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2004-’14 ! A DECADE OF DOMINANCE

HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE The McCarthey Athletic Center opened on Nov. 19, 2004 and has played host to 143 Gonzaga men’s games, of which only eight were losses.

POWER Men Women Winning defines McCarthey, OF THE 94% MAC 89% but there’s so much more Both the Gonzaga men’s and ruth be told, JOHN so irresistible without it. In women’s 71% 73% Adam BLANCHETTE the 205 weeks of poll voting basketball teams 67% Morrison liked since their move next door, have enjoyed 66% Tthe old Kennel, the Zags have been in the tremendous now Top 25 for 144. success at the remaindered to volleyball In their first decade of McCarthey just a few feet to the west. residence, the Bulldogs won Athletic Center “Loved it,” he said. “It was 135 of 143 games in since it opened in so loud, and you had the McCarthey, a percentage of November 2004. general admission part that 94.4 – second only during At right, see 71-29 64-31 96-36 35-18 kind of amped things up – that span to Kansas’ 94.9 in how the Zags 135-8 133-17 and the Kennel Club wasn’t university Allen Fieldhouse. Four of those losses men and women sponsored then, so you know what came against Top 25 teams; Saint have fared at they were up to beforehand.” Mary’s and Santa Clara account for home, away and Winning percentages for the GU men and women since It was hot, it was humble, maybe a the only debits in a 74-2 mark against on neutral courts 2004-05. Key: I-Home I-Away I-Neutral little rough-and-tumble. It was a gym, opponents. over the past not all that much different from the On the nights when the men are out decade. one where basketball was born. Like of town, the women are only Morrison’s game, it was both old somewhat less dominant: 133-17 over school and edgy – maybe even a little the first 10 years. dangerous. Now, it was in an earlier visit to MEN’S HOME COURT RECORDS “Then when we moved into the McCarthey and not the arena-record 2005-2014 building, you could see the program 52-point drubbing he endured this School Venue Record Pct. taking the next step,” the one-time year that St. Joseph’s coach Phil NCAA scoring champ said, “and that Martelli cast some necessary light on Kansas Allen Fieldhouse 150-8 .949 was exciting in a whole different those numbers. way.” “You understand that the toughest Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic Center 135-8 .944 Now it’s 10 years after – and going part about playing here,” he said, “are Duke Cameron Indoor Arena 154-11 .933 home has never meant quite so much the guys in the other uniforms.” to the . Meaning it’s not the noise from the Ohio State Value City Arena 163-17 .906 In November 2004, Gonzaga obligatory sellout crowd, the Kennel Michigan State Breslin Events Center 145-17 .895 University opened a building befitting Club’s bon mots, the championship its newfound basketball notoriety, banners or the legacy. It’s the players, Memphis FedEx Forum 177-21 .894 and the Zags have never looked back. duh. Wisconsin Kohl Center 152-19 .889 How much of that precisely is the And yet you can hardly discount North Carolina Smith Center 146-19 .885 doing of playing games in the the comfort level. McCarthey Athletic Center and not “This is easily the best place I’ve VCU Siegel Center 132-18 .880 the snug old Kennel cannot be ever played in,” said forward Byron Kentucky Rupp Arena 146-22 .869 quantified, but it’s impossible to imagine the momentum being quite See BLANCHETTE, T8 Staff graphic: Ralph Walter and John Blanchette - - T 2 Main

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How do you pick the 10 best games at McCarthey Athletic Center? Depending on the criteria, any number of games would qualify. Here is our Top 10 list, with the stature of games carrying just as much weight as the drama:

