Dan Hurley, son of high school coaching great Bob Hurley, has Connecticut one win away from the Final Four. The Huskies face Gonzaga on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
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Gonzaga center Drew Timme extended one of this century’s great college basketball careers, finishing with 36 points and 13 rebounds in a victory over UCLA on Thursday.
Former Bishop Gorman High star Will McClendon is a reserve guard for UCLA, which plays Gonzaga in the West Regional semifinals Thursday at T-Mobile Arena.
A matchup of UCLA and Gonzaga in the West Regional at T-Mobile Arena would pit two programs with local ties in a rematch of the greatest game in recent memory.
A dozen players with local ties are participating in this year’s NCAA Tournaments, ranging from experienced starters to role-playing reserves.
Julian Strawther played sparingly last season for Gonzaga as a freshman. But this season, he’s a starter for the Bulldogs, who are the NCAA Tournament’s top seed.
No. 1-ranked Gonzaga has the experience and talent to win the national championship. The Bulldogs begin their postseason Monday in the WCC semifinals at Orleans Arena.
The No. 1 Bulldogs and No. 2 Bruins battled in the final of the Good Sam Empire Classic, drawing an enthused crowd of 12,975 to watch a rematch of one of the most memorable games in Final Four history.
“UNLV would destroy Gonzaga. It’s just not fair. … It was a totally different era,” says veteran basketball journalist and author Dan Wetzel.
Julian Strawther, a freshman wing, is cherishing the experience of playing for the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.