Tyler Harvey, who has progressed from walk-on to national scoring leader at Eastern Washington, will explore his NBA options before deciding whether to return for his senior season with the Eagles.
Author: Howie Stalwick
Gonzaga is a big deal now, but coach Mark Few can recall when the program was a loser, and coaches found themselves sleeping on hotel-room floors.
The Pac-12 Conference, by whatever name or alignment, has played conference baseball games for the past 100 years. Thousands upon thousands of games later, no one threw a perfect game in league play until an Oregon State freshman from Spokane celebrated a century of college baseball in grand style Saturday afternoon against Washington State.
PORTLAND – Golfers, we are told, drive for show and putt for dough. Basketball players, we were reminded Thursday night, shoot for show and defend for dough if they want to win championships.
In terms of college basketball legacies, it doesn’t get much more disparate than Georgetown vs. Eastern Washington. But that’s why the NCAA tournament is fun.
Gonzaga and Eastern Washington, the Evergreen State’s two entries in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament (bracket here), are receiving plenty of love in print and on the air from around the country. Myron Metcalf of ESPN.com predicts Gonzaga will reach the championship game in Indianapolis before losing to Kentucky. The Wildcats, 34-0 and ranked No. 1 all season, are overwhelming favorites to win the title.
No. 2 seed Gonzaga plays No. 15 North Dakota State Friday at KeyArena and No. 13-seeded Eastern Washington plays No. 4 Georgetown Thursday in Portland.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs play in a familiar arena and the Eastern Washington Eagles play in a familiar city when the state’s two entries in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament play their opening games. Gonzaga (32-2), seeded second in the South Region, takes on No. 15 seed North Dakota State (23-9) at Seattle’s KeyArena Friday. The
11th-seeded Huskies had control down the stretch, but Stanford grabbed a key offensive rebound, then a 3-ball, and Washington’s Pac-12 tourney was one and done.
LAS VEGAS – Washington State’s annual crash-and-burn at the Pac-12 Conference basketball tournament was nearing a merciful end when a reporter turned to an old friend on press row and posed a question. “Are you going to ask Ernie,” the man wanted to know, “what he’s going to do with his other four suits?”