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Gonzaga and UCLA face off tonight in a Sweet 16 matchup. The two teams have a history in the tournament, creating a spark for tonight's game.

The winner of tonight’s matchup will face the winner of the UConn-Arkansas game in the Elite Eight this weekend. With the Zags leading the country in scoring (87.5 ppg), the Bruins will have to go all out on defense to earn their spot in the Elite 8. in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jaime Jacquez said transition defense and stopping the pick and roll will be a focus entering the game. In the 2021 Final Four, Gonzaga came out on top. Gonzaga coach Mark Few says that they will look out for Tyger Campbell (13.4 ppg) as well. Timme put up 28 points in the Zags’ win over TCU on Sunday. He has been a strong force for Gonzaga so far in the tournament. The game left Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison sobbing on the court. The two teams are among the best on the West Coast, making tonight’s game somewhat of a rivalry. He is a key player in tonight’s game. In 2006,

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What's happening: No. 3 seed Gonzaga is taking on No. 2 seed UCLA Thursday night in the third round of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The ...

[Thursday night](https://www.si.com/college/gonzaga/basketball/gonzaga-vs-ucla-in-sweet-16-of-2023-ncaa-tournament-game-time-tv-channel) in the third round of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. 2 seed UCLA What's happening: No.

Jared Freid has nothing against the Zags, but the veteran comic was rooting against the perennial March Madness darlings for personal reasons last weekend.

Expect Freid to riff about his family “I like to talk about my parents,” Freid said. “And that’s not just to have more material.” “I would love to have children,” Freid said. “I go and visit with them and I like it. “I talk about the dating stuff,” Freid said. “It’s difficult, especially when people lie,” Freid said.

Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left, lifting Gonzaga to a wild 79-76 NCAA tournament win over UCLA in the Sweet 16.

"This is my city," he screamed to the crowd in the postgame celebration. "It was a clean look," he said. It felt like a movie, you know?" "Literally, when you're a kid, you dream of making a shot like that. And yeah, Morrison was in Las Vegas on Thursday, calling the game on the radio. Strawther asked if he could shoot the ball if it came to him. "I'm not speechless too much, and I'm pretty speechless after that. It really felt like a movie." Especially on the 17-year anniversary to the day of the infamous Adam Morrison-inconsolable-on-the-court Sweet 16 game in Oakland, California, where the Bruins scored the final 11 points to break Gonzaga's hearts. And Gonzaga, which trailed at halftime 46-33 only to take a 10-point lead (72-62) with 2:30 to play, found itself behind 76-75 with 12 seconds to play. 3-seeded Bulldogs a white-knuckle [79-76 victory](/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401522186) over No. 4 [UConn](/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/41/uconn-huskies).

LAS VEGAS — Gonzaga junior Julian Strawther hit the shot of his life - in his hometown. After Amari Bailey put the UCLA Bruins ahead 76-75 with 14 seconds ...

When the Gonzaga Bulldogs and UCLA Bruins play in the NCAA Tournament, it is going to be a ridiculous game. These teams refuse to have a normal 40 minutes ...

Timme finally got the help he was looking for as Strawther woke up from his first half slumber with 14 of his 16 points coming in the second half. Of course, because things can never be simple, things also came apart in the final two minutes after Gonzaga built a 10-point lead with the finish line in sight. The level he played at during the first nine minutes of the second half (and of course the entire game, missed free throws at the end of the game are forgiven now) when it looked like the Bruins were poised to deliver a knockout punch at any moment is the stuff that legends are made of. With Timme the only one producing and no one playing defense at the other end, things looked quite grisly for Gonzaga at the break with a 13-point deficit to overcome despite shooting 54% from the field. Somehow, despite the inauspicious beginning to the restart, the Zags found a way to turn things around. In an unexpected plot twist, both teams came out firing to start the game with the tempo far closer to Gonzaga’s liking than UCLA’s.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs and UCLA Bruins already had a deep and storied rivalry in the men's NCAA tournament coming into their Sweet 16 matchup in the 2023 ...

Drew Timme was the star for Gonzaga most of the night, finishing with 36 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, and two blocks. In 2021, the score was tied, and the clock was running out. Now Gonzaga is one win away from its third Final Four in the last five men’s NCAA tournaments. That wasn’t the one he chose. Gonzaga got its revenge in the 2021 Final Four with an even more memorable moment: Jalen Suggs’ near halfcourt buzzer-beater to put the then undefeated Zags into the national title game. The first lasting image of Zags basketball was Adam Morrison

LAS VEGAS — (AP) — Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to answer a 3-pointer by UCLA's Amari Bailey, lifting Gonzaga to a wild 79-76 NCAA ...

