can’t get too attached to teammates in this line of work. “It’s tough. It seems like guys come in for a couple of days and get called up, but that’s the way it goes,” he said. “You try not to get too attached to people because you don’t know how long you’re going to be in one place or they’re going to be here. I think everyone that plays in this league knows that side of the game and tries not to get too attached to places or teams.”. ...

Tuesday, April 4

... Anthony Chiusano | __link__. Contact | Archive | RSS. Sweet redemption. One day short of a full calendar year since Villanova's Kris Jenkins crushed North Carolina's 2016 title hopes with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, the Tar Heels completed their year-long quest for atonement and defeated Gonzaga in the 2017 national title game Monday night, 71-65. A defensive stop clinched UNC's sixth title in program history. Kennedy Meeks blocked Nigel Williams-Goss' jumper with 15 seconds left, leading to a breakaway dunk by Justin Jackson. That pushed the lead to five with 12 seconds left in a physical battle with plenty of whistles. View the final bracket  |  Print the bracket  |  How did you do. Fouls took a toll on Gonzaga's star big men Przemek Karnowski and Zach Collins, who were held to nine points each in limited playing time. Karnowski finished with four fouls in 29 minutes while Collins fouled out in the second half after 14 minutes of action. Just two days earlier, those two powered Gonzaga past South Carolina in the Final Four. For North ...

Catching Up With Adam Morrison As Gonzaga Prepares For Its First Final Four

... SI: For you, what's the legacy of that 2006 Gonzaga-UCLA game? I feel like, prior to this Final Four trip, that might be the program's defining, NCAA tournament image [in its modern, non-Cinderella era]. Adam Morrison: We thought we had a Final Four team that year, so that part stings. But I didn't let it rule, or ruin, my life. It was hard at first, just because of all the pushback I got for showing emotion, which I understand. I was one of the better players in the country at the time. But it's just funny, this year, you see everybody crying after those types of games—you saw Kentucky's guys do it, you saw it with Xavier, you saw it with Florida. It happens. It doesn't bother me that I showed emotion. The only thing that bothers me is the loss. SI: When you were in the NBA, was it something that you heard about from fellow players. Morrison: When I first got there, no [players] gave me guff, because a lot of them understood where it was coming from, right? They all played their last [college] game somewhere, and aside from select few, they lost. … A lot of times I got like, 'Hey man, I understand where you were coming from.'. But my first ...

Where Did This Gonzaga Team Come From? Well, Everywhere

... only the final 12 seconds of the second half, calmly stepped to the free throw line and sunk both to ice the biggest victory in Gonzaga history. "Of course I was [nervous],' Tillie said. "I was kind of nervous when I was on the free throw line. I just didn't think about anything.". Playing Tournament Challenge? Don't forget to check your brackets! Bracket busted? We have you covered with a Second Chance Bracket. It might be the only time this team has been nervous all season. Despite its unique combination of personalities, Gonzaga has more than stared down its challenges this year; it's dared them. A team that has been dogged for years for playing in a weak conference, whose inability to crash through to the Final Four held as evidence of its inferiority, went out and won 29 games in a row. The ...

Gonzaga's National Title Chance A Breakthrough Moment

... Gonzaga had great players go through Spokane, great teams that won year after year, laying the foundation for the program's big breakthrough this season. Now the bar will be raised. No more questions about when the Zags will reach college basketball's final weekend. Their Final Four jinx over, a national championship becomes the next goal. "They've been pretty phenomenal all year," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said after the Zags beat Xavier for their first Final Four berth. "And we'll go down there to try to win the thing.". The program Few helped build from scratch during his 28 years at Gonzaga — 18 as head coach — has been one of college basketball's most consistent teams. The Zags have played in the NCAA tournament 19 straight years, the nation's fourth-longest streak, reached the Sweet 16 eight times, won the West Coast Conference Tournament 16 times. Yet no matter what Gonzaga has done, respect has not followed. The Zags have routinely been dubbed ...

