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>> Carter: WE WELCOME YOU TO THE
VALLEY ISLE, MAUI, HAWAII, IT'S
ESPN'S COVERAGE OF THE 2009 MAUI
INVITATIONAL.
WE BEGIN WITH COLORADO VERSUS
GONZAGA, GAME ONE OF THE MONDAY
FEAST.
AND LATER WE'L
L HAVE:
>> Carter: I AM CARTER BLACKBURN
WITH JIMMY *** AND WE WELCOME
YOU AS WE GET THE MAUI
INVITATIONAL STARTED.
USUALLY, JIMMY, YOU LOOK AT WHO
IS HERE, THE DEFENDING NATIONAL
CHAMP, A NUMBER ONE RANKED TEAM,
A DIFFERENT FEEL THIS YEAR BUT
STILL QUALITY
TEAMS.
>> Jimmy: VANDERBILT AND
MARYLAND ARE THE TWO RANKED
TEAMS BUT COME SELECTION SUNDAY,
I THINK THERE WILL BE FOUR OR
SIX TEAMS FROM THIS BRACKET.
>> Carter: AND WE BEGIN WITH
COLORADO VERSUS GONZAGA AND
HERE'S THE STAR WATCH.
>> Jimmy: A COUPLE OF GUYS WHO
CAN REALLY SCORE, CORY HIGGINS,
ONE OF THE BETTER PLAYERS THAT
THE NATION DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT
AND MATT BOULDIN HAS BEEN
DEFERRING TO OTHER STAR BECAUSE
NOW GONZAGA IS HIS TEAM AND HE
HAS EMBRACED IT.
>> Carter: THE STARTING LINEUP
FOR THE BUFFALOES OUT OF THE BIG
12:
>> Carter: COACHED BY MARK FEW
IN HIS 11th SEASON AS HEAD COACH
OF THE GONZAGA BULLDOGS AND HIS
21st WITH THE GONZAGA BASKETBALL
PROGRAM.
STEVE McCLAIN IS THE ACTING HEAD
COACH FOR THE COLORADO BUFFALOES
CONFIDENCE THAT HE BRINGS TO
THIS GAME.
>> Carter: WE TIP OFF THE 2009
MAUI INVITATIONAL, PART OF FEAST
WEEK.
COLORADO VERSUS GONZAGA.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
>> Jimmy: A CHESS MATCH, I
THINK, EARLY.
GONZAGA OPENS UP IN MAN-TO-MAN
DEFENSE SO WAY WILL BE CHASING
THE PRINCETON-LIKE STYLE THAT
COLORADO BRINGS.
>> Carter: THE 3 FOR MARCUS
RELPHORDE, A JUNIOR, PLAYING ON
HIS 5th TEAM IN FIVE YEARS.
AND COLORADO THINKS HE CAN MAKE
AN IMPACT.
>> Jimmy: HE CAN KNOCK BOWN DOWN
THE PERIMETER SHOTS.
>> Carter: SACRE FIND THE CUTTER
AND THERE'S A FOUL.
GONZAGA, 2-1, BUT THE ONE LOSS,
ONE OF THE CRITICAL GAMES IN THE
EARLY GOING IN COLLEGE
BASKETBALL, WENT TO MICHIGAN
STATE, THE NUMBER 2 RANKED TEAM
IN THE COUNTRY, LEADING BY 9
UNTIL THE SPARTANS PULLED AWAY
LATE BUT IT SHOWS THAT GONZAGA
CAN PLAY WITH ANYBODY.
>> Jimmy: IT WAS A PRIZEFIGHT
AND IT WENT 15 ROUNDS AND TOOK
PLACE ON THE OTHER GUY'S MAT.
AND MARK FEW HAS NEVER BACK AWAY
FROM COMPETITION ANYMORE.
AND THAT'S -- EXPLORER.
AND THAT'S WHY HIS TEAM IS A
GREAT TEAM YEAR IN AND OUT.
>> Carter: FULL-COURT PRESSURE
BY GONZAGA.
>> Jimmy: AND I DON'T THINK THEY
WILL WANT TO RUN THAT THE ENTIRE
CLOCK.
>> Carter: HIGGINS LOSESES IT.
BUT A HAND HECK FOUL.
>> Jimmy: WE HAVE TO WATCH THE
BIGS AWAY FROM THE BASKET.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MARK FEW WAS
CONCERNED WITH COMING IN.
>> Carter: AND IN THE MICHIGAN
STATE GAME, THE KEY MOMENT WAS
WHEN THE BIG MEN DID HAVE TO
COME OUT.
IT CHANGED THE GAME.
HIGGINS THROWS IT AWAY.