To even make a shot like that in March Madness and just to be back home in Vegas is like the cherry on top.” UCLA led by 13 at the half, but went on an 11-minute field goal drought as Gonzaga went up by 10 with 2:40 left. 2 seed, stormed back from an eight-point deficit in the final 1:05 and took a 76-75 lead on Bailey's 3-pointer with 12.2 seconds left. “He hit a big shot and we lost.” He makes it all the time.” If we were tighter then he couldn’t have looped behind.” Thankfully for the Zags, Strawther was on the mark with his long 3-pointer and Campbell was off the mark on his, sending Gonzaga to the Elite Eight for the fifth time under Few. “I can’t even describe what he did. It’s crazy,” Gonzaga’s Drew Timme said of Strawther's game-winner. The Pac-12 player of the year scored on a three-point play and a layup to cut it 74-71 with 45 seconds left. “Those are literally the moments you dream of. Julian Strawther hit a 3-pointer with 7.2 seconds left to answer a 3-pointer by UCLA's Amari Bailey, lifting Gonzaga to a wild 79-76 win over UCLA Thursday night in the Sweet 16.

Gonzaga (31-5) was led by forward Drew Timme, who scored a game-high 36 points to go along with 13 rebounds. Strawther (16 points) and Malachi Smith (14 points) ...

After a missed free throw by Gonzaga, Campbell found Bailey on the left side for an open 3-point attempt, and he knocked it down to give UCLA a 76-75 edge with 12 seconds remaining. was the catalyst for that run, driving the lane and scoring on back-to-back possessions to get UCLA within two with 45 seconds left. [Jaime Jaquez Jr.](/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jaime-jaquez-jr-/11340), who led the team in both scoring (29 points) and rebounding (11).

Julian Strawther hit a three-pointer with 7 seconds left, lifting Gonzaga to a wild 79-76 NCAA tournament win over UCLA in the Sweet 16.

“We just got hit in the mouth and we just had to battle and fight,” Timme said. “And in the first half the ball just happened to be bouncing friendly to me. GU had 14 offensive rebounds, leading to 18 second-chance points in the closing half. Timme kept the throttle down in the second half as the Zags erased a 54-42 deficit. In a related development, Gonzaga trailed by 13 at intermission as Campbell, Jaquez and Bailey combined for 38 points. The Zags and Huskies met in the Elite Eight in 1999 with UConn digging out a 67-62 win en route to the national championship. He matched Brandon Clarke for the program’s single-game scoring record in a March Madness game. 2 UCLA in the second half. Gonzaga (31-5) advances to face fourth-seeded Connecticut on Saturday for a spot in the Final Four. A few minutes later, Strawther came bounding down the tunnel toward the locker room, hollering “Let’s go.” Drew Timme, who authored a 36-point masterpiece, followed a few seconds later with a more colorful (and unprintable) description. Make that a couple of stirring comebacks by the Zags. “You look back at the BYU game, he had a very deep three, a dagger three like that.

Already having played two of the most iconic games in NCAA tournament history against one another, Gonzaga and UCLA added yet another chapter to the two ...

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“He (Strawther) hit a big shot and we lost.” “I told (the team) how proud I was of them because they didn’t flinch,” Cronin said. “He wasn’t able to play. UCLA rallied to regain the lead before Strawther’s shot and finished the second half 9 for 30 from the field. “He wasn’t able to play,” Cronin said. Bona’s absence allowed Gonzaga center Drew Timme to score 36 points on 16-of-24 shooting with 13 rebounds and four assists in 38 minutes. “We were the whole game. Gonzaga’s Malachi Smith stole the ball from UCLA’s Tyger Campbell, but Strawther only hit one of two free throws at the other end, giving the second-seeded Bruins (31-6) one last chance with 1.4 seconds left. [Tarek Fattal](https://www.whittierdailynews.com/author/tarek-fattal/) “We should have been tighter on Strawther,” UCLA coach Mick Cronin said of the go-ahead 3-pointer. The play for Strawther was similar to how Villanova won the national championship in 2016. That’s what we call it,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said.

Malachi Smith got his tournament redemption. · Gonzaga went right to work inside with Adem Bona out of the lineup for the Bruins with Drew Timme touching the ...

- We’ve talked about the need for Gonzaga to go on one or two defensive runs per game if they’re not gonna be one of the top defensive teams in the country (the first half very much confirmed that is not a possibility), and they absolutely pulled off the defensive run in the middle of the second half. Things turned around for Gonzaga when Sallis and Smith checked in and it would have been coaching malpractice not to roll with them for the rest of the game notwithstanding the last minute situational substitutions. - It will be easy to miss, but Hunter Sallis put together a very impactful game when Gonzaga really needed solutions in the backcourt off the bench. - You don’t see too many games with a rebounding disparity as large as the one between these teams (50-26) and that results in such a tight game. The guards repeatedly failed to keep Tyger Campbell bottled up and in front of them and the team as a whole played as if they had never seen a ball screen before. To be completely clear, I am not at all complaining about Timme going nuclear, especially when it looked like no one was ready to step up to be the secondary scorer, but it felt like that’s what happened in this one.

