Seattle: Surviving and thriving

March 11, 2021
The GIST: With both Gonzaga basketball teams dishing out nail biters en route to their WCC championship victories, the madness is already here. No pressure, no diamonds.
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Seattle: Surviving and thriving
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🏀Gonzaga: In a rare occurrence, we were nervous wrecks watching the top-ranked Gonzaga men on Tuesday. But they managed to pull through, overcoming a surprising 14-point deficit to take down BYU. Jalen Suggs rose to the occasion, draining back-to-back three-pointers in the final two-and-a-half minutes to keep the ’Zags undefeated. Don’t call it a comeback.

  • The Gonzaga women provided their fair share of excitement as well, with Jill Townsend nailing the buzzer-beater to lift the ’Zags to their first WCC tourney title since 2018. This flu game had shades of Michael Jordan written all over it.
  • With their tickets officially punched to March Madness, the Gonzaga men and women can sit back, relax and wait until Selection Sunday and Monday for their opponents.

🥎UW: No. 8 UW softball is home at last: for the first time in two years, they’ll play at Husky Softball Stadium. Formidable pitcher Gabbie Plain and the Dawgs will host local foe Seattle U tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. East, west, home is best.