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1 2 3 4 DECEMBER 1, 2004 DECEMBER 5, 2007 MARCH 6, 2006 DECEMBER 17, 2005 Gonzaga 99, WSU 51, Gonzaga 68, Gonzaga 80, Washington 87 Gonzaga 47 Loyola Marymount 67 Virginia 69 The first appearance of a ranked team First meeting of both schools being The most harrowing game in the best An ACC school visits Spokane for the (No. 14 UW) in McCarthey coupled ranked (WSU 8, GU 17). Taylor season of McCarthey thrillers sees the first time and Sean Singleton is with a crackling rivalry -- highlighted Rochestie’s 3-pointer with 28.6 Zags come back from 15 points down spectacular – 35 points, six rebounds, by drilling five 3s, with seconds left is the clinching bucket in in final 14 minutes of the WCC four assists and six steals for the Cavs. eight assists and no turnovers against a tense, defensive masterpiece, in Tournament championship. But they , J.P. Batista and Derek Husky pressure. “I don’t think we are which the Zags shoot just 26 percent. still have to survive LMU’s Chris Ayer Raivio (in his first action after sitting in their heads,” says , It’s WSU first win over a ranked missing a layup at the buzzer. “He just out with a back bruise) score 23 of who had 23 points and 13 rebounds in non-conference opponent on the kind of doinked it, I guess,” said Erroll Gonzaga’s final 29 points to erase a a seventh straight win over UW. road. Knight, who insisted he didn’t it. 57-51 Virginia lead. “Maybe you should ask them and they would tell you yes.”

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“Beating UW in 2004. “When we had ESPN “We’ve had some great, great That year we got housed College GameDay in players – the first game in here by Illinois at Conseco and here and came back we have three league MVPs in the we had a day to come against Stanford to win lineup (Ronny Turiaf, Adam back and prepare, and – that and the Husky Morrison and Derek Raivio) and they had three NBA guys games and Michigan J.P. Batista who could have been and we really had to find State and games like most years. But before this an identity. The those have had electric, building, we couldn’t get other atmosphere that game – big-time atmosphere people to come in here. To see that was the first taste of that can match any big Tom Izzo walk into your building, what this place could be.” building.” that's pretty special.” Adam Morrison Mike Roth, GU athletic director - - T 3 Main

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5 6 7 JANUARY 10, 2013 FEBRUARY 10, 2007 6 JANUARY 27, 2011 Gonzaga 83, Gonzaga 60, Saint Mary’s 73, Saint Mary’s 78 Saint Mary’s 49 Gonzaga 71 (31 points) and the Zags Josh Heytvelt’s suspension rocks The last of the “Gaels collection” on couldn’t have been better in building Spokane and threatens another WCC this list, Mickey McConnell makes a a 20-point lead, and the Gaels title run, but the Zags swarm Omar nervy 15-foot leaner over 7-foot couldn’t have been more determined Samhan and Diamon Simpson inside Robert Sacre for the game-winner, in wiping it out, coming within a and rally behind , Jeremy the last of his 27 points, and the Zags missed 3-pointer by Matthew Pargo and Derek Raivio to extend have to share the WCC regular season Dellavedova of tying it with eight their home court winning streak to 50. title for the first time since 2002. seconds left. Continued on page T6

CREDITS GREATEST MEMORIES Project editor: Joe Palmquist; Reporting and writing: John Blanchette; Photography: Dan Pelle, Kathy Plonka, Colin Mulvany, Jesse Tinsley, Tyler FROM THE MAC Tjomsland, Spokesman-Review archive, Associated Press; Design: Ralph Walter