Julian Strawther's go-ahead 3-pointer with six seconds left pushed Gonzaga past UCLA by a final score of 79-76 in Thursday's Sweet 16 at T-Mobile Arena in ...

The No. 3 Gonzaga Bulldogs and the No. 4 Connecticut Huskies will face off in the Elite Eight for a chance to advance to the Final Four.

As much of a question it is for the Zags on how they stop Sanogo, the same can be said for how they stop Timme. In a season featuring plenty of big games of the year, this is once against the biggest game of the year. Against a Gonzaga team that has struggled with defensive communication throughout the entire system, this is a worrisome team to go up against. The Huskies own a No. There have been a couple of dumb turnovers that launched my consciousness into the sun, but looking past those, the transfer has played some critical basketball in the wins over TCU and UCLA. It will be hard for the Zags to score because the Huskies have the personnel to matchup. The main difference between the Huskies and the Zags? Much of that starts with the play of junior big man Adama Sanogo, who is the Huskies leading scorer at 17.3 points and has been even more of a wrecking ball this tournament. Newton, the senior point guard, has actually been one of the few not shining oh-so-brightly spots for the Huskies this tournament, particularly his last two games in which he finished with four turnovers a piece. Gonzaga overcame a 13-point deficit and absolutely silenced the UCLA offense in the second half of their Sweet 16 matchup. 3 Gonzaga Bulldogs and the No. The No.

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The No. 3 Bulldogs and No. 4 Huskies face off in Las Vegas in the Elite Eight of the men's NCAA tournament with a trip to the Final Four on the line.

Adama Sanogo vs. Drew Timme takes center stage in a battle of big men in an Elite Eight battle on Saturday night.

UConn's Adama Sanogo, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound specimen, is a finalist for the Jabbar Award for a second straight season. A first-team all-Big East selection, Sanogo's nifty footwork and touch around the rim, along with 3-point range unfurled this season, has made him one of the stars of the NCAA Tournament. — There have been a lot of great big men in college basketball this season, making the

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[Arkansas](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/arkansas-razorbacks-college-basketball/) team on Thursday should put the rest of the college basketball world on notice, if they weren’t already aware. The [Huskies](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/houston-baptist-huskies-college-basketball/) will enter as small favorites at BetMGM. Haffey / Getty Images) UCLA, Gonzaga vs. Unlike Gonzaga vs. As usual, [Gonzaga](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/gonzaga-bulldogs-college-basketball/) and UCLA gave us a classic, setting the stage for [UConn](https://theathletic.com/college-basketball/team/connecticut-huskies-college-basketball/) to try and do Saturday what the Bruins haven’t done in recent years which is beat the Zags.

After taking down UCLA 79-76 in an epic Sweet 16 showdown on Thursday night, Gonzaga will now face off against UConn in the Elite 8 on Saturday.

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“It hasn't been that bad,” Hurley said. I think (they thought) he was a cartoon character or something.” A few hours later, personal items were stolen from the team bus while the Huskies practiced at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center. Three years later, he has come up with a new nickname for the quirky big man. UConn hasn't been to the Final Four since winning the 2014 national championship. So I guess he’s moved up some, right?” “They do it with a culture that’s widely respected.” We all did that, and we made it true.” “It was really just about taking an everyday approach to get better as a team. [Drew Timme](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4431695/drew-timme) as a freshman. [Adama Sanogo](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4702023/adama-sanogo) and potent perimeter scorers in Tristan Newton and [Jordan Hawkins](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4683750/jordan-hawkins). [Anton Watson](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4431705/anton-watson) said.

After his deep three-pointer pushed Gonzaga past UCLA in another NCAA tournament thriller, Julian Strawther said "those are literally the moments you dream ...

“We just got hit in the mouth, and we just had to battle and fight,” Timme said. “And in the first half the ball just happened to be bouncing friendly to me. GU had 14 offensive rebounds, leading to 18 second-chance points in the closing half. Timme kept the throttle down in the second half as the Zags erased a 54-42 deficit. In a related development, Gonzaga trailed by 13 at halftime as Campbell, Jaquez and Bailey combined for 38 points. The Zags and Huskies met in the Elite Eight in 1999, with UConn digging out a 67-62 win en route to the national championship. He matched Brandon Clarke for the program’s single-game scoring record in a March Madness game. 2 UCLA in the second half. Gonzaga (31-5) advances to face fourth-seeded Connecticut on Saturday for a spot in the Final Four. A few minutes later, Strawther came bounding down the tunnel toward the locker room, hollering, “Let’s go!” Drew Timme, who authored a 36-point masterpiece, followed a few seconds later with a more colorful (and unprintable) description. Make that a couple of stirring comebacks by the Zags. Malachi Smith then stripped the ball away from UCLA point guard Tyger Campbell, Strawther made 1 of 2 free throws and Campbell’s 40-footer at the buzzer was off target.