If 2 out of 3 following players score over 25, Hansdude, Lawson, or Ellington, NC is virtually unbeatable because the rest of the starting five always seem to score their average. The only way to beat NC is with defense, cause you sure are not gonna outscore them. Gonzaga needs to really having an exceptional opening two minutes to set their tempo because if North Carolina gets of to a running start, then can be in double figures before you know what hit you. Should be a fun game to watch regardless.
People saying the zags don't have a chance are either idiots or have east coast bias... prob both..
Anything can happen in the tournament especially in this round a 1 and a 4 seed.. This is not a 7 game series this is 1 game.. if these teams played 10 times unc would probably win 7 but you don't know which teams will show on friday night..
Maybe if the zags beat unc some of these people will actually give them some respect
Anything can happen in the tournament especially in this round a 1 and a 4 seed.. This is not a 7 game series this is 1 game.. if these teams played 10 times unc would probably win 7 but you don't know which teams will show on friday night..
Maybe if the zags beat unc some of these people will actually give them some respect
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It's time for Josh Heytvelt to play with the kind of 40-minute ferocity he played with the last time he matched up against Carolina All-American Tyler Hansbrough, on Nov. 22, 2006, in New York, when the Zags won 82-74.
On that night, Heytvelt outplayed Hansbrough, posting 19 points and eight rebounds to Hansbrough's nine points and nine rebounds. That felt like the beginning of something remarkable, but since that game Heytvelt has faded in and faded out.
He has been suspended and injured, and sometimes played as if he wasn't very interested. Meanwhile, Hansbrough became the hardest working man in college basketball, the poster child for March
It's time for Heytvelt to play as if basketball is the most important part of his life, to match Hansbrough's work rate the way he did in '06, to lead
Coach Mark Few has spent the past four years putting together a team that can compete against the best teams in the country. He has size, shooters, passers, rebounders and reserves.
When they are playing well, the Zags move the ball as well as any team in the game. They are selfless and smart.
Gonzaga is good enough. The Zags have more NBA-quality players than Carolina. For them, it is a matter of sustaining their game from beginning to end.
Steve Kelley
It's time for Josh Heytvelt to play with the kind of 40-minute ferocity he played with the last time he matched up against Carolina All-American Tyler Hansbrough, on Nov. 22, 2006, in New York, when the Zags won 82-74.
On that night, Heytvelt outplayed Hansbrough, posting 19 points and eight rebounds to Hansbrough's nine points and nine rebounds. That felt like the beginning of something remarkable, but since that game Heytvelt has faded in and faded out.
He has been suspended and injured, and sometimes played as if he wasn't very interested. Meanwhile, Hansbrough became the hardest working man in college basketball, the poster child for March
It's time for Heytvelt to play as if basketball is the most important part of his life, to match Hansbrough's work rate the way he did in '06, to lead
Coach Mark Few has spent the past four years putting together a team that can compete against the best teams in the country. He has size, shooters, passers, rebounders and reserves.
When they are playing well, the Zags move the ball as well as any team in the game. They are selfless and smart.
Gonzaga is good enough. The Zags have more NBA-quality players than Carolina. For them, it is a matter of sustaining their game from beginning to end.
lol. Most retarded statement I ever heard.
Get real F@ggot...
People have given plenty of reasons of why it will be close but none of them are good enough for you because you just automatically say gonzaga has no talent over rated, and when someone will say something like a nice stat for the zags or the fact they are top 10 in off and def effeciency.. you or one of the other tards on here will cry "OMG WCC WEAK WEAK"
And i can't believe someone with the name carolinakid things unc will win... incredible
people should just learn that it's the ncaa tournament... a single elimination tournament where anything can happen.... cleveland state beat wake, would cleveland state beat wake in a 7 game series??? no they couldn't...
thats whats so great about this tournament anyone can win so you kids that think you can state who will win as fact and that it will be a blowout... get real
For the record, at draftexpress.com, UNC has more NBA prospects than GU.
2009 mock:
1st round, 14 = Lawson, UNC
1st round, 26 = Hansborough, UNC
1st round, 30 = Ellington, UNC
2nd round, 16 = Green, UNC
2nd round, 17 = Heytvelt, GU
2nd round, 30 = Pargo, GU
2010 mock:
1st round, 10 = Davis, UNC
1st round, 8 = Daye, GU
2nd round, 22 = Thompson, UNC
2nd round, 2 = Bouldin, GU
It should be noted that Micah Downs is at 41 in the 2nd round (2009) at nbadraft.net.
The larger point, though, is that no one should be shocked if Gonzaga were to somehow beat North Carolina. It's not as though Gonzaga is talent deprived going into this game. The Zags have 6 guys who have scored 18 or more points in a game, and 5 guys who have scored 22 or more points in a game.
2009 mock:
1st round, 14 = Lawson, UNC
1st round, 26 = Hansborough, UNC
1st round, 30 = Ellington, UNC
2nd round, 16 = Green, UNC
2nd round, 17 = Heytvelt, GU
2nd round, 30 = Pargo, GU
2010 mock:
1st round, 10 = Davis, UNC
1st round, 8 = Daye, GU
2nd round, 22 = Thompson, UNC
2nd round, 2 = Bouldin, GU
It should be noted that Micah Downs is at 41 in the 2nd round (2009) at nbadraft.net.
The larger point, though, is that no one should be shocked if Gonzaga were to somehow beat North Carolina. It's not as though Gonzaga is talent deprived going into this game. The Zags have 6 guys who have scored 18 or more points in a game, and 5 guys who have scored 22 or more points in a game.