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2/12/2007 THROUGH Santa Clara ends Gonzaga's 50-game home winning streak dating back to the old Kennel, THE YEARS 84-73. 3/1/2008 scores all 18 of his points in the 10/23/2004 second half of an 88-76 win over Saint Mary's. Opens to the public with a dedication and scrimmage. 12/30/2008 Coach Pat Summitt and Spokane’s Angie 11/5/2004 Bjorklund of Tennessee help GU’s women sell New arena gets a game-night shakedown out the building for the first time with a 77-58 cruise, a 114-86 exhibition victory over Emporia Vols win. State. Sean Mallon lights it up for 28 points in front of a crowd of 5,941. 1/29/2009 Saint Mary’s lights up GU with six 11/19/20 04 3s before breaking his wrist in a fall, and Zags First official game in McCarthey sees Ronny surge in second half to win 69-62. Turiaf score 33 points and Zags shoot 65 percent in a 98-80 win over Portland State. 3/3/2009 A 90-40 win over USC Upstate on Senior Night 11/20/2004 is the building’s largest margin of victory The women get their first bow in the new building, whipping Utah Valley 87-41 in front of 1,644. 11/21/2004 A 78-62 win over Montana is the only regular-season men’s game not listed as a 6,000-seat sellout. Official attendance: 5,917. 12/1/2004 4/24/2009 First ranked opponent in McCarthey, No. 14 UW, Top row, from left: falls 99-87. Sean Mallon goes for Death Cab for Cutie, above, plays the 28 in exhibition win in McCarthey. 1/16/2005 2004; Ronny Turiaf’s 12/2/2009 Bill Cosby, left, takes 33 carries Zags in first the stage as the first official game at MAC; Zags recover from 12-point halftime deficit to non-sports attraction. the Gonzaga women’s beat WSU 74-69 with Matt Bouldin caning first win as a Top 25 seven 3s. 1/29/05 team came in 12/5/2009 ESPN cameras visit February 2005; Santa McCarthey for the first Clara ends GU’s win Wake Forest takes advantage of Elias Harris’ time for 91-79 win over streak at 50 games in ejection for a forearm blow to edge the Zags Portland on the Deuce. 2007. 77-75. 1/21/2010 2/3/2005 At right: Kayla Down 12 at halftime, Standish helps the Pepperdine’s Keion Bell torches GU for 37 Zags hold Saint Mary's to 24 percent shooting Gonzaga women to points, an Arena record for a visiting player. thereafter in 68-63 win. their 100th victory in 1/30/2010 2012. 2/19/2005 Heather Bowman becomes GU's all-time Adam Morrison fall-away jumper from the Bottom row, from left: women's scoring leader, with the woman she wing with .05 a second left beats USF 75-73. Patty Mills lights up passed, Tammy Tibbles, watching the Zags John Cox’s desperation heave from the wing GU before an injury beat USF 93-53. for USF was ruled to have come after the sidelines him in 2009; 11/12/2010 buzzer. In2010, Heather Bowman becomes Gonzaga scores 117 points against Southern, a 2/26/2005 GU’s all-time scoring McCarthey record. Gonzaga’s women make their debut as a Top 25 leader; Courtney 11/16/2010 team with an 81-35 blitz of Portland to clinch Vandersloot makes their first 14-0 WCC season, with a history against UCLA Steven Gray’s 35 points can’t stop San Diego league-record 5,825 on hand. in 2011; Robert Sacre State from pulling out a 79-76 win. Coupled helps the GU men earn with a later loss to Saint Mary’s, it's the only their 100th MAC time GU has lost twice in the same season in the victory in 2012; and McCarthey. Kelly Graves coached 3/21/2011 his final MAC game in 2014. becomes the first women's player in NCAA history to top 2,000 points and 1,000 assists with a layup in an 89-75 win over UCLA that sends the Zags to the Sweet 16. 11/14/2011 Freshman scores 33 points on nine 3s in his first start and an ESPN audience sees GU beat WSU 89-81. 9/29/20 05 Yellowcard, above, headlines the biggest rock 1/21/2012 concert on campus since Led Zeppelin and Robert Sacre’s 18 points and 11 rebounds spur Vanilla Fudge played in 1968. the Zags to their 100th McCarthey win, 77-60 over San Diego. 10/21/2005 You might be a redneck if 2/12/2012 you attended Jeff Foxworthy’s concert. The GU women’s 100th victory comes at the expense of Portland, 77-56, with Kayla 12/18/2005 Standish netting 18 in front of 5,136. The Zags women fall for the first time in the new joint, 72-60 to Montana. 12/31/2005 St. Joseph's makes 15 3-pointers – still a McCarthey record – in a 102-94 loss. 1/16/06 Zags make first Big Monday appearance on ESPN, a 92-80 winner over LMU. 1/28/2006 Adam Morrison sets an arena record with 42 points against Portland. 5/13/2012 Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, above, 2/6/2006 speaks at graduation. Sean Mallon's with .03 left beats Saint Mary's 62-61. 12/28/2012 Kevin Pangos’ 31 points and seven 3s beat 2/11/2006 Baylor, 94-87. ESPN College GameDay visits Spokane and sees Adam Morrison rip Stanford for 34 points in 11/11/2013 an 80-76 win. Zags make 14 3-pointers in a 93-61 romp over Colorado State 3/5/2006 J.P. Batista returns from knee sprain to lift 2/15/2014 Zags past San Diego 96-92 in overtime in the The first 10 years at McCarthey ends for the men only WCC Tournament played in Spokane. with a 86-67 sprint past Loyola Marymount Gonzaga edges Loyola Marymount for the title behind ’s 25 points. the following night. 3/1/2014 12/9/2006 Without anyone knowing, it’s Kelly Graves’ Two ranked teams meet for the first time, with McCarthey farewell as women's coach in an No. 18 GU burying No. 13 Washington 97-77 81-77 win over Pacific. He accepts the job at behind Derek Raivio's 25 points. Oregon five weeks later.

