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  • The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

    Gonzaga trying to make history against No. 1 seed Purdue in the Sweet 16

    Mar. 28—DETROIT — It's one of the only obstacles Gonzaga hasn't hurdled in 25 years on college basketball's national stage. The Bulldogs have played in 25 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, 14 Sweet 16s — only UCLA (1967-80) and North Carolina (1981-93) had longer streaks than Gonzaga's current nine-year run — six Elite Eights and two national championship games. Nine times they have run into No. 1 ...

  • The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

    Big on big: Gonzaga throwing changeup against Zach Edey, Purdue with bigger starting lineup in Sweet 16

    Mar. 28—DETROIT — Gonzaga's experienced lots of growth since its last run-in with Zach Edey and Purdue four months ago at the Maui Invitational. Four inches and 38 pounds, to be exact. That's the height/weight discrepancy between freshman wing Dusty Stromer and junior forward Ben Gregg, the players who traded spots in Gonzaga's starting lineup in mid-January. The change Gonzaga made midway ...

  • The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

    Key matchup: Gonzaga faces Purdue's Zach Edey, who has developed into 'one of the best in college basketball'

    Mar. 28—DETROIT — To put Zach Edey's past two seasons into perspective, consider the company he's keeping: Legends like Bill Walton, Ralph Sampson, Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson and Rick Barry. Edey, Purdue's 7-foot-4, 300-pound center, has been the most dominant player in college basketball the past two seasons, reinforced by the numbers and the eye test. ...

  • Associated Press

    Top-seeded UConn blows through another opponent, beating San Diego State 82-52 to reach Elite Eight

    Stephon Castle had 16 points and 11 rebounds for top-seeded UConn and the defending NCAA champion advanced to the Elite Eight with another double-digit victory, beating San Diego State 82-52 on Thursday night in a rematch of last year’s title game. Cam Spencer scored 18 points and Tristen Newton added 17 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (34-3), who will play the winner of the other East Region semifinal between No. 2 Iowa State and No. 3 Illinois for a spot in the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona. Backed by a TD Garden that was virtually a UConn home crowd — Boston is about 90 miles from its Storrs, Connecticut, campus — the Huskies made it a double-digit lead early in the second half, 20 with about seven minutes left and 30 in the final minutes, after the teams sent in their benches.