Hunter Sallis to Gonzaga
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This was more of Shaka getting out before he got canned. Smart (no pun) move by him...plus his wife wants a city not a college town. Even though Austin is sort of both.
Well there is always a reason. I mean why else would Fred Hoiberg take over a Nebraska basketball program.
Because they paid him like 30 million! Ha
But Smart was getting canned next season. Unless he made the FF. He had a weird 6 years at UT, not bad, not great, sort of good but not really?
The prize is going to me Nate Oates...Assuming he doesn't want to stay at Bama...he will have his choice of Indiana (right now, no way he takes it), and UNC, Duke (probably next year).
WOW ! Will be interesting to watch UT and OU do the dance in trying to find a new coach. Might see some serious money on the table to entice a big name.
Cant blame the kid one bit. I'd get the hell out of Omaha first chance I got too. However, the Pacific Northwest might not be where I would go. Gonzaga is hot right now tho.
Sallis is an 18 year old who probably wants to play in the NBA in a year or two, not a man in his 40's working 9-5 and raising a family. Omaha is a good place to live, but if you're an 18 year old pro basketball prospect there are probably about a million other places you'd rather be.
Eastern Washington is quite a bit different than the coastal Washington, I believe.
Hoiberg and Abdelmassih (sp?) are waiting for Sallis to be a portal transfer to swoop in. Don't worry, the plan is working perfectly. 
Hoiberg and Abdelmassih (sp?) are waiting for Sallis to be a portal transfer to swoop in. Don't worry, the plan is working perfectly.
he'll be a transfer if he plays defense like he did at MN.
Really wish we could have got the MN point guard the way he looked in the championship game.
I've watched probably 5 or 6 of their games over the last two years. That was easily his best game. I had never seen him that aggressive on offense. Excellent team player.
College basketball teams are rarely the "king" sport in a state, You have Professional sports there in Seattle, too. But as far as NCAA basketball is concerned, Gonzaga is a National Powerhouse, and you know that ..
What I mean is...are they a big draw are they all over the news in the state is talk radio devoted to them?
Probably not in Seattle. Typically, not many in Seattle give a **** what goes in on Spokane.
Other than the weather, the high taxes, the increasing crime rate, the spreading of leftist ideaology, and a high profile company leaving things are going great here.
Eastern Washington and the coast are divided by mountains and don't really mesh. They relate more to Idaho and in fact they talk about joining Idaho. Not sure if they get radio signals across the mountains.
They take pride in Gonzaga.
Right - there is a big difference between the west side of the Cascade Mts. and the eastern side, both culturally and geographically. You also have the difference between big city (Seattle) vs small city (Spokane). Generally (and of course there are always exceptions) the east side is viewed as much more conservative than the west side. The Zags are a big deal with a lot of folks on the east side as well as in northern ID.
Why the hell would he want to go to Nebraska tho??! I'm sure most would want their son to go to a place with a "proven" head coach who knows how to win and compete EVERY YEAR for conference titles and Top Seeds in the Tourney.
Also gets the best players and DEVELOPS them from high school and gets them to the NBA and been doing it for years with no fall off...
It's really kind of out there in the middle of an agricultural area. I've been there. He's definitely going for the basketball and not the city. Now IF Creighton happens to knock off Gonzaga he might be inclined to change his mind.
Well since Spokane is ranked as one of the best places to live in the United states, and they field a team that is pretty competitive in a sport other than volleyball, I would say he made a good choice.
Gonzaga is a good story for Washington. But it’s no where near Husky or Cougar sports levels when it comes to fan support. Athletically they kick the crap out of both the state schools In Basketball. But support wise it gets left in the dust. I did a little sampling of Gonzaga knowledge from just average folks last week. I asked 100 customers what was the mascot of Gonzaga. 17% got it right..
I tried to spread the age groups equally. More people said ZAGS rather than Bulldogs. Granted I am 40 miles southwest of Seattle, however with all the media attention they have gotten in the last couple of weeks I thought it would be much higher.
I tried to spread the age groups equally. More people said ZAGS rather than Bulldogs. Granted I am 40 miles southwest of Seattle, however with all the media attention they have gotten in the last couple of weeks I thought it would be much higher.
Agree altho I think the Zags are more popular in my neck of the woods than on the west side - mainly because they win, and I'm not too far from Spokane. My local news comes from Spokane and the Zags are all they talk about.
Certainly Udub and Wazzu have a lot more fan support statewide than Gonzaga - apple cup discussion anyone?
And as far as professional sports, you've got the Sounders, the Reign, the Storm, Tacoma Defiance, soon to be the Krackens and oh yes, the Seahawks. Oops, forgot the Mariners. Sports are big in the state as well as playing around in the great outdoors.