GREATEST MEMORIES FROM THE MAC

“I think it was my redshirt year here and we were playing BYU, “My freshman year, not many people knew or expected me to shoot outside two feet, and I took a and Kev (Pangos) threw that oop to Elias (Harris) mid-range shot and made it – I was 1-for-1 for the year. And everyone in the place got so excited. I thought and the place went nuts.” it was funny. But they show their support for you here in so many ways.” Kyle Dranginis, Gonzaga guard , Gonzaga center - - T 6 Main

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“After the 2006 USF game “The night Kevin (Pangos) “Senior Nights are my Pierre-Marie hit nine 3s against favorite, because that's Altidor-Cespedes won with Washington State really when you really see the a 3-pointer, I asked him if sticks out. The crowd was relationships. When J.P. he was surprised that almost in disbelief as he Batista’s brother came Adam Morrison passed up kept making them, from Brazil and surprised the shot and threw him the thinking, ‘Who is this kid?’ ” him and you saw all that ball. He looked at me and , emotion come out, I think said, ‘Why?’ Why? C’mon, GU assistant coach everybody lost it a little P-MAC, figure it out!” bit.” Steve Bergum, Greg Heister, former Spokesman-Review TV play-by-play reporter - - T 7 Main

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1 2 3 MARCH 19, 2011 JANUARY 11, 2007 NOVEMBER 21, 2010 Gonzaga 92, Gonzaga 78, Stanford 84, Iowa 86 Santa Clara 73 (OT) Gonzaga 78 Courtney Vandersloot had 34 points Stephanie Hawk scored 29 of her 33 The highest-ranked team (No. 3) to and Kayla Standish 30 in this points after halftime, and passed the visit McCarthey had to withstand a racehorse victory in the first NCAA 1,000-point mark, while the Zags Zags rally from 10 points down, but Tournament played in the McCarthey, guards shut down Chandice Cronk. Jeannette Pohlen’s 3-pointers took starting a run that would take the The national leader in 3-pointers the starch out of the second sellout Zags to the Elite Eight. The visitors made didn't score from the field, but crowd in women's history. Courtney made 13 3-pointers to keep a crowd of Jen Gottschalk’s 33 points made it Vandersloot’s line – 24 points, 10 5,632 on the edge of their seats. 1 tough on GU inside. assists, one turnover – prompted Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer to call her “the real deal.”

