GONZAGA WOMEN, EASTERN MENTalk about deja vu.The Zag women knocked off 21st-ranked UCLA in the first round of the Rainbow Wahine Classic 62-57 Friday.That earns them - stop me if you've heard this before - a date Saturday with No. 2-ranked North Carolina.Can they do…
GONZAGAI was wrong about Gonzaga's ability to defend in this one.After the first five games, I really thought the Zags were a better on-ball defensive team than they've been in the past few years. But Butler is making them look slow with their ball movement…
GONZAGAA couple of notes about the Butler Bulldogs.They are the winningest team in the state of Indiana in the past 10 years, averaging 21.6 wins per year in that span. … Seven of the Butler players played their high school hoops in the state of…
MARINERS, SEAHAWKSThe Hot Stove League is burning the Mariners. Again.The cost of pitching – thanks Red Sox – is pricing the M's out of the market, according to this Seattle Times story.The guys on their list now: Adam Eaton, Japanese left-hander Kei Igawa, maybe Jason…
WHITWORTH, IDAHO, COLLEGE FOOTBALLWhen St. John's comes to the Pine Bowl on Saturday (noon) to face Whitworth in the NCAA Division II playoffs, one of the Johnnies will be playing a home game of sorts.As John Blanchette relates, Coeur d'Alene High graduate Phil Giesen will…
GONZAGA UPDATED 2:10 P.M.It will be a contrast of styles tonight in the finals of the preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden (4 p.m.; ESPN2).At least that's how GU coach Mark Few sees it, according to Steve Bergum's advance.Watching Butler play Tennessee in the semifinals,…
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