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LOOK AT THEM SIDEWAYS.
IF THEY CAN'T SEE HIS SKILL SET
AT THE NEXT LEVEL.
HE HAS THE SIZE, THE SKILL SET.
HE HAS THE FLAIR FOR THE
DRAMATIC, AS WELL.
WHENEVER HIS TEAM NEED A BIG
BUCKET, HE IS ABLE TO GO GET AND
AND HAS THE INTANGIBLES AND HIS
DAD WAS A GREAT PLAYER, PLAYED
SEMI PRO.
SO HE HAS THE BLOOD LINES, AS
WELL.
>> Bob: GOODSON TRIES TO FORCE
ONE UP AND THAT'LL BE A SHOT
CLOCK VIOLATION.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
TO ME HE IS A WINNING BASKETBALL
PLAYER AND YOU HAVE HIM ON YOUR
TEAM, HE WILL FIND A WAY TO
CONTRIBUTE.
>> Stephen: HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS YOUNG
MAN HERE, 94 CAREER VICTORIES
FOR MATT BOULDIN.
YOU START GETTING AROUND 100
VICTORY MARK, AT ANY LEVEL OF
COLLEGE BASKETBALL, YOU KNOW HOW
TO GET IT DONE.
>> Bob: IF YOU WIN THE LOTTERY
AND POSITIVELY TAKE JOHN WALL AS
THE FIRST PICK AND MATT BOULDIN
IS ON THE BOARD AFTER THAT.
THAT WOULD BE A NICE DRAFT.
ESPN IS YOUR 1-STOP DESTINATION
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.
OWENS WITH THE CELEBRITY GAME.
AND THEY'LL FACE A WEST COAST
TEAM AND THEN RIVALRY WEEK WILL
CONTINUE, WEST VIRG
WITH 2:27 TO GO.
AS MANNY AROP CAME ON.
HARRIS JUST FOULED OUT.
SO HE GOT THE STANDING OVATION.
BUT THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE
OTHER STANDING OVATIONS IN THE
LAST 2:27 AS THEY HAVE PULLED
AWAY FROM ST. MARY'S HERE IN THE
SECOND HALF.
IT WAS A 3-POINT GAME AT
HALFTIME, 39-36.
AND IT HAS BEEN DOMINATION BY
THE ZAGS IN THE SECOND HALF.
SPORTS NATION IS COMING UP NEXT.
PRESENTED BY TOYOTA.
>> Stephen: AND YOU LOOK AT THIS
GONZAGA BALL CLUB AND WHAT
THEY'VE DONE TONIGHT AND WHAT
THEY DID AGAINST PORTLAND LAST
WEEK AND AT MEMPHIS TO WIN ON
THE ROAD.
THEY ARE STARTING TO ROUND INTO
ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT IF THEY
GET A FAVORABLE MATCHUP IN THE
N.C.A.A. TOURNAMENT, THEY COULD
HAVE A DEEP RUN.
>> Bob: WHAT WOULD BE WITHOUT
NAMING SPECIFIC TEAMS, BUT DO
YOU THINK THE BRACKET WOULD HAVE
TO LOOK LIKE FOR GONZAGA TO MAKE
THAT KIND OF A RUN?
WHAT WOULD BE A BAD MATCHUP?
ARE THERE TEAMS GONZAGA DOESN'T
WANT TO SEE?
>> Stephen: LIKE ANYBODY ELSE,
THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE
SYRACUSE, KENTUCKY, VILLANOVA OR
KANSAS.
ON THEIR SIDE.
BUT I BELIEVE THEY COULD
PROBABLY MATCH UP WITH ANYBODY
ELSE.
OUTSIDE OF THOSE FOUR, THIS
GONZAGA BALL CLUB COULD MEET
ANYBODY ON A NEUTRAL FLOOR IN MY
ESTIMATION.
>> Bob: AND SYRACUSE WILL BE THE
ONLY UNDEFEATED TEAM IN AMERICA
ON PURE ROAD GAMES.
WE HAD TWO AND ST. MARY'S WAS
ONE.