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“Seeing Pat Summitt in McCarthey, “Courtney Vandersloot becoming the first player to reach something I never thought I’d see. As a 2,000 points and 1,000 assists in the NCAA Tournament person invested in women’s basketball, I game against UCLA. Amazing milstone and to do it in totally understand how big that was.” front of 6,000 people on her home court and on that Dave Trimmer, stage just kind of drove home how special she was.” former Spokesman-Review reporter Steve Myklebust, GU women’s radio play-by-play - - T 8 Main

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BLANCHETTE TOTAL POINTS MEN’S SCORING PERFORMANCES Continued from T1 (Through 2013-14) (Through 2013-14) Wesley, the Zags’ graduate transfer Player Pts Yrs Player Pts Date Opponent from USC. Elias Harris 795 4 Adam Morrison 42 Jan. 28, 2006 Portland “The crowd is phenomenal. Every game – regardless of who the Kevin Pangos 701 4 Steven Gray 35 Nov. 16, 2010 San Diego State opponent is – they come, and they Matt Bouldin 680 4 Adam Morrison 35 Feb. 11, 2006 Stanford come ready. It’s a real home-court Harris advantage and that’s something I’m Adam Morrison 633 2 Adam Morrison 34 Nov. 30, 2005 Portland State not used to, and I can only imagine Steven Gray 580 4 Kevin Pangos 33 Jan. 14, 2011 Washington State how tough it is for opposing teams to come in here and have to deal Robert Sacre 564 4+ Matt Bouldin 32 Jan. 21, 2010 Pepperdine with that crowd all night.” Derek Raivio 563 3 J.P. Batista 32 Dec. 31, 2005 St. Joseph’s Those testimonials have been a constant through the two or three Sam Dower Jr. 560 4 Kelly Olynyk 31 Jan. 10, 2013 Saint Mary’s recruiting generations that have J.P. Batista 462 2 Kevin Pangos 31 Dec. 28, 2012 Baylor cycled through McCarthey during its existence, and the historical Gary Bell Jr. 431 3 Morrison Adam Morrison 31 Jan. 14, 2006 Pepperdine details of its rising are well known. SCORING AVERAGE WOMEN’S SCORING PERFORMANCES Like how former GU president the Rev. Robert Spitzer thought he (Through 2013-14) (Through 2013-14) was paying a call on alums Phil and Player Avg Yrs Name Pts Date Opponent Tom McCarthey to pitch major support for the athletic endowment Adam Morrison 22.6 2 Courtney Vandersloot 34 March 19. 2011 Iowa when coach Mark Few pressed for Ronny Turiaf 19.7 1 Heather Bowman 33 Jan. 2, 2009 St. Joseph’s a new arena. How Spitzer had to go J.P. Batista 17.8 2 back to the McCartheys for another Vandersloot Stephanie Hawk 33 Jan. 11, 2007 Santa Clara $2.3 million to get the project Kevin Pangos 14.9 3 Heather Bowman 31 Feb. 28, 2009 San Diego go-ahead. How it was alums and Derek Raivio 14.4 3 neighborhood guys who bid and Kayla Standish 30 March 19, 2011 Iowa built the place, and how the project Elias Harris 13.5 4 Kayla Standish 30 March 21, 2011 UCLA coordinator for Garco Construction Matt Bouldin 13.3 4 was a former Kennel Club Courtney Vandersloot 29 March 21, 2011 UCLA president. How they drove Josh Heytvelt 12.7 4 Heather Bowman 29 Dec. 12, 2008 S.Dakota State designers crazy trying to replicate 12.3 2 the toes-on-the-court feeling for Heather Bowman 28 Jan. 29, 2009 LMU spectators that made the Kennel, Steven Gray 11.6 4 Bowman Katelyn Redmon 28 Feb. 25, 2012 BYU the Kennel. How they settled on 6,000 seats because tacking on another 2,000 would grow the $25 million price tag closer to $40 million, and how GU decided to be the rare university to live within its palace to go with the glitzy “They were never going to come Marymount’s Chris Ayer doinked a athletic means. And, yes, how they warehouse they open up on game into the old building,” Roth said. layup that would have beaten the quickly peddled all of those seats in night. Except at Gonzaga, they’re “And while we don’t lose a lot here, Zags in the 2006 WCC advance rather than keeping a few one and the same – well-appointed, we’re not a loss that hurts you. It’s championship game. Kevin Pangos treasures available for game-night but lacking pretense, with 