It’s his Senior Night, and he still looks like he’s about 12 years old.
Gonzaga beat Portland 87-67 on Senior Night yesterday, and San Francisco lost to St. Mary’s 92-83. As a result, the Zags clinched no worse than a #2 seed in the WCC tournament, which means they’ll get the automatic double-bye into the semifinals, and will need to win only two games to earn an automatic NCAA Tournament berth.
Gonzaga is 9-3 in conference, one game behind leader Santa Clara (10-2). San Francisco is alone in third place at 7-5. Even if the Zags lose both of their remaining games — one of them at San Fran — and finish tied with the Dons at 9-5, they’d win the tiebreaker, as explained previously, because Gonzaga is 1-1 against Santa Clara whereas San Francisco is 0-2 against the Broncos.
P.S. The WCC semifinals are on Sunday, March 4, and the title game is on Monday, March 5. All the games are in Portland, Oregon, and all will be televised on either ESPN or ESPN2, I believe. I’ve added March 4 to the countdown sidebar at left.
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Categories: Gonzaga, NCAA Basketball & Pools
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February 20th, 2007 at 7:35:33 am
And in Joe Lunardi’s latest version of Bracketology, he has the #9 seeded Irish taking on the #8 seed of your future residence, Tennessee. He also has USC as a 6 seed, taking on one of your aforementioned favorites, Winthrop. Interestingly enough, while they aren’t in the same bracket, both early round games would also occur in Winston-Salem. That would be a good weekend of basketball…
February 20th, 2007 at 8:08:44 am
If it’s a UT-ND in the first round, both teams had better hope that their respective home courts are where the game is played, because both of ‘em can’t seem to find a win on the road.]
February 20th, 2007 at 8:18:10 am
If that happens, I would have a hard time not making a trip to Winston-Salem, Becky’s and my budget notwithstanding. :)
I really don’t like the USC-Winthrop matchup. Obviously I would root whole-heartedly for the Trojans, but I might pick Winthrop in my bracket (and then hope I’m wrong). The Eagles will be a tough out for whoever they face. I hope it isn’t one of my teams.