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Which Is The Real Final Four Favorite

... Oregon’s Tyler Dorsey and Dillon Brooks. But — sorry, dudes — Gamecocks senior guard Sindarius Thornwell is the man. In four games, he has scored 105 points, hit one clutch free throw after another and battled amid the bigs to pull down an amazing 30 rebounds. He’s your player of the tournament thus far, and it isn’t even close. “Thornwell was just being Thornwell,” Florida coach Mike White said after the East Regional MVP hung 26 on the Gators. “He’s one of the best players in the country.”. The better semifinal: Given the way 33-game winner Oregon dismantled top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Regional final, the answer has to be Ducks-Heels. It’ll certainly be the more-hyped game, and it probably should be. What’s so notable about Zags-Gamecocks, though, is that it marks the first head-to-head meeting of Final Four newcomers since eventual runner-up ...

Beard Options For Jay Bilas’s Final Four Bet

... while he was still a Blue Devil. The Spokanite. Originally, Bilas made this bet with the Twitter account @Karnowskis Beard. If he wanted to really lean into this bet, he’d try and replicate the impressive, bushy wonder that’s currently donned by the Gonzaga big man. Honestly, this would be the best look for Bilas, and it’d do the most justice to the integrity of the bet. The Silver Screen. One of my favorite Pacino movies is Serpico. Besides being an undercover fighter of corruption, Frank Serpico possessed an incredible beard and a flowing set of hair. I even threw in the aviators for good measure. With a name inspired by two of my favorite things — movies and basketball picks — this is the look I’m pushing the hardest for Bilas to try. Long Runner. One of the hallmarks of broadcasts with Bilas on the call is his segment called “94 Feet.” He picks a player from one of the teams playing, and walks with them from baseline to baseline, asking them a series of questions in a casual interview. If he ever wants to, say, run the 94 feet instead of saunter through it (or if he wants go farther than the confines of the court), he should consider taking up the look of another beloved ...

South Carolina Beats Florida, Will Face Zags In The Final Four

... score to give his team a five-point lead with 40 seconds left. Thornwell, who scored 26 points, was named the regional MVP. He was also named the SEC’s Player of the Year during the regular season. Despite his obvious talents, Thornwell has only recently gained the notoriety afforded to stars at more traditional basketball powers. South Carolina made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004 this season and just the ninth time in school history. Prior to this season, the Gamecocks had not won an NCAA Tournament game since 1973 and had never advanced further than the Sweet 16. South Carolina had a tough road to the Final Four, though the Gamecocks traversed it in convincing fashion. They opened the tournament with a 20-point blowout of No. 10 seed Marquette, then upset No. 2 seed Duke 88-81 in the second round. They ...

After A Championship Season, Gonzaga Women’s Basketball Looks For More Next Year

... is working on recruiting, preparing for national committee obligations and helping her departing players chase their professional dreams. They include forward Kiara Kudron, wing Elle Tinkle and guard Makenlee Williams. That’s two glue-guy starters and a 3-point shooting whiz. Replacing them won’t be a one-for-one tradeoff, and it rarely is. The Zags will go forward with three returning starters in forward Jill Barta and guards Laura Stockton and Emma Stach; plus four others who played at least nine minutes per game. The biggest priority is replacing the rebounding strength of Kudron and Tinkle, who combined for 13 rebounds per game. Barta, the WCC tournament MVP, scored a team-leading 16.8 points, but will need to add a couple of boards to her average of 6.0. “She’s shown that she’s capable,” said Fortier, who also hopes to coax more boards from forward Zykera ...

South Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon And North Carolina

... Glendale, Arizona. Like the Gamecocks, the Bulldogs have never played in a Final Four before. In Sunday's second game, North Carolina was facing overtime until Luke Maye drained a jumper with 0.3 seconds left to give the top-seeded Tar Heels a 75-73 win over Kentucky in the South Regional final. Maye's game-winning bucket came after Kentucky freshman Malik Monk hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with 7.2 seconds remaining. De'Aaron Fox also hit a trey after North Carolina went on a 12-0 to take a six-point lead late in the game. Maye finished with 17 points off the bench for North Carolina. Justin Jackson scored 19 points, and Joel Berry II added 11. Bam Adebayo and Fox each had 13 points for the Wildcats, while Monk finished with 12. North Carolina will play Midwest champ Oregon on Saturday in Arizona. NCAA TOURNAMENT-WOMEN. Stanford edges Notre Dame to reach Final Four. Copyright 2017 by KPRC Click 2 Houston. The Associated Press ...

Xavier Gets Lucky Bounce For Basket After Gonzaga Fails To Secure Rebound

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Yesterday Was A Huge Day For Gonzaga, Spokane

... But my favorite thing of all is this cellphone video of Few getting another assist from Przemek Karnowski. WSU: The Washington State women are still playing but will face a tough task against host Iowa today in the WNIT. The Cougars have posted three consecutive WNIT wins. … The baseball team swept Cal State Northridge in a home doubleheader. … Around the Pac-12, Oregon kept its season alive with a 74-60 upset of top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region. The Ducks’ Tyler Ennis and Dillon Brooks shot down the Jayhawks in Kansas City. … Former Gonzaga coach Kelly Graves became the first women’s coach to lead two double-digit seeds to the Elite Eight when Oregon upset Maryland 77-63. … An old face will join Mike Hopkins' new coaching staff at Washington. … California’s players are happy with the new head coach. … Steve Alford said he wasn’t going to Indiana and he isn’t. The Hoosiers hired Sean Miller’s brother Archie. … The Bruins’ season and future success may depend on the Ball family. … Allonzo Trier was in the middle of Arizona’s success this season. … On the football front, USC scrimmaged yesterday. Preps: A couple of Coeur d’Alene grads led ...

