Free Ira Brown! - The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast

Surpirse! It's FREE IRA BROWN! In the SPRINGTIME!? That's right, fans. We couldn't resist getting together to discuss all the portaling, the conference realignment, non-conference games and the exodus from Gael country. All that and a roasting shenanigans. @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga's Men's and Women's basketball teams end their season in the Sweet Sixteen. Were they successful? We'll address the past, present, and future of Gonzaga Basketball. We'll recap the losses to the number one seeds, and look back on our top 3 moments from the season. Support the show at patreon.com/freeirabrown

Both the Gonzaga men and the Gonzaga women reach the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The men for the 9th (10th) time in a ROW! That's as hard as we were watching them win. We'll spend some time celebrating those wins before looking ahead to some difficult match-ups against Purdue and Texas. Go Zags!

In a marvelous turn of events, the Gonzaga Men earned a 5 seed in the NCAA tournament. In an even more impressive feat, the Women's team earned a 4 seed and will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Women's Tournamen at the McCarthey Athletic Center. How excited are we? Very. How confident are we? Unreasonably. We'll tell the tale of the opening round match-up and spin the yarn of a hopeful second round opponent as well. It's the most wonderful time of the year on this episode of Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Support the Show: patreon.com/freeirabrown.

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Gealtears. That's enough, except for the algorithm requires me to mention that the Gonzaga Men's Basketball team defeated the St. Mary's Geals. We'll bathe in their tears, then discuss the way the lads have shown true grit and resilience throughout this season. Support the Show! Patreon.com/freeirabrown

After a routine road win at Portland and supreme revenge against Santa Clara last week, our attention turns to the biggest, and final weekend of the season. Gonzaga travels to the Bay Area to face WCC hopefuls, San Francisco, in the Chase Center and to Moraga to end Saint Mary's nation-leading winning streak. With so much at stake, we thought it best to bring in GU Basketball expert, Steven Karr to discuss. Patreon.com/freeirabrown @freeirabrown

Two comfortable wins against the Loyola Marymount Lions and the Pacific Tigers keep Gonzaga on track for an at-large NCAA tournament bid. The Zag train keeps on rolling with Portland and Santa Clara on the clock and the men will try hard to avoid anymore rat-tailed freakshow performances. Speaking of rolling, the Gonzaga women continue to roll all over the WCC. Support the show: Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga gets a statement win down South as they manhandle the young wildcats with middle ball screens galore! We're excited! And you are too! Next up, them men head to Hank's house to hand the Lions yet another beat down at Gersten. The women continue to embarrass WCC opponents on their way to a high tournament seed. Support the show at patreon.com/freeirabrown

It's a hard knock life for us here at Free Ira Brown, with the Zags suffering a devestating loss at home to their long time rivals. We try to look on the bright side as we review the game and look ahead to a week with another WCC also-ran, and KENTUCKY? Ok. let's go then.

The Dons put a up a fight, as did the rims at the Spanos Center during late game free throws. But Gonzaga came out of the weekend with two more conference wins! We break them down, and look ahead to what we hope will be the Zags' first Quad One victory of the season over a surging Saint Fucky's squad. Screw You Randy Bennett. Oh and Dom Harris returns. Will it be with a vengeance? patreon.com/freeirabrown

The Gonzaga Men return to the MAC after racking up two more wins over some So Cal beach bums. USF will aim to hand Gonzaga a rare home conference loss, and Pacific will roll over like a submissive puppy. We'll preview those games and do so much more on this episode of Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Support the Show: Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Another unworldly performance by Anton Watson is squandered by a 10 percent shooting performance from deep. Gonzaga has no good wins and is looking at the bubble. Mard is not doing well. Is there a light? We'll discuss it this week on Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. The Gonzaga Women, on the other hand, are on track for a protected seed in Spokane come March. Mard is doing well, after all. @freebrown

Gonzaga's shooting woes cont . . . wait, what? They DON'T? The Free Ira Brown boys will talk it out, let you know if we should expect the hot shooting to continue on the road against the Santa Clara Broncos. The Zag Women embark on their tour of WCC dominance with a win over Portland and we remember our favorite things from 1999. Some of them don't involve slippers. Support the Show! patreon.com/freeirabrown

Oh man, is it bad? I can't look! Tell me, dude, how bad is it? We'll tell you. And then we'll look ahead to the conference slate. @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown

