Wiltjer & Sabonis in the Spokesman-Review

[Zagger]

Anyone post this yet?

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jan/12/pair-of-aces-leaves-gonzaga-bulldogs-feeling-flush/

Pair of aces leaves Gonzaga Bulldogs feeling flush

[ZagNative]

Good piece. Thanks for posting!

[DADoZAG]

Good piece. Thanks for posting!

+1

“We’re just in desperate need of a (nick)name,” Wiltjer cracked. “I haven’t thought of any. They’re all inappropriate so I can’t share them.”

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot? Tenderfoot? Ha!

Go ZAGS!

[MDABE80]

I'm thinking that if Kyle maintains above 20 ppg with 8 boards, he's an AA. Domas, certainly. He's taking over. Big strong kid.

Let's win some games!!

[jazzdelmar]

Very cool young men. Lots to be proud of. Take a bow, GU staff.

[jazzdelmar]

+1



Thunderbolt and Lightfoot? Tenderfoot? Ha!

Go ZAGS!

Scylla and charybdis?

[NumberCruncher]

+1



Thunderbolt and Lightfoot? Tenderfoot? Ha!

Go ZAGS!

Scooby & Scrappy

[zagar]

The pair average 40.4 points per game. That’s the highest duo since Morrison/J.P. Batista combined for 47.4 in 2006. Other high-scoring tandems since GU’s first NCAA tournament appearance in 1995: Casey Calvary/Dan Dickau 37.9 in 2001, Bakari Hendrix/Matt Santangelo 36.1 in 1998 and Morrison/Ronny Turiaf 34.9 in 2005.

I could be wrong, but off-hand I think the Zag teams in each of these years either didn't make the NCAA tournament or underperformed based on what their seed would predict. If true it would suggest that a team that depends too heavily on a duo is not built for a win-or-go home tournament success.

[maynard g krebs]

I could be wrong, but off-hand I think the Zag teams in each of these years either didn't make the NCAA tournament or underperformed based on what their seed would predict. If true it would suggest that a team that depends too heavily on a duo is not built for a win-or-go home tournament success.

You are. Calvary/Dickau team was a 12 seed that went to the sweet 16 before being knocked off by 1 seed Mich State. Morrison/Batista played to seed as a 3, losing in sweet 16 to 2 seed UCLA. And we know how that should have turned out.
Morrison/Turiaf lost as a 3 to 6 Texas Tech/Bob Knight in 2nd round. So collectively those three outperformed their seed by one game, w/ 2 sweet 16's, and we know how often those come around. And '98 was before the run.

So actually, the opposite seems to be true.

[zagar]

You are. Calvary/Dickau team was a 12 seed that went to the sweet 16 before being knocked off by 1 seed Mich State. Morrison/Batista played to seed as a 3, losing in sweet 16 to 2 seed UCLA. And we know how that should have turned out.
Morrison/Turiaf lost as a 3 to 6 Texas Tech/Bob Knight in 2nd round. So collectively those three outperformed their seed by one game, w/ 2 sweet 16's, and we know how often those come around. And '98 was before the run.

So actually, the opposite seems to be true.

Which I guess is why I should never post while in the middle of a work marathon. Thanks for setting me straight, maynard.

[Zagnificent]

Anyone post this yet?

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jan/12/pair-of-aces-leaves-gonzaga-bulldogs-feeling-flush/

Pair of aces leaves Gonzaga Bulldogs feeling flush

I hate the title "Pair of aces leaves Gonzaga..." I nearly had a heart attack.

[maynard g krebs]

Which I guess is why I should never post while in the middle of a work marathon. Thanks for setting me straight, maynard.

That Virginia game is one of my all time favorite memories. Va fans talking about how they were gonna open up a can of whupass and such. Dickau goes off for 20+ in the first half for a big lead, Va comes storming back, and Calvary wins it with his second tourney last-possession tipin.