Tales From The Gonzaga Hardwood

Tales From The Gonzaga Hardwood

It’s the mom-and-pop store that has become a national franchise. The most renowned player in school history grew up three blocks from the cozy campus, yet the program has grown into a perennial top 25 power with a coast-to-coast following—even if those casual fans still mangle the name. It’s Gonzaga University—"Gon-zag-a"—as in "Zags," the endearment that has overtaken "Bulldogs" as the school’s athletic ID. There are many Bulldogs, but only a few Zags. There are many Zags stories, however, and fans will find the essence of this college basketball phenomenon in Tales from the Gonzaga Hardwood. For readers who only know Gonzaga as the school that launched John Stockton toward the Basketball Hall of Fame and later rewrote the concept of being an NCAA Tournament Cinderella, this anecdotal anthology will fill in the blanks. The book focuses on a variety of names and events, like the "Tall Gaul"—seven-foot-three Frenchman Jean Claude Lefebvre; the year the Zags a

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Gonzaga Basketball: A Decade of Excellence

In 1999, a group of men from an obscure Jesuit university rocked the world of college basketball. Their heroic journey and epic battle with eventual National Champion UConn would transform the world of college basketball. Over the next decade, the name no one could pronounce would become the standard to which other programs would aspire.

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