The Zags go down to another group of Huskies while building a wall of bricks from beyond the arc. We'll go over the particulars while handing out Christmas gifts. Then, the Aztecs come to town to give the Zags one last chance at a good win in the non-conference. Then we give you our top three Christmas villians! Support the Show! Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga lets a solid road win slip away during a ten minute mind warp in which they forget that the ball is supposed to go IN the hoop. Anyway, we'll dissect the loss and decide not to panic. From one husky dog-fight to another, the Zags head back to Seattle to play the other Huskies in their best opportunity to beat a top ten opponent all season. Can we do it? Yes we can! (or maybe not), tune in to find out. @freeirabrown on twitter Support the Show! patreon.com/freeirabrown

Will Gonzaga continue it's Pac-12 domination? Washington will do its best to defend the defunct conference of champions. We'll talk about the whooping of the Trojans, the anticipated whooping of the Dawgs, and we get a visit from the East! Support the Show at patreon.com/freeirabrown! @freeirabrown

The Zags make short work of The Bakersfield Roadrunners in a final tune-up before launching a thousand ships off to Vegas to face Troy in another battle for West Coast supremacy. We'll tell you what to expect. We'll finish with some crazy/not crazy. patreon.com/freeirabrown @freeirabrown

After a bit of a cold open in the first round of the Maui Invitational against Purdue, the lads crushed Syracuse and then Anton "liquid hot magma" Watson got McCronin hot under the collar. All in all, a successful showing in the Pacific. We'll take a look back at the week that was in Gonzaga Basketball (including some major offense from the ladies) on this episode of Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Support the Show at patreon.com/freeirabrown Follow us @freeirabrown

Gonzaga takes care of business against Yale, with Dusty and Braden stepping up nicely in the face of an experienced opponent. Our takeaways from that game, PLUS the Free Ira Brown! Maui Invitational (Honolulu) Preview Spectacular! We also welcome the incomparable Steven Karr to get his reactions on the young season. @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown

The Yale Bulldogs come to town looking to pull off the early season upset. We'll break down their chances. Will they get the girl in the funhouse? Or go home with wedgies? Find out on this episode of Free Ira Brown!: THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Celebrating a Decade of Gonzaga Hoops Podcasting By Fans, For Fans! @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown

Join the FIB boys as we break down the Gonzaga men's and women's basketball schedules this season. What game has you the most riled up? We're looking at as challenging a non-conference schedule as we've ever seen in the Mark Few era. How will the lads come through it? We'll tell you, on this episode of Free Ira Brown: THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. By fans, for fans. @freeirabrown Support the Show! patreon.com/freeirabrown

Adam, Chris and Marty return for the tenth(!) season of Free Ira Brown with your complete player preview for the 23-24 Gonzaga basketball season. There are a lot new faces, and some big shoes to fill, but as Mard will tell you, through song, we believe in a coach called Few. All that and our Halloween movie picks on this episode of Free Ira Brown: THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. @freeirabrown Freeirabrownpod on Instagram

In which we over-react to lovely fall afternoon in Spokane. We're back BA-BY!

Your Gonzaga summer update. All the news, the ins, the outs, the mystery! All that and stuff we love and love to hate about summer on this episode of Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast.

Free Ira Brown takes some time to review the season that was and look ahead to the season that will be. A Timme tribute, a Harris lament, and thoughts on what the starting line-up will be. See you all in season 10. patreon.com/freeirabrown

The Free Ira Brown boys recap that last game, much to everyone's chagrin, but end with a discussion of our favorite moments from an up and down season of Gonzaga Basketball. Support the show at Patreon.com/freeirabrown

In which we lose our shit. Drew Timme is a legend.

Gonzaga advances to the Sweet Sixteen for the eighth straight year and Drew Timme leads the way again. We break down the first weekend victories and look ahead to the Vegas showdown against the Wieners from Westwood. We'll also review all the upsets from another exciting weekend in the NCAA tournament and discuss our fantastic weekend in Spokane. patreon.com/freeirabrown

