GU earns 11th straight NCAA trip
Back with the game story from Gonzaga's 83-58 win over Saint Mary's on Monday. Like Sunday's victory over Santa Clara, Gonzaga was stellar on both ends of the court.My unedited game story is below.
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2009
Gonzaga routs Gaels for WCC crown
The Gonzaga Bulldogs added the West Coast Conference Tournament title to their regular-season championship.Six Bulldogs scored in double figures in GU's 83-58 victory over Saint Mary's on Monday. The 12th-ranked Bulldogs never trailed, led by 13 at half and by 20 with 11 minutes left.…
Zags lead 38-25 at halftime
It wasn't pretty, but it was effective. Gonzaga grabbed a 38-25 halftime lead over Saint Mary's in the WCC championship game Monday. The Bulldogs didn't shoot particularly well (14 of 33), gave up 10 offensive rebounds and had several stretches of generally ragged play.Still, they…
WSU's trio honored by Pac-10
COUGARS We're concentrating on the All-Pac-10 teams today and will turn our eyes toward Oregon and the Pac-10 Tournament tomorrow. We talked with Taylor Rochestie, DeAngelo Casto and Klay Thompson about their selections, though we let them talk about their teammates. I will relate one…
Gonzaga holds off San Diego in title game
Back with the game story from Gonzaga's hard-fought 66-55 victory over San Diego in the WCC women's tournament championship game. The unedited version is below.
Bulldogs back in the NCAA Tourney
Gonzaga put five players in double figures, including reserve forward Kelly Bowen's 15 points and a double-double by conference player of the year Courtney Vandersloot, to outlast sixth-seeded San Diego 66-55 and win the WCC Tournament championship Monday.The Bulldogs added the tournament title to their…
Zags lead 32-28 at half
The Gonzaga women shot just 38 percent, but the Bulldogs used a 7-0 run in the closing minutes to take a 32-28 halftime lead over San Diego in the WCC Tournament championship on Monday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.Courtney Vandersloot and Heather Bowman…
Zags up to 12th in polls
A quick post with the Gonzaga women's game vs. San Diego for the WCC Tournament title about to tip off.The GU men, who play No. 2 Saint Mary's at 6 tonight, moved up a couple spots to No. 12 in the A.P. and ESPN/USA Today…
WSU's Rochestie first-team All-Pac-10
COUGARS The Pac-10 awards are out (you can see the whole team here) and there are some surprises. Not among the bigger awards, with ASU's James Harden as player of the year and UW's Lorenzo Romar as the coach, but among the 10-man first team…
WSU has some questions this week
COUGARS Last year at this time, we were wondering how many Cougars would make the Pac-10 first team (the answer: none), if WSU could get to Pac-10 tourney finals (the answer: no) and what seed WSU would get in the NCAA Tournament (the answer: four).…
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