SALT LAKE CITY – Inhabitants of Zag Nation have, at last, exhaled. The boys will be just fine, they have assured themselves. Just a bump in the road. A little adversity never hurt anyone, right? Truthfully, Gonzaga fans, players and coaches have cause for concern.
Author: Howie Stalwick
SALT LAKE CITY – Number one came oh-so-close to being one and done at the NCAA basketball tournament. The “Miracle on Ice” almost had to make room in America’s sporting heart for “The Miracle on Wood” when the Southern Jaguars threatened to pull off the biggest upset in college basketball history Thursday afternoon against Gonzaga.
“America’s Team”? Sorta. Most in the business of hoops forecasting like Gonzaga, but no one is writing them in as champs. The walk-down of doubters begins Thursday.
SPOKANE – Once upon a time – you know, before Gonzaga became GONZAGA – Selection Sunday was the next-best thing to Christmas for Bulldogs fans. Dan Fitzgerald, the patron saint of Gonzaga basketball if patron saints are permitted to value a cold beer as much as Fitz did, rented out a downtown hotel and basically
Huskies, Cougars are part of the college hoops party this week in Las Vegas, which has made itself some coin by convincing losers they could be winners.
LAS VEGAS – Yes, Kelly Olynyk said, it was great winning the West Coast Conference tournament. And it was just super beating arch-rival Saint Mary’s in the title game. And it was wonderful to flat-out dominate the Gaels. Clearly, however, Olynyk and his Gonzaga teammates have their eyes on something much grander than the giant
A regular-season pinnacle unprecedented for a state college, No. 1 in the AP basketball poll, was reached Monday. For Mark Few, it’s a culmination of a long, hard pull.
LAS VEGAS In a city where gambling is a way of life, Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday looked right at home Friday night. Halliday treated a national television audience and more than 5,000 WSU fans to his high-risk, high-reward style of play, passing for 378 yards and four touchdowns in a wild 35-27 triumph
The big time came to Pullman Tuesday in the person of Mike Leach, the best college football coach $11 million can hire, especially for the Cougars.
WSU learns Tuesday what life could be like without Thompson