24-hour not going to knock out out of the introducing himself to the nation sale. access to any player who wants to polls or the tournament.” with nine 3-pointers against Those last two issues still raise come in and work on his shot. Not that some visitors don’t Washington State. the occasional squawk that surely If any aspect of the beloved old second guess themselves. Poignant moments, too – as when Gonzaga could have done mom-and-pop store that used to be “I remember Tom Izzo walking J.P. Batista’s brother, who hadn’t something else. Zags basketball has survived, this is out and going, ‘Wow,’ “ Zags radio seen the Brazilian giant in four “Yeah,” joked Greg Heister, who it – the gym key voice Tom Hudson said. “Now, years, surprised him on Senior handles television play-by-play for passed down. c’mon, what hasn’t Tom Izzo seen. Night, or a week later when Batista the Zags’ locally produced Tommy Lloyd is one of the GU I also remember him saying, ‘I’m channeled Willis Reed and limped broadcasts. “Build it earlier so Dan assistants who has to recruit to it, crazy bringing my team into this.’ out of the training room after Dickau and could have and doesn’t consider it a handicap But he did.” halftime to score 21 points on San played there. We laugh at Dickau in the least. Meanwhile, there are still Diego and carry the Zags out of the all the time that it’s kind “What I’m explaining assistants on other teams who come WCC semis. of ‘the House That Dan to kids is environment out of the tunnel before tipoff and After 10 years in McCarthey, the Built.’ “ If any and atmosphere – and we try to sneak some cellphone video question isn’t, “What’s not to like On women’s game have that,” he said. of the whole scene. about the place?” It’s, “What do you nights, it’s the House that aspect of the “Ultimately, it’s much That scene has produced wild like best?” Courtney Filled – but beloved old more fun to play in than moments. Morrison standing atop “The best thing?” said Lloyd. having a one-of-a-kind an NBA arena that’s less the broadcast table after Loyola “Oh, man – winning.” talent like Courtney mom-and-pop than half full with a Vandersloot wasn’t all crowd sitting on its that produced a second store that used hands. Not many arenas Zags basketball to be Zags are electric night in and phenomenon. In fact, night out. Here, it’s every give the building an assist basketball has night. on this. “And I prefer to have With his building sold survived, this our guys coming in here out for men’s games, for practice or shooting athletic director Mike is it – the gym at night on the rims Roth sicced his marketing key John they’re shooting at in a people “almost solely on game, rather than a side women’s basketball.” A Stockton gym.” Packaging Supplies different audience And here’s another responded to both the passed down. recruiting bonus: a better Packaging Equipment team’s success and its schedule. attachment to the players. Consider that in 1999, when this Chemical Supplies And while it’s a Top 20 program mad run of success officially began, in attendance, the average audience Gonzaga’s out-of-conference home of 5,600 “isn’t spread around a schedule looked like this: St. Janitorial Equipment 12-18,000-seat building,” Roth Martin’s, Chicago State, Idaho. noted, “and that makes the That was it. Food Service Supplies atmosphere one of the best in the In the last few years, the Zags country. The size of McCarthey have entertained Michigan State works great for women’s and Illinois of the Big Ten, Virginia basketball.” and Wake Forest of the ACC and PROVIDING SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR NEEDS Amazingly enough, it also works the Big 12’s Oklahoma State and great even as the arms race that Baylor. Notre Dame’s been here, • Local Inventories • Next Day Deliveries • Online Ordering pushed college football into and Stanford for GameDay. Next abominable excess begins to do the year, Arizona and UCLA visit. 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