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Arizona Looks To Take Down Gonzaga

... Mark Few. Conference: West Coast. Bid: WCC champion. Tournament Record: 24-19, 19 years. Last appearance: 2016. Scoring: Team (84.6); Nigel Williams-Goss 16.9; Przemek Karnowski 12.6; Jordan Mathews 10.4; Zach Collins 10.2; Johnathan Williams 10.2. Rebounds: Team (40.3); Johnathan Williams 6.5; Przemek Karnowski 6.0; Zach Collins 5.7; Nigel Williams-Goss 5.7. Assists/Turnovers: Team __link__/11.3); Nigel Williams-Goss __link__/2.1; Josh Perkins __link__/2.1; Przemek Karnowski __link__/1.7. 3-pointers: Team (.382); Jordan Mathews 68; Josh Perkins 54; Silas Melson 38; Nigel Williams-Goss 35. Last Ten: 9-1. No. 16 South Dakota State. Brookings, 18-16. Nickname: Jackrabbits. Coach: T. J. Otzelberger. Conference: Summit League. Bid: Summitt champion. Tournament Record: 0-3, 3 years. Last appearance: 2016. Scoring: Team (77.6); Mike Daum 25.3; Reed Tellinghuisen 11.9; A. J. Hess 9.8. Rebounds: Team (35.0); Mike Daum 8.2; Reed Tellinghuisen 4.7; Chris Howell 4.2. Assists/Turnovers: Team __link__/12.9); Michael Orris __link__/2.3; Reed ...

A Look Back At Gonzaga’s Dominant 2016-17 Season

... No. 14, rolled in their season opener. Przemek Karnowski added 14 points in his first game since a back injury sidelined him for most of last season. Gonzaga 69, San Diego State 48. 2-0: Jordan Mathews hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points and the Zags held the Aztecs to 28 percent shooting in a victory. Zach Collins added 15 points. Gonzaga 109, Bryant 70. 3-0: Przemek Karnowski scored 22 points and Johnathan Williams added 20 in a victory that saw the Zags hit 55.7 percent from the floor. GU held Bryant, with no starter over 6-foot-6, to just 42.6 percent shooting. Gonzaga 82, Quinnipiac 62. ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT – 4-0: Johnathan Williams and Zach Collins led a balanced offense with 13 points apiece, helping the No. 11 Zags shrug off a slow start and pull away in the first round of the Advo Care Invitation. Gonzaga 77, Florida 72. ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT – 5-0: Josh Perkins had 18 points and Silas Melson scored 10 of his 12 during a second-half rally that carried the Bulldogs to the title game of the Advo Care Invitational. Gonzaga 73, Iowa State 71. ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT – 6-0: Nigel Williams-Goss scored 18 points as the Zags ...

Gonzaga Earns No. 1 Seed In The West Region On Selection Sunday

... child to the collegiate level in sports takes more than just practice. Your child has to be talented enough to get noticed, and it's easier to get noticed when your child is on one of the best basketball teams in the country. For Zach Collins' family in Las Vegas, that meant sending Zach to the famed Bishop Gorman High School. Gonzaga star's No. 1 fan is his grandma. Holding hands on the couch, Nigel Williams-Goss and his grandma, Barbara Hingston, have nothing but love for each other. "He's probably the most precious person I've ever known," Barbara says of her grandson. Barta scores 37, Gonzaga tops Saint Mary's for WCC crown. LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jill Barta scored 22 of her career-high 37 points in a dominating first half, and Gonzaga earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in three years by holding off Saint Mary's 86-75 on Tuesday in the West Coast Conference final. No. 4 Gonzaga tops Santa Clara, into 20 th ...

Four Reasons Why Gonzaga Can Make Final Four

... inability to reach a Final Four in 18 consecutive NCAA trips. Will the 19 th be different? Here are four reasons why this could be the year the Zags reach the Final Four. Experience matters. The Zags’ starting lineup of Przemek Karnowski, Johnathan Williams, Jordan Mathews, Josh Perkins and Nigel Williams-Goss boasts 548 career games. Top sub Silas Melson has 100 career games under his belt. Transfers Williams, Mathews and Williams-Goss combined for 231 games at their previous stops, but seasoning is seasoning and they played against high-caliber competition. Mathews played in the NCAA tournament with Cal last season. Zach Collins and Killian Tillie rarely play like freshmen. The Zags haven’t overlooked opponents. They’ve been relentless with 28 double-digit victories. They appeared rattled in their lone loss to BYU but bounced back to play well in tense situations at the WCC tournament. Balance tips scales. Four quality bigs, four quality guards. The Zags’ have employed an eight-man rotation ...

Gonzaga Receives #11 Seed, Will Play #6 Oklahoma Saturday

... WCC Title, Makes 19 th Straight NCAA Tournament Appearance. LAS VEGAS (AP)  Nigel Williams-Goss scored 22 points, Przemek Karnowski added 15 and No. 4 Gonzaga won its fifth straight West Coast Conference Tournament title by beating No. 19 Saint Mary's 74-56 Tuesday night. Gonzaga (32-1) was not particularly sharp in the WCC semifinals, beating Santa Clara by nine to reach the title game for the 20 th straight season. The Zags got their mojo back in a dazzling first half against Saint Mary's, then had to hold on after a shak. > >. LAS VEGAS (AP)  Nigel Williams-Goss scored 22 points, Przemek Karnowski added 15 and No. 4 Gonzaga won its fifth straight West Coast Conference Tournament title by beating No. 19 Saint Mary's 74-56 Tuesday night. Gonzaga (32-1) was not particularly sharp in the WCC semifinals, beating Santa Clara by nine to reach the title game for the 20 th straight season. The Zags got their mojo back in a dazzling first half against Saint Mary's, then had to hold on after a shak. > >. Mark Few ...