Frank Mason's Hardware Haul Not Entirely Rare, But Impressive All The Same

... hardware haul not entirely rare, but impressive all the same. April 3, 2017 at 12:42 p.m. Kansas guard Frank Mason III (0) raises up the Sprint Center crowd during the first half, Thursday, March 23, 2017. by Nick Krug. As you all surely know by now, Kansas senior Frank Mason III in the past couple of weeks has swept nine national player of the year honors, ranging from the big dogs like the Naismith Trophy and AP Player of the Year to similar honors handed out by USA Today, CBS Sports, NBC Sports, Sporting News Bleacher Report and a couple of national associations. With the Wooden Award representing the last major honor to be handed out — Friday in Los Angeles — Mason, who led the Jayhawks to a 13 th consecutive Big 12 title and became the first player in Big 12 history to finish a season averaging 20 points and 5 assists per game, is on the verge of sweeping them all. While the other honors are nice and those trophies shine just as bright on a mantle or in a trophy case, the Wooden, Naismith and AP honors are generally regarded as the biggest of them all. With that in mind, I set out ...

Rush Miss Out In Loss To Grizzlies

... scored, he was called for a high sticking penalty and the Rush went on their first power play of the night. Only 28 seconds into the power play, however, Terrence Wallin was also called for high-sticking. Neither team was able to score as a result of the penalties. Just a few minutes later, however, Pelech scored again, slipping the puck by Morrison’s left side from almost point-blank range. The goal came 13:11 into the period. The period ended with Pelech being part of the action again. He got into a fight with Hunter Fejes with 34.7 seconds to go and started the period with Fejes in the penalty box. The Rush had a point blank opportunity to cut into the lead 8:04 into the final period, but Boyle was able to stop the shot. He finished with 29 saves, while Morrison finished with 19 saves. Pelech got into another shoving match with ...

Gonzaga Great Jim Mcphee Praises Current Zags For Work On And Off The Court

... school teams volunteer at the Union Gospel Mission and Sacred Heart Childrens’ Hospital, fans annually donate over 1,000 pounds of food to Second Harvest, and over $100,000 has been donated to local charities. It’s not about former Zags honoring their former coach. It’s about continuing the legacy of giving back based on the simple truths taught at Gonzaga. I’ve watched the current Zags work harder than their opponents. I’ve seen them prepare more than other teams. They are respectful and gracious after a win or a defeat. I’ve watched Nigel be invariably polite and respectful to everyone in a room that has a question for him. I’ve seen Przemek graciously pose for picture after picture after picture with anyone who asks. They also give back to our community. In this academic year alone they have volunteered at the Union Gospel Mission, Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities (Trunk or Treat and its Clothing Drive), Spokane VA Medical Center, N 7 Clinic, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation One Walk. The entire roster is populated by good ...

Gonzaga President Thayne Mcculloh Sees Bulldogs’ History, Success Tied To Community

... that has rallied behind the Zags for just as long. “I’m not sure that there were as many people in the community who might have believed that this is possible until, maybe until this year, and until this tremendous run,” Mc Culloh said. “But this community has supported … this program for a long time.”. Over the years, Mc Culloh has watched the city stick by the Zags and the university, even after the tough losses and disappointing endings. For decades, Spokane has stood behind the Zags as they grew into the national spotlight. The local fans made sure all the home games were sold out. They donated to the program, to grow it and watch it thrive in person inside the Kennel. The fans were there when the Zags went to the Elite Eight in 1999, the first time in school history. They were they there when Arizona edged GU by one point in double overtime that ended ...

The Players' Tribune

... kid who wore Pantera shirts and cared more about Xbox than Sports Center. They shielded me from a lot of possible distractions so that I could become the best possible basketball player I could be. I’ll always be thankful for that. I get asked a lot about how my basketball career panned out. A lot of people call me a bust, but I’ve never viewed myself that way. I was an unathletic type 1 diabetic from eastern Washington who got to fulfill his dream of playing college basketball. Somehow, I also managed to play a few years in the NBA. Not bad for a local kid. Photo by John W. Mc Donough/SI/Getty Images. Back in 2006, our team talked about making it to the Final Four. Of course we did. But honestly, all these years later I realize that we probably weren’t mentally prepared for that stage. Yes, we ...

Adam Morrison, Marcus Paige, Neil Everett

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