Gonzaga head coach Mark Few and student-athletes Ryan Nembhard, Graham Ike and Khalif Battle from the 2025 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament champion Bulldogs are the featured guests on this week's edition of the WCC POINTS IN THE PAINT men's basketball podcast with hosts Sean Farnham and Dave Flemming.
Flemming and Farnham recap the Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship that saw the Bulldogs beat No. 19 Saint Mary's in the championship game.
Timestamps are listed below for efficient viewing:
1:15 - Gonzaga head coach Mark Few joins the show
1:50 - Few On Saint Mary's
"Randy's [Bennett] built an incredible culture, one of teamness, and you can really feel it out there, and one of toughness and you experience that when you play them."
4:15 - Few on the way Gonzaga ended the regular season and carried that momentum into the tournament
8:00 - Few on the plan leading into the NCAA Tournament
"We need rest. We've been going so hard. We've been going hard on the road. We practiced hard this week. We need some rest. Then we'll start gearing up at the end of the week, some things we can tighten up, develop our offensive plan with different lineups and positions."
11:45 - The Gonzaga players (Khalif Battle, Graham Ike and Ryan Nembhard) join the show
12:10 - On winning another West Coast Conference Championship
"We had a bad taste in our mouth after losing the last two against them [Saint Mary's] so we definitely wanted to get the win tonight, especially with all of our fans here." - Khalif Battle
14:00 - On Braden Huff
"We were so elated for him to see him produce like that. It's been a little up and down for him this year, but he stuck through it and he always stayed positive. He was there when we needed him." - Graham Ike
15:30 - On the emphasis of winning in the month of March
18:20 - On how far Gonzaga can go in the postseason
19:20 - Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham recap the 2024-25 season
"There was better depth, you had some unpredictable results, big moments of individual play, and you saw that even play out here [WCC Basketball Championship]." - Sean Farnham
22:30 - On the impact of the West Coast Conference's strong season
"The WCC is going to enter the NCAA Tournament with two teams wearing a home-colored jersey. That is significant. In this changing landscape, you have two programs that have established themselves as being elite, and now they've put themselves ready to see their name pop up on Selection Sunday." - Sean Farnham.
23:20 - Dave and Sean preview the NCAA Tournament for the West Coast Conference
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