LAST TOUCHED BY COLORADO.
>> Jimmy: AND FOR GONZAGA IT'S A
MIXTURE OF MAN-TO-MAN AND ZONE
DEFENSE.
AND IT'S A DIFFERENT ZONE LOOK.
THEY KEEP YOU OFF BALANCE.
THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE TEAM IN
BLACK.
>> Carter: GOODSON FEEDS SACRE
WHO MISSES IN TIGHT.
THE BUFFALOES BRING IT BACK.
>> Jimmy: YOU SEE THE DRIBBLE
ACTION TOWARDS ANOTHER PERIMETER
PLAYER IS USUALLY A BACK CUT,
BALL SCREEN.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO CHASE THIS
OFFENSE THE ENTIRE POSSESSION.
>> Carter: THIS IS BOULDIN
BRINGING IT BACK FOR GONZAGA AND
MATT BOULDIN GETS HIS FIRST 2.
>> Jimmy: HE IS REALLY GOOD,
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS
ON THE WEST COAST, IF NOT IN ALL
OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
I TALKED TO MATT BOULDIN BEFORE
THE GAME.
HE IS IN THE BEST CONDITION OF
HIS PLAYING CAREER, ABOUT 213
POINTS.
DOESN'T HAVE A JET OR BURST BUT
A GOOD, CONTROLLED POWER
DRIBBLE.
>> Carter: ASK MATT ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE OF THIS TEAM WITH ALL
THE NEW COMERS, HE THINKS IT'S A
TOUGHER TEAM.
>> Jimmy: I THINK THAT SACRE AND
HARRIS HAVE BROUGHT A TOUGHNESS
TO THE TEAM.
>> Carter: SACRE WAS INJURED
EARLY ON LAST SEASON AND THE
BULLDOGS MISSED THAT TOUGHNESS.
AND GRAY FOR 3.
>> Jimmy: IF YOU ARE LATE
RECOVERING, THEY WILL MEASURE
THE RIM.
AT 6'5" AND 6'4", YOU HAVE TO BE
THERE.
>> Carter: GRAY HAS 5 OF THE
FIRST SEVEN FOR GONZAGA AND A
7-0 RUN BY GONZAGA AFTER THE
EARLY 3 FROM RELPHORDE AND
COLORADO.
CORY HIGGINS DUMPS IT INTO THE
CORNER TO RELPHORDE, TO
BOULDIN.
ELIAS HARRIS, BLOCKED FROM
BEHIND BY CRAWFORD.
>> Carter: COLORADO RESETS WITH
DWIGHT THORNE II SETTING IT
UP.>> Jimmy: AND CHALLENGED TWO.
>> Carter: AND BOULDIN ANSWERS
WITH A 3 AND IT'S A 10-0 RUN.
BOULDIN HAS 5.
>> Jimmy: WATCH THE OFF-BALL
ACTION OF COLORADO, THE READS,
THE RIM CUTS, THE ON-BALL
SCREENING ACTION.
>> Carter: HIGGINS ON THE BACK
CUT.
>> Jimmy: THOSE ARE SHOTS THAT
COLORADO HAS TO MAKE.
INVERT THEIR OFFENSE.
>> Carter: THE LOB TO THE BACK
FOR HARRIS.
AND A FOUL ON COLORADO.
BOULDIN'S 3 GIVES
JAYE
>> Carter: YES, IT REALLY IS
THIS BEAUTIFUL HERE IN MAUI.
>> Coach: I THINK MATT AND A
TEAM GUY AND A GREAT PLAYER, A
COMPLETE GUARD, IS WHAT I TELL
EVERYBODY.
HE CAN REALLY PASS IT, SHOOTS
IT, DRIVES IT, HE CAN REBOUND
FOR HIS SIZE.
HE CAN DEFEND.
THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY HOLES IN
HIS GAME.
>> Carter: AND MATT SAYS THE
FREEDOM THAT GONZAGA GIVES THE
GUARDS IS WHAT ATTRACTED TO HIM
THERE.
>> Jimmy: FIRST I AM TO COMMENT
ON THE NECKLACE OF MARK FEW.
>> Carter: A LEI.
>> Jimmy: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
WAS.
I THINK WHAT MATT BOULDIN
BRINGS, A HIGH I.Q. PLAYER, LOW
MAINTENANCE, LOW TURNOVER GUY.
HE IS AN INTRIGUING PLAYER FOR
NBA SCOUTS TO WATCH THIS YEAR.
>> Carter: A TURNOVER, THE FIRST
OF THE GAME FOR GONZAGA.
HARRIS GIVES IT UP, STRIPPED BY