By Paul Casey Gotham Setting: NCAA tournament contenders collide when Chris Mack brings his Xavier Musketeers (7-2) to Spokane, Washington for a battle with Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs (6-5). Plot: Atlantic 10 meets the West Coast Conference with tournament resumes on the line. Sub-plot: The game is the second of four in thirteen days for the Muskies. Xavier … [Read more...] about Xavier-Gonzaga: Tale of the Tape
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Oklahoma – Gonzaga: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: Ring in the New Year with a Big 12 - West Coast Conference clash. It's the Ronald McDonald House Charities Classic at Spokane Arena. Jeff Capel brings his Oklahoma Sooners (8-4) west for an inter-conference showdown with Mark Few's No.22 Gonzaga Bulldogs (9-3). Plot: For both it's one of the last two tune ups before conference play begins after the … [Read more...] about Oklahoma – Gonzaga: Tale Of The Tape
Still life in Spokane
by Paul Casey Gotham The last 28 days have been something of a penance for Mark Few and his Gonzaga Bulldogs. The Bulldogs improved to 7-0 with a hard-fought 74-52 victory over Tony Bennett's defensive-minded Washington St. Cougars on December 10th. At that point the tiny Jesuit school in the Northwest found themselves amongst the nation's elite - North Carolina, … [Read more...] about Still life in Spokane
Why Gonzaga is important
This week’s Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today’s top five are identical: UNC, UConn, Pittsburgh, Gonzaga, and Oklahoma. Kinda rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? The Bulldogs of Gonzaga with a record of six wins and zero losses seem right at home in the top five. That hasn’t always been the case. Once was a time when the Zags were the annual March feel good story that the … [Read more...] about Why Gonzaga is important