Monday, January 28, 2013

Why I want Gonzaga to reach Final Four

I have followed Gonzaga's men's basketball team for a while. They have been consistently good, but have yet to reach the Final Four. The closest that they got was in 1999, when they made the Elite Eight and lost to Connecticut, who won the NCAA title that year.

What Gonzaga reaching the Final Four would do is the following. It would remove the monopoly that Washington enjoys. Since the Washington Huskies have been around for the longest time and had their glory football years, people assume that they will do so in basketball. To be truthful, Washington made the Final Four, in 1953. However, the NCAA Men's tournament of the 1950's was a far cry from what it is today. Television coverage of college sports was minimal, obviously this was before ESPN and other networks. Quite frankly, some of the pro-Husky sports talk show hosts on KJR 950, such as Dave Softy Mahler don't acknowledge Gonzaga's existence or like it when Gonzaga loses to a Butler or Ohio State. These people need to be put in their place and realize that Washington may have "NBA-Talent" but very little clue of the team concept necessary to win. Let's take last year. Washington had Terrence Ross and Tony Wroten Junior, two talented players. Yet, Washington didn't win a big road or neutral court game all year and was relegated to the NIT. Washington rode three home games to the NIT Final Four where they lost on a neutral floor again. This is so typical of Northwest teams, the inability to win a big road game. It would be nice for Gonzaga to demonstrate to the Husky honks how it's done and maybe, just maybe these clowns would learn the art of winning on the road.

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