Villanova Gets Top Seed; Kansas, North Carolina, Gonzaga Other No. 1's

... Carolina, Gonzaga other No. 1's. Select a division. Johnson, Barkley & Parrish discuss this year's bracket. March Madness bracket: Villanova gets top seed; Kansas, North Carolina, Gonzaga other No. 1's. Eddie Pells | The Associated Press. Last Updated - Mar 12, 2017 19:56 EDT. For pure drama, best wait 'til the shots start flying. For sheer excitement, Selection Sunday belonged to Northwestern. BRACKET:  2017 interactive bracket | Printable. Though it was no surprise when that school's name popped into the NCAA tournament bracket, it was a reminder that, yes, this is March Madness — the time of year where anything can happen. The Wildcats, longtime losers in the Big Ten, were officially invited to the tournament for the first time in school history, and the group-hugging, selfie-taking reaction from the players when their name came up showed how much the accomplishment really meant. Watch Now. Chris Collins on Northwestern's first bid. "When I came here four years ...

Gonzaga Women Focus On Themselves, Not Ncaa Guessing Game

... face No. 6 West Virginia in a foursome hosted by Duke. Prior to that, the same sites had GU traveling to Los Angeles and Lexington, Kentucky. One caveat for fans: the NCAA has moved the first- and second-round women’s dates up a day. Instead of running from Saturday through Tuesday, they will begin on Friday and end on Monday. That means less time to make travel plans. Now in her third year as head coach, Fortier said she’s “not veteran enough” to accurately predict where GU will be seeded. The Zags (26-6) are ranked 63 rd by RPI but 38 th according to Sagarin. A win over ninth-ranked Stanford is offset by losses to WCC also-rans Pepperdine and Pacific. Also, the WCC as a whole performed poorly in non-conference games, hurting GU’s strength of schedule. Bottom line: Fortier expects a 10, 11 or ...

Gonzaga Has Done What It Needs For A No. 1 Seed

... record. Must Reads. Gonzaga isn’t overrated. Let’s break down the RPI, because the selection committee still uses that as a measuring stick for some unknown reason. Yes, the Zags are below other popular potential No. 1 teams out west named Arizona and Oregon—only ever so slightly. However, if you break down the RPI numbers, the Zags come out impressively on top. Gonzaga is 5-0 against RPI top 25 teams this season. Arizona is 1-4, Oregon is 2-2, UCLA is 3-2. You expand that to RPI top 50 teams, and the Zags are 6-0. Arizona is 4-4, Oregon is 4-2, and UCLA is 5-3. In other words, even based off this metric for dummies, the Gonzaga Bulldogs are still better than the competition (aka the team that wins the Pac 12 Championship). Oregon, the top challenger to the Zags No. 1 throne, has a BYU-esque loss (at Colorado), as well as a thorough drubbing by Baylor, a close loss against UCLA, and a loss against Georgetown. That latter loss is important. This isn’t the Georgetown of yesteryear. This is the Georgetown that very well may not make the NCAA Tournament. UCLA’s resume sits a bit better. They own losses to Oregon and USC on ...

Gonzaga Women Win Wcc Tournament Title

... to the second quarter for SMC, the Zags responded on a 4-0 push to force another Gaels’ timeout.  Barta dropped a deep trey and Kiara Kudron spun around her defender for the 41-20 advantage at the six-minute mark.  The Gaels went without a field goal for almost five minutes in the second quarter, as GU led 47-27 with three minutes left.  SMC went scoreless later in the quarter for over three minutes as Gonzaga led by 25, their largest lead of the half.  The Zags took a 53-32 lead into the half.  It was the most points GU has scored in the first half this season and Barta finished with 22 points.  The Zags shot 58 percent from the field, outrebounded the Gaels 19-14, and outscored them in the paint 32-12.  GU finished with 12 assists, led by five from Stockton. The Gaels opened the half on a 10-0 run before Kudron free throws ended it at the 6:50 mark.  ...

Butte Couple Are Rock-solid Gonzaga Fans

... Montana side of Lookout Pass, a snow slide blocked the road and slowed travel. Determined to watch the Bulldogs, the La Rocks turned around and took an alternate route. The La Rocks took two-lane highways from St. Regis to Sandpoint. It took an extra three hours to reach Spokane. “We are skiers,” Alana said. “All the years that we have been skiing when it says 'emergency travel only', that’s when the powder is good.”. Snowy conditions don’t stop the La Rocks, but they do check the weather and would consider driving over a day early if the conditions are too severe. The La Rocks are accustomed to inclement weather. “In Butte we can get (snow) any month out of the year,” Alana said. The last few years they have been lucky and dodged the worst winter storms. However, Alana could remember one year when they saw a bad accident almost every drive. The La Rocks’ connections to ...