Top-seeded Gonzaga Survives For 61-58 Win Over West Virginia

... Carter led the Mountaineers with 21 points. The game was tied at 30 after a first half that was far from an aesthetic masterpiece with 27 fouls and just 16 baskets. The teams combined for 29 percent shooting, including 2 for 16 from 3-point range. The Bulldogs created some space early in the second when Mathews hit 3 s on consecutive trips and added a free throw for a four-point play on the second to make it 41-34. But the Mountaineers fought back and the game stayed tight until the end. BIG PICTURE. West Virginia: The Mountaineers could get nothing going offensively most of the night but a pair of 3-pointers by Carter in the second half helped them fight back from an eight-point deficit to briefly take the lead in the second half. The rest of the team made just 10 baskets all game. Gonzaga: The Bulldogs struggled to get into their offense all game. When they managed to beat ...

Gonzaga Topples Xavier, 83-59, To Reach Final Four

... burned through a string of upsets to reach their third Elite Eight and first since 2008. They beat Maryland and Florida State and took down No. 2 Arizona in the regional semifinals, setting up a matchup of small Jesuit schools seeking their first Final Four. The Final Four was the only thing missing on Few's resume, which includes 18 straight NCAA tournaments, eight trips to the Sweet 16 and a third Elite Eight after surviving West Virginia's constant pressure in the regional semifinals. The Zags struggled to find an offensive rhythm against the Mountaineers — who doesn't? — but had it flowing against Xavier. Gonzaga came into the Elite Eight hitting 29 percent of its 3-point shots after making 37 percent during the season. The Zags found the range early against Xavier, hitting 8 of 13 from the arc in the first half, mostly against the Musketeers' zone or on kick-outs from center Przemek Karnowski. Xavier got off to a good start offensively by working the ball around, but hit a dry spell and made 1 of 5 from 3-point range as Gonzaga stretched to lead to 49-39 by halftime. Halftime did little to slow the Zags, who pushed the lead to 59-42 on 3-pointers by Williams-Goss ...

Oregon, Gonzaga Are The Last West Coast Hopes Left In The Final Four

... its strongest interior defender since the loss of senior Chris Boucher in the Pac-12 Conference Tournament, was named the Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player. He registered eight blocked shots to go with 11 points and 13 rebounds in the upset over Kansas in the Elite Eight and he has been shooting 73.3 percent from the field (22 of 30), by far the best percentage of anyone who has played four games in the tournament, and has a tournament-leading 50 rebounds. Teammate Dillon Brooks also made the team following his 17-point effort, as did Tyler Dorsey (Pasadena’s Maranatha High), who has topped 20 points in every NCAA Tournament game and has a tournament-best 98 through four games (34 of 51 from the floor and 17 of 26 from 3-point range). Adding to the West Coast flavor is West Coast Conference champion Gonzaga Bulldogs, in their first Final ...

Ag Ferguson Tells Gonzaga Students How To Sue A President

... waste cleanup and worker safety issues at the Hanford nuclear plant. “When I sued Barack Obama, not one person said that was political,” Ferguson said. “My job is to go where the law takes me.”. After a federal appeals court upheld the stay on Trump’s first travel ban, he fired off an angry tweet – “ SEE YOU IN COURT ” – and began working on a revised order. That one was blocked last week by another federal judge in Hawaii. The orders are currently being contested by Washington, Hawaii and Maryland. In an interview later on Friday, Ferguson said Trump’s new executive order does include some significant revisions, most notably the omission of Iraq from the list of countries impacted by the travel restrictions. “It no longer applies to green card holders; that’s 500,000 people,” he said. “It no longer applies to those with travel visas; that’s another 50,000 to 100,000 folks.”. But the underlying legal problem remains, he said. “We agree (the ...

Gonzaga Has Earned Those Tears, Turning Them From Agony To Joy

... they did rejecting false narratives. “It’s not validation,” insisted senior Jordan Mathews. “Look at all the past great teams with Matt Bouldin, Adam Morrison, Matt Santangelo and (Jeremy) Pargo – just great guys, great players on fantastic teams. The Final Four doesn’t validate or discredit a season. It’s not an end-all-be-all. Gonzaga has been a great program and we’re just happy to keep carrying the torch.”. “Amen, brother,” seconded Williams. READ ALSO:  3 keys to the Bulldogs’ 83-59 win. The names of old Zags were invoked often Saturday evening. David Pendergraft was in the very-Gonzaga crowd of 17,011 at the SAP Center. So, too, were John Stockton and Ronny Turiaf. Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis from the 2016 team watched together on TV. It’s not a mere thread that ties them all together. “I’m a mess,” said Santangelo, whose 1999 Gonzaga team first got to the Final Four threshold without ...