SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”
SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”
SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”
SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”
SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”
SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”
SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”
SALT LAKE CITY – Invoice Self thought it was “ridiculous” that there was discuss of the Gonzaga Bulldogs not making the 2024 NCAA Event at one level this season.
Lower than 24 hours after that remark, the Zags (26-7, 14-2 WCC) proved Kansas’ head coach proper at his personal expense.
Paced by Anton Watson’s 21 factors, fifth-seeded Gonzaga demolished the fourth-seeded Jayhawks 89-68 to advance to the Candy 16 for the ninth-straight postseason, the longest energetic streak within the nation and second solely to North Carolina’s 13 straight appearances from 1981-93.
“It is unbelievable. … What these guys have been in a position to do, particularly in lieu of the place we had been earlier within the yr,” mentioned Gonzaga coach Mark Few. “All those that got here earlier than them that set this factor up, it is a testomony to all the nice gamers that got here by way of this program.”
Listed below are three takeaways from Saturday’s win:
TALE OF TWO HALVES
Very like the second half of their season as a complete, the Bulldogs flipped the change popping out of the locker room after a neck-and-neck battle within the first 20 minutes.
Kansas led by as many as six factors within the first and weathered any push from its opposition with well timed timeouts from Self. After trailing 6-0, it responded with a 13-4 scoring run. When the Bulldogs rattled off a 9-1 run of their very own to steer 33-27 late within the half, Hunter Dickinson spearheaded an 8-2 scoring burst to knot issues up at 35 apiece. Ultimately the runs from both sides evened out to a 44-43 halftime rating in favor of Kansas.
Gonzaga struggled to manage the boards and defend the 3-point line, because the Jayhawks gained the rebounding battle 20-15 and went 7-for-11 from downtown within the first half. Graham Ike solely performed six minutes as a consequence of foul hassle, opening up extra minutes for Braden Huff who led the workforce on the break with 11 factors.
“B-Huff got here in and made a terrific influence on the sport. Each ends of the ground,” Ike mentioned. “He was taking part in his tail off. Tremendous pleased with him and the expansion he’s made the entire season.”
Kansas went forward by 4 quickly after halftime, however it was all Gonzaga from there. An eye fixed-opening 32-4 scoring run from the 18:09 to six:26 mark made what was as soon as a back-and-forth affair right into a blowout within the blink of the attention. The Jayhawks struggled to get something going, as they missed 21 of their 23 discipline objective makes an attempt in that stretch. The recent first half didn’t carry over by any means for the gassed Jayhawks.
“I knew that we had been drained, and I used to be simply hoping we had sufficient vitality to get to the end line,” Self mentioned. “I’m not going guilty it on vitality, however I feel we performed very fatigued the second half.”
The Zags in the meantime couldn’t miss. They made its first 5 3-pointers of the half and shot 60% from the sector and 53% from downtown.
“We needed to bear down right here and begin getting some stops,” Few mentioned. “Our offense was clicking actually, very well. To their credit score, not solely did they get the stops we wanted, however we additionally shored up the glass, which was an issue within the first half.”
ZAGS TOPPLE DICKINSON
For as usually because the Zags and Jayhawks like to attain inside, the main focus all night time was going to be the warfare between Ike and Dickinson within the paint.
Kansas’ All-American had been warned by his coaches that Gonzaga’s 6-foot-9 put up could be one of many hardest gamers he needed to go towards all yr. For a lot of the primary half although the benefit went to Dickinson, who racked up 13 factors, 9 of which got here when Ike was one the bench for the ultimate eight minutes of the half, together with a pair of 3-pointers late to place the Jayhawks out in entrance.
Ike’s confidence within the gameplan by no means wavered. He acquired proper to work within the second half with a few scores within the paint to jumpstart Gonzaga’s run, in addition to a pair of stops on the opposite finish towards Dickinson. After one in every of his scores, Few bellowed to Ike to be even stronger within the paint towards Dickinson. Two possessions later, Ike sealed off the 7-foot-2 put up to open a lane to the rim for Nembhard.
“We put collectively a terrific plan. I believed we executed it properly,” Ike mentioned. “Staying totally on his physique, attempting to remain bodily the entire recreation and undoubtedly getting him off the glass.”
Positive sufficient the plan got here by way of within the second half, as Dickinson went 1-for-7 capturing from the sector with simply two factors. Each large males completed with 15 factors.
“I feel we had gameplan,” mentioned Huff. “Simply put [Dickinson] in numerous actions, Ryan and Nolan are tremendous unselfish guys so, they discovered numerous open appears for me.”
NEMBHARD PACES ELITE OFFENSE
Gonzaga’s junior guard made numerous his teammates look good en route to creating a bit of little bit of historical past.
With 12 dimes on Saturday, Nembhard handed Josh Perkins for probably the most assists in a single season in program historical past with 235 within the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
“It’s an honor to have that report,” Nembhard mentioned. “The coaches ready us very well. Gentry despatched me numerous clips final night time of the low two-man, and we knew it will be right here late. You’ve got guys which can be such good gamers like these guys up right here, it’s simple. All you bought to do is get them the ball, and so they’ll put it within the hoop.”
Nembhard discovered methods to influence the sport as a playmaker regardless of the 1-for-6 capturing night time. He picked aside the Jayhawks protection within the pick-and-roll with Ike. He had the wherewithal to search out Huff on the wing for an open 3-pointer after snatching a free offensive rebound. In fact, probably the most thrilling dime of all being an alley-oop move to Watson for a reverse dunk early within the first half.
It was the sixth time Nembhard completed a recreation with double-digit assists and the fourth recreation this month. He’s tallied 21 whole assists by way of the primary two NCAA Event video games and is averaging 10.8 assists over his final 5 video games. The Bulldogs are thriving at his present charge — they rank No. 2 in offensive effectivity and fourth in 3-point discipline objective share within the nation during the last 5 video games (since March 2) per Bart Torvik.
“Ryan’s been on the highest degree for the final eight weeks, seems like,” Few mentioned. “Simply acquired our throttle all the best way down and making nice selections. Simply managing these video games masterfully.”