Gonzaga's Sweet Sixteen Run Heads to Elite Battle This March!
Mar. 17—PORTLAND — Millions of college basketball fans spent Sunday and Monday penciling in winners on NCAA Tournament bracket sheets. Richard Fox and yours truly were decidedly less formal offering our impromptu tourney predictions on Gonzaga, the Final Four and national champion toward the end of the latest Zags Insiders Podcast.
Is GU Elite Eight bound? Will Arizona, led by former GU assistant Tommy Lloyd, line up against the Zags? Who cuts down the nets in Indianapolis?
Here are a few excerpts, including a recap of Gonzaga's victory over Santa Clara in the West Coast Conference Tournament title game, from Monday's podcast. The entire episode is available at https://bit. ly/4lxDddr or at spokesman.
com/podcasts/zags-basketball-insiders/ . Ike and Co. topple Santa Clara Fox: There just has to be a real release of emotion, and you saw it after (Santa Clara's semifinal win), this real joy, not only beating Saint Mary's for the second time, but it felt as if they booked their (NCAA Tournament) ticket.
It's hard to come back the next day. I credit them, they were up four (over GU) at half. They got some offensive rebounds and part of that is they shot 20 3s.