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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2009

Idaho preps for date with Pacific 

The NCAA tournament has reached the Round of 16. The NIT is down to 10 teams. And to think, Idaho's still kicking in the CollegeInsider.com quarterfinals. The Vandals will play Pacific tomorrow night at 7. For more on the matchup, read below for my preview.

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Demetri Goodson (left) drives past Orlando Mendez-Valdez  to put up the winning shot as the Zags beat Western Kentucky 83-81. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

GU lets the good times roll 

I put together a follow-up on Gonzaga's two tournament wins in the front seat of the company Impala and finished it up at home this afternoon.Read on for the unedited version of the article that will run in Monday's S-R. (By the way, I sometimes…

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Tomorrow's GU news today 

Before sitting down to a relaxing dinner, I'll post the unedited versions of the advance and notebook for the Gonzaga women's matchup with No. 15 Pittsburgh in the NCAA Tournament that will appear in Monday's.

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Reflections on GU history

Before looking ahead to Gonzaga's game against No. 15 Pittsburgh, a moment to reflect on the Bulldogs' historic 78-53 win over No. 20 Xavier for their first win in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.1, Courtney Vandersloot: Re-enforced the notion the savvy playmaker is one of…

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Day after WKU 

Wild finish to last night's GU win over Western Kentucky and a crazy post-game in the media room. The wireless connection went kaput for everyone for roughly 90 minutes, resurfaced once for about 2 minutes and then again, thankfully, at deadline for perhaps 15 minutes…

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