AND NOW BOULDIN TO THE BENCH.
(Cheers and applause)
>> Stephen: THAT WAS A TALL TASK
TO COME IN HERE TONIGHT WITH THE
CONFERENCE LEAD ON THE LINE WITH
AN OPPORTUNITY AND A NATIONAL
TELEVISION AUDIENCE, TO BE
ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AS SOMEONE
TO BE RECKONED WITH.
>> Bob: PAGE CAN'T HIT AND
FUMBLING IT OUT OF BOUNDS WAS
AROP.
GONZAGA ELY LOOK AT THEIR -- WE
LOOK AT THEIR RESUME AND THERE
ARE EVEN MORE QUALITY WINS
OUTSIDE OF THE WEST COAST
CONFERENCE.
>> Stephen: IT'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE
AND THE R.P.I., STRENGTH OF
SCHEDULE, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
TEAM.
RIGHT NOW, BOB, THEY ARE PLAYING
FOR A TOP FOUR SEED.
AND RANKED 11th IN THE COUNTRY,
THEY DEFINITELY FIT IN THAT
RANGE.
>> Bob: FORCING ONE UP INSIDE
AND GETTING IT TO GO IS
WILLIAMS.
>> Stephen: ON THE OTHER SIDE,
ST. MARY'S DESPITE AN IMPRESSIVE
RECORDAV 21-3, THE R.P.I. IN THE
40s BUT THE STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
AT 141 SO THIS WAS GONNA BE A
SIGNATURE GAME.
THEY LET THE OPPORTUNITY SLIP
AWAY.
>> Bob: DO THEY HAVE TO WIN IN
LAS VEGAS?
COULD THEY GET TO THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST
GONZAGA AND STILL GET AN AT
LARGE BID?
>> Stephen: IT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT WITH THEIR HISTORY,
ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR, 26 WINS TO
NOT GET INTO THE TOURNAMENT WITH
SOME OF THE VICTORIES THEY HAD,
THAT WAS A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW
SO IF IN THE WEST COAST
CONFERENCE, YOU HAVE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE AND NOT LEAVE IT UP TO
ANYBODY'S DECISION.
(Cheers and applause)
>> Bob: BOL KONG WITH THE DUNK
AND ROBERT SACRE GIVING HIM THE
KING KONG FROM THE BENCH.
>> Stephen: THEY HAVE HAD EARNED
THE RIGHT TO HAVE FUN AT THE END
OF THE GAME.
THAT GAME IN OVERTIME TO STRAN,
THE LOSS -- SAN FRANCISCO, WOKE
UP A SLEEPING GIANT.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS DO THEY
PLAY HARD EVERY TIME OUT?
THEY DEFINITELY ANSWERED THE
CALL HERE TONIGHT.
>> Bob: DOWN TO 2 ON THE SHOT
CLOCK.
AND DID NOT HIT THE RIM.
IT'LL BE A SHOT CLOCK VIOLATION.
AND THE SHOT CLOCK WILL NOW BE
TURNED OFF.
>> Stephen: AND IT LOOKS A LOT
BIGGER BUT YOU CRAM ABOUT 600
PEOPLE IN HERE -- SIX,000 PEOPLE
IN HERE AND THEY ARE ALL OVER
YOU AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST
VENUES TO DO A GAME AND I AM
HERE SO MUCH, I THINK I WILL
HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES.
>> Bob: I THINK I SAW YOUR NAME
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SIGN DOWNTOWN.
A TREMENDOUS SECOND HALF
PERFORMANCE BY ZAEGS ZAGS.
THEY HAD A 3-POINT LEAD AT
HALFTIME AND IN THE END, THEY
WIN GOING AWAY.
A 19-POINT VICTORY AND GONZAGA
NOW IN FIRST PLACE IN THE WEST
COAST CONFERENCE, NOT JUST BY A
HALF GAME BUT BY A DECIDED
MARGIN.
AND ST. MARY'S TWO LOSSES TO THE
ZAGS.
>> Stephen: AN IMPRESSIVE
VICTORY HERE.
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