Free Ira Brown! - The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast

Gonzaga traveled all the way to New York to go toe to tits with the UCONN Huskies and come away with their second L in a row. Lots to say about this one, but little to the good. We'll go over our frustrations with you. Come, be cleansed, and allow the Nichols Bucknells sacrifice wash over you.

The ladies snap a 4 game skid and while they're at-large chances appear cooked, their hot shooting lately is a thing of beauty.

All this and more on Free Ira Brown: THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast.

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Gonzaga's woes in Climate Pledge Arena continue with an inexplicable loss to Mark Pope's Kentucky team. We'll attempt to explain it.

Then we'll look ahead to what has quickly become a monstrously important meeting with the Huskies in the Garden. Mard is not optimist.

The boys then close out with some memorable free agent signings in honor of Chris's Mets signing Mr. Soto.

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Chris, Adam and Mard react to a disappointing showing by Gonzaga in Atlantis. What went wrong against the Mountaineers? We have thoughts. We also shout out a tremendous week in assist to turnover news and look ahead to the duel with our old nemesis Mark Pope, but he's a different cat this time around.

The women will look to rebound after a rough week in the Paradise Jam.

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The Zag Men and Women take their talents to the tropics, in the Battle For Atlantis and Paradise Jam respectively. What can you expect from the squads? Feasting on opponents? Earning their just desserts? Adam, Chris, Mard, and special guest Steven Karr walk you through the upcoming week.

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As Marty faces down a bomb cyclone, Adam and Chris recap the weekend that was in Gonzaga basketball. Turns out this team is off to a pretty good start.

AI Notable Quotes:

"This was such an adult performance." "We are all here for Dusty's hard D." "Gonzaga's hard D took another big jump." "Love those power outages."

The Gonzaga men opened The Kennel with an 88-80 victory over the ASU Sun Devils. We discuss the lads' performances, including another stand-out from Braden Huff and Khalif Battle. We'll look ahead to this week's tilts against UMass-Lowell and a true road game against future conference rival SDSU.

The ladies took on the chin (especially Maud), but will look to recover against Cal.

Stick around for some movie shenanigans.

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The number 8 Baylor Bears rolled into to Spokane, brimming with youthful exuberence, and were promptly rolled out again, brimming with youthful despair. In what proved to be the most lopsided top ten match-up in a dog's age, Gonzaga destroys Baylor in the season opener 101-63.

We'll luxuriate in the lad's triumph and look ahead to their next match-up back home in the Kennel against the Sun Devils.

Meanwhile the Gonzaga Women likewise open their season with a big win over the Griz!

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What was it like driving home on the 10 after that USC "loss?" Well it was smooth sailing, kids, because that's an exhibition. Next on the GU calendar is decidedly NOT an exhibition as the Baylor Bears and Scott Drew make the trip to Spokane. Are you scared? Mard isn't.

We'll take a walk through the schedule, discuss our expectations and identify our favorite match-ups for the men and the women.

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You're going to get a lot of player preview talk on this pod. But not just from Adam, Chris and Mard, we welcome, from the House of Krause, Tuck Clarry! We're deep diving into this roster to discuss expectations, roles and jumps.

But that's not all, the women's team is facing a massive transition this season with the loss of several senior leaders.

Lastly, we'll discuss the exhibition coming up against the Trojans in the desert.

Kraziness in the Kennel is in the rear view mirror. The season is nigh and we are high on this squad. We'll go through some takeways from both Men's and Women's Krazines.

Oh, and Mard's vocal stylings return for season 11!

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Chapters

07:59 Craziness in the Kennel: Event Highlights 15:59 Player Insights and Season Expectations 19:33 Physical Transformations and Player Development 22:03 Scrimmage Highlights and Player Performances 26:00 Evaluating New Additions and Returning Players 28:57 Coaching Insights and Team Dynamics 35:55 Women's Team Updates and Future Prospects 41:11 Impatience and Performance at FanFest 44:06 Roster Changes and New Faces 45:40 Looking Forward to the Season 51:39 Key Players to Watch 56:30 Depth and Team Dynamics 01:02:50 Closing Thoughts and Future Expectations