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March Madness Begins Saturday For The Gonzaga Men's Basketball Team

... But it doesn’t mean that the conference championship doesn’t matter. If the Zags don’t run the table, they will have little chance of claiming a No. 1 seed for March. Beyond that, GU has a sense of pride on the line and is focused on winning its fifth straight WCC tournament championship. “We stay focused because it (winning the conference tournament) was one of our goals at the beginning of the season … so when you have a goal that you have been working on all year, we are definitely excited and ready to play,” Nigel Williams-Goss said. Williams-Goss has good reason to be excited. Sitting on the bench last season as a redshirt, he didn’t get a true taste of the WCC tournament victory. “It’s been a surreal feeling all year being in positions that I was watching from the sidelines last year,” ...

Gonzaga's Overlooked Defense Key To Final Four Dreams

... in Spokane, Washington. The improvement starts with Williams. His length and combination of defensive execution - in space and at the rim - limits the mismatches Gonzaga faces on that end of the floor. He's comfortable against big men or perimeter players. And he's smart. On Tuesday night, Few said Williams pushed Saint Mary's guards left after he noticed on film that they seemed more comfortable going right. Few said he'd trust Williams to guard any player on an opposing team with the game on the line. "He's quite a weapon to have," he said. Playing Tournament Challenge? Don't forget to check your brackets! Bracket busted? We have you covered with a Second Chance Bracket. Przemek Karnowski had four blocks. And Nigel Williams-Goss finished with 22 points but also had six steals. Saint Mary's committed 10 turnovers in the first half, which Bennett said "is a joke for us.". But the Bulldogs weren't laughing when Saint Mary's launched a 28-12 rally in the second half and cut ...

1 Seed Gonzaga Pulls Away From South Dakota State In First Round Of Ncaa Men’s Tournament

... game plan, too. On the first play, the Jackrabbits essentially double-teamed Karnowski even with the ball on the opposite side of the court. The Jackrabbits clogged the paint, typically with four defenders, and dared the Zags to make perimeter jumpers. The Zags misfired time after time. The result was both teams engaging in a rim-bruising contest in the first 20 minutes. They clanked jumpers left, right, short, long and mixed in a few air balls. The Jackrabbits went dry from just about everywhere in the final 7:40. Daum’s catch-and-shoot three-pointer accounted for SDSU’s lone points in that stretch before the halftime buzzer as the Zags took a 26-22 lead. “It was something we hadn’t seen before,” said GU guard Jordan Mathews, who scored 16 points. “It was a matter of making shots. It took us a couple of minutes to figure out, but once we did it was basketball again.”. Gonzaga gradually pulled away in the second half, using a 12-2 run to build a 52-35 lead. Five different Zags – Mathews, Williams, Karnowski, Silas Melson and Zach Collins – scored in the spurt. Collins scored nine of his 10 points in the first half when Gonzaga’s ...

Gonzaga Completes Perfect Regular Season

... due for another calamitous weekend. Last week: 5-0. Overall: 36-23. BYU at No. 1 Gonzaga, 10:15 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPN 2: A perfect regular season means something. No matter what happens in the postseason, Gonzaga will dance with the greats if it punctuates an unblemished campaign with a victory over BYU in Spokane, Washington, on Saturday night. So much can go wrong each season. Injuries. Bad chemistry. Tough nights. Lights-out performances by the competition. And yet Gonzaga (29-0) has positioned itself to win its first 30 games. The Bulldogs have defeated their opponents by an average of 24.9 points. They have wins over Florida, Arizona, Iowa State, Tennessee and Saint Mary’s (twice). The West Coast Conference offers few top-50 challenges, so Gonzaga created its own in-conference competition called “Can we win by 40 tonight?” as it mauled league foes. The Zags have a pair of future pros ( Zach Collins , Nigel Williams-Goss ), a consistent big man ( Przemek Karnowski ) and veteran contributors in their nine-man rotation. Nigel Williams-Goss and Gonzaga aim to finish the regular season 30-0 when they host BYU on ...

Gonzaga Basketball Player Chooses Lds Mission Over Ncaa Tournament Run

... Dakota State Jackrabbits during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 16, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images). BUFFALO, NY - MARCH 16: The West Virginia Mountaineers huddle up prior to their game against the Bucknell Bison during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Key Bank Center on March 16, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images). SALT LAKE CITY, UT - MARCH 16: Michael Orris #50 of the South Dakota State Jackrabbits drives to the basket against Przemek Karnowski #24 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the second half during the first round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 16, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images). BUFFALO, NY - MARCH 16: Jevon Carter #2 of the West ...

1999 Gonzaga Basketball Team

... up for game against West Virginia in the Sweet 16. Staff , KREM 1:43 PM. PDT March 23, 2017. Gonzaga Men's Basketball Team 1998-1999. (Photo: Custom). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST. The Zags are headed back to the Sweet 16. The first squad to make it that far in the NCAA Tournament was the 1999 men’s basketball team, who then continued to the Elite 8. We decided to check back in with some of the ’99 squad to see what they are up to now. Axel Dench: 1996-1999. Axel F. Dench dunks the basketball as his defender from the University of San Francisco looks on. (Photo: Custom). Axel Dench currently resides in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. After leaving Spokane, Dench played professional basketball for 10 years and still plays semi-professionally. Dench is now married with two children; 9-year-old Xavier and 5-year-old Elka. He works as a strategist in the brand and advertising space. A few years ...

Officials Erred Late In Gonzaga-nu Tilt

... that basket interference occurs when a player reaches through the basket from below and touches the ball before it enters the cylinder," the NCAA said in the statement. "Replays showed that the Gonzaga defender violated this rule, which should have resulted in a scored basket by Northwestern.". Zach Collins was mistakenly not whistled for goaltending on this play late in the second half of Gonzaga's win against Northwestern. Kelvin Kuo/USA TODAY Sports. Collins, tongue in cheek, said of the statement: "I appreciate the apology. It makes me feel great.". The NCAA's postgame statement also said Collins was hit with the technical for violating "bench decorum' rules by stepping onto the court with the ball in play. "If I see a guy from another team put his hand through the rim and blocks a shot going through the basket, I'm going to react to it if the play isn't called," he said. "I'm a human being too. I think all of you would. A guy puts his hand through the rim and blocks the shot. To me, that's a goaltend.". After the game, Gonzaga center Collins was still unclear about what exactly happened. "I ...

How To Watch Ncaa March Madness Online For Free

... Bulldogs will tip off at 7:39 Eastern. HOW CAN I LIVE STREAM THE GONZAGA VS. WEST VIRGINIA GAME. TBS has the rights to broadcast this game. The Bulldogs/Mountaineers game is being livestreamed across a variety of platforms: __link__ , the NCAA March Madness Live app , and the Watch TBS app. You can also live stream the games if you are a Sling TV or Direc TV Now subscriber. (More on that below.). LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 07: Jordan Mathews #4 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs drives against Emmett Naar #3 of the Saint Mary’s Gaels during the championship game of the West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena on March 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gonzaga won 74-56. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images). HOW CAN I GET THE WATCH TBS APP. If you’re on a desktop or laptop computer, all you need to do is point your browser towards __link__/watchtbs and you’ll be ...