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I’m sitting around taking in the college basketball season that has just started and looking at the big games coming up on the Zags schedule. St Joes, UConn, Wazzu, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Memphis…
I realized that something was missing, and then remembered that the Huskies decided they couldn’t handle any more losses to the Zags in […]

Today, the message board formerly known as Zagshoops (which I refuse to link to) revealed that the 07 Zags will be traveling back east to take on the UConn Huskies on a (semi) neutral court in Boston. Revenge. The Huskies have beaten us twice over the past 10 years when it mattered most.

If you haven’t checked out Deadspin lately, please do so - Deadspin. Their run up coverage of the NCAA Tournament has been better than stellar. They basically asked an expert fan from each school to share some facts about each team prior to the tournament beginning. here are a couple of my favorites […]

The New York Times ran a really solid article on this years Zag squad today. Check it out - Gonzaga Pulls Together By Leaving One Behind.

Top 10 reasons why I like our 10 seed.
10. Its where this all started in 1999
9. Sac is a lot closer than Buffalo
8. We are in the west region
7. Our record as a 10 seed is 5-2
6. The Big 10 is weak outside of the Top 2
5. Kelvin Sampson has no choice but to play […]

From Steve Bergum of the SR: “All the guys on our team are like brothers and we’ll do anything for each other,” Senior point guard Derek Raivio explained. “That’s why it (WCC Championship) feels so good.”
To hear that from your most underspoken player, it means ALOT. It’s great to see that these guys have come […]

Congrats to Raivio and Mallon on ending their Zag careers at The Kennel tonight. The win over Portland leaves them with a four year record of 101-22… so far.

Check out my contribution to the Seattlest from last Friday - Seattlest.

Val, Paul, and I put together an inaugural podcast for our fan forum, Slipper Still Fits.  You can listen to it here - SSF 001 or here - SSF Podcasts. Please be patient as the file loads - its not that big but may take a couple moments.
Also, wanted to throw a shout out to TalkShoe for enabling […]

Every year it seems that Bubble talk and speculation starts creeping further and further forward in the College Basketball Season. What is a bubble? Who’s on the bubble now? How can you get off the bubble? Why call it a bubble? Is Gonzaga on the bubble after losing 3 games in conference? Is UW on […]

Nick Geranios of the AP sees Gonzaga basketball without buzz this year in a recent column he penned which has appeared in the PI, Spokesman and other outlets. 
Its easy to notice that the Zags haven’t been all over the national media this year, but its really interesting to me that this is even a story.  Gonzaga, a small school in a small town […]

I always enjoy the flood of 2006 year in review articles and 2007 predications for different segments of our world.  The turning of a new year is a great excuse to find a new calendar and take a look at what has been and what will be.
I looked back at which search keywords brought readers to my blog […]

Whoever hired Joe Lunardi at ESPN is a brilliant human being.  Joe, while also announcing games for St Joes, contributes to the networks college basketball efforts throughout the season and delivers the weekly progress report and outlook for the post season that is brilliantly tagged Bracketology.
Right now, I’m loving that he has Gonzaga as an […]

Today, the NW took center stage on the national sports scene. Its always great to see a couple local stories on the ESPN home page which is usually cluttered with coverage of the overhyped teams from New York or clowns from the great state of Texas. Here’s why today mattered for the NW:
1. the Seattle Seahawks squaked […]

On Thursday night, Gonzaga plays Duke at Madison Square Garden.  This is yet another one of those games that fans have waited ages for, and that fans thought would never happen… outside of a tournament game.  It’s really too bad that this game wasn’t scheduled for last year - both teams were ranked in the […]