The team also affectionately known as the “Zags” ran up its record by beating up on teams in a weak conference, then always seemed to come up short as the calendar went deep into March. Few, the head man at top-seed Gonzaga, has a 1-5 career mark in the Sweet 16.
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As the clock wound down to secure an elusive trip to the Final Four, Gonzaga coach Mark Few hugged star guard Nigel Williams-Goss as he left the floor.
When Xavier face off against Gonzaga on Saturday, the Musketeers should be consider a dark house to make the Final Four and beat the Zags who are expected to be playing for the title in a week or so.
Its leading scorer against the Musketeers, Williams-Goss (23 points), is a transfer from Washington.
Joel Berry II scored 26 points and Justin Jackson added 24 as top-seeded North Carolina moved to the Elite Eight with a 92-80 victory over Butler in the NCAA South Region on Friday night.
The Bulldogs first had to slide past No. 16 South Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 66-46.
Now Few finally has the Final Four berth on his resume he’d been missing for so long.
Andrew Chrabascz led the fourth-seeded Bulldogs (25-9) with 21 points and seven rebounds, while Kelan Martin finished with 16 points for Butler, which struggled shooting early and did not recover.
The result is that just two years into his tenure with the Gators and in the first NCAA tournament that he’s ever been a part of, White has a chance to get to his first Final Four. “Had we played our best, they still would have been a tough out”. “My first year on our staff we won four Division I games”.
Both of these teams have a golden opportunity in front of them.
PlayStation Vue: This offering is similarly priced to Sling and DirecTV and, depending on where you live, you might be able to get the CBS games included. SC game that takes place on Sunday, March 26. The Final Four doesn’t validate or discredit a season. Przemek Karnowski does a great job of clogging the paint, but he can’t do much if the Musketeers are hitting their shots from the outside.
Gonzaga forward Johnathan Williams, who had 19 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots in the championship game, was named most outstanding player of the West Regional. I think Sean Miller is pretty desperate for a Final Four appearance and I think he has been in their head all week when it comes to executing.
BECB: Aside from Collins and Karnowski, who is a player on the Bulldogs that could be a difference maker in this game? That kind of shooting sent Gonzaga to the locker room up 49-39 over the Musketeers.
Xavier- Xavier kept their coach with IN hiring Archie Miller from Dayton.
“They have come a long way”. However, in its last five, it is averaging 74.8 on offensive while allowing just 66.8 points on defense.
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As the Xavier Musketeers and Gonzaga Bulldogs get set to do battle in Saturday night’s Elite Eight, we chose to reach out to Slipper Still Fits, SB Nation’s Gonzaga blog, to try and get more of a read on the Bulldogs.
