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Mallon, Pendergraft on WCC honor roll

The WCC has released its 2007 commissioner's honor roll, which requires a 3.0 GPA or higher. GU had 141 student-athletes make the list including Sean Mallon and David Pendergraft from men's basketball. ( Full post )

WCC eyeing Las Vegas

We begin with an S-R article on the WCC considering Las Vegas as a site for future conference men's and women's basketball tournaments. ( Full post )

Shootout pairings; Charity Classic notes

Gonzaga will face Western Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 (ESPNU) in the opening round of the Great Alaska Shootout. The pairings were released Friday. ( Full post )

Report: Dickau not in Knicks' plans

It appears Dan Dickau won't be heading to New York after all. ( Full post )

Dickau feature; Ducks in the future?

As mentioned last week, we caught up with ex-Zag Dan Dickau, who is in town for Thursday's charity basketball at the McCarthey Athletic Center. ( Full post )

Charitable week ahead

A couple of events on tap this week.
First, the Toyota All-American's Charity Classic, featuring ex-Zags Dan Dickau and Adam Morrison, is Thursday at 7 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. ( Full post )

Charity Classic update

Here's a link to the update in Friday's S-R on the Dan Dickau/Adam Morrison charity basketball game that will take place Thursday at the McCarthey Athletic Center. ( Full post )

Davis, Bouldin and Dickau

Theo Davis and Team Canada fell to Lithuania 79-64 in the semifinals of the FISU Games tournament in Thailand. ( Full post )

EWU completes Alaska field

Eastern Washington is expected to replace Liberty to complete the eight-team field at the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage. ( Full post )

GU roundup

Not a day, and sometimes not an hour, goes by without an e-mailer asking for an update on Josh Heytvelt and Theo Davis. I checked on their status while meeting with GU officials Thursday and it remains unchanged. They remain suspended indefinitely. ( Full post )

The first post

Greetings Zags fans and followers. This introductory post is a little late as I've been squeezing in vacation before football/fall sports hit. ( Full post )

Altidor-Cespedes, Burgess leaving

Leon Rice, Gonzaga University�s associate head men�s basketball coach, confirmed Tuesday morning that part-time starter Pierre Marie Altidor-Cespedes and little-used backup center David Burgess will not return to the team next season. ( Full post )

Grier out, Giacoletti in at Gonzaga

Bill Grier is out as Mark Few's top assistant on Gonzaga University's men's basketball coaching staff and former Eastern Washington and Utah head coach Ray Giacoletti is in. ( Full post )

USD to introduce Grier as new coach

The University of San Diego will hold a press conference at 1:30 p.m. on Monday to introduce former Gonzaga assistant Bill Grier as its new head men's basketball coach. ( Full post )

San Diego wants Zags' Grier

Gonzaga's top assistant, Bill Grier, has apparently been offered the head coaching job at the University of San Diego and is currently going over contract details with his agent. ( Full post )

Is Few on Kentucky's radar?

The coaching dominoes have started to tumble, which apparently puts Gonzaga coach Mark Few on the Wish List at Kentucky -- although no one in a position of authority has confirmed as much. ( Full post )

Hoosiers hand it to cold-shooting Bulldogs

For only the second time in their nine-year NCAA Tournament run, the Gonzaga Bulldogs suffered a first-round loss -- this one by a 70-57 margin to Indiana in a ragged game with no flow. ( Full post )

Poor-shooting Zags trail at halftime

Hey, I'm back. ( Full post )

Zags' Downs finally finds a home

Although David Pendergraft seems to have firmly established himself as the fans' favorite during Gonzaga's post-Josh Heytvelt run, just how far the Zags go in the NCAA tournament probably depends more on the contributions of Micah Downs. ( Full post )