The bracket is set, the die is cast. The Zags land out West, where they'll shoot it out with the Grand Canyon Antelopes before a likely showdown with the Horned Frogs of TCU. We discuss the match-ups, tell you what to look for and make our bold predictions! Do join us for a bracket and ball-busting discussion of the 2023 NCAA tournament, won't you? patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga wins another WCC tournament title with a wire-to-wire drubbing of the Gaels in Las Vegas. We celebrate, we deliberate, we masticate on another fantastic WCC Tournament showing by the Gonzaga men. The ladies suffered a setback, but will look to make some NCAA noise anyway. We close with a look ahead at some possible NCAA opponents as we anxiously await Selection Sunday. Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga closes out their 11th WCC Regular Season Championship with their strongest defensive effort of the year. Oh and they dropped 77 on the Gaels. We laugh a lot at SMC, and how they're terrible. Also, they are some tough dudes we are likely to face in the WCC tournament title game YET AGAIN. Join us for some revelry in the tears of a Gael and a preview of the WCC Tournament. Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga returns to the Mac after choke-holding an entire fan base at LMU and frustrating a feisty Pepperdine squad. When they get there, they'll welcome College Gameday for the biggest game of the season against the Hated Gaels. We engage in a constructive, reasonable, calm and not-at-all expletive-laced breakdown of the pending match-up. Then we spend a little too much time talking about all the Gaels we loved to hate. patreon.com/freeirabrown

Back in January, the LMU Lions handed Gonzaga its first home loss in a dog's age. This week, the Bulldogs look to return the favor. The Free Ira Brown boys break down the revenge game, but not before basking in the glow of a home victory over the Cougars of BYU by hitting a ton of free throws?! We'll take it. Also on the pod, the ladies whoop Portland, Vandersloot's jacket game, and why a 6 seed is better than a 4 seed. Support show at patreon.com/freeirabrown

We discuss the frustrating loss to SMC in Moraga, but find enough silver linings to look forward to the Zags' homecoming against USF and BYU. Also, we rap for a bit about epic badass, Courtney Vandersloot and her contribution to Gonzaga Basketball. patreon.com/freeirabrown @freeirabrown

After an ultimately comfortable win over the Portland Pilots in the Chiles Center (Thanks, Ju), the Zags welcome Santa Clara on Thursday, and jump in the jet to Moraga on Saturday to take on the Gaels. This is a biggie, folks. We'll break down these games and discuss the state of the conference with special guest, Will Maupin, of the The Inlander. Also, Mard shares his special feelings about St. Mary's in the only way he knows how. Support the show! patreon.com/freeirabrown Twitter: @freeirabrown Insta: @freeirabrownpod Excerpts now available on YouTube!

Don't be intimidated by the run time on this one, Zags, because after we get down in the dumps talking about the LMU loss, out spirits are lifted by the one and only Greg Heister. We discuss the Zags, expectations, fishing, dog-sledding and Mark Few's surprising genetic fly fishing disadvantage. Support the show at Patreon.com/freeirabrown Twitter: @freeirabrown

The Zags escape from Provo after crushing the dreams of Cougars everywhere. We break down those final minutes, including Julian's iconic farewell to the ROC! Then, we talk about some home cookin' as all the cylinders were firing agains the Portland. We then look ahead to the upcoming tilts against LMU and Pacific. @freeirabrown

Gonzaga overcomes some uncharacteristic Timme troubles to eek out a victory on the hilltop, thanks to some Bolton heroics. We break it down, along with the win at Santa Clara. Was this the toughest road stretch of the season? Will BYU have anything to say about that? @freeirabrown on Twitter @freeirabrownpod on Instagram

Gonzaga opens the conference season with a dominant performance by Drew Timme and the lads in a 111-88 dissipation of the Waves. Next up is a tough road trip to the Bay Area for visits to USF and SCU. Adam, Chris and Marty give you all the info you need to predict Gonzaga winning those games. All this, and we are visited by a famed visitor from the East, Karno-ac the Magnificent! Support the show! Patreon.com/freeirabrown. @Freeirabrown on twitter @free_ira_brown_podcast on instagram

After a brief discussion about the tune up against Eastern Oregon, the Free Ira Brown boys take a long look back at the year that was, sharing the best and worst, the flyest and the driest, and the most wonderful memories from 2022. We also take some time to look ahead at the WCC schedule and dare to make some predictions as to how this will turn out in 2023. Do join us, will you? @freeirabrown Support the show at patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga's gauntlet of a non-conference schedule has finally come to an end. We've laughed, we've cried, we've yelled at the TV until we've passed out, but most of all, we've learned a lot about this Gonzaga team. They are growing before our eyes into a formidable basketball outfit. What better way to celebrate the season than to welcome friend of the show, Steven Karr, to discuss the highs and lows of the non-con season? We promise he's not replacing Marty permanently (unless he wants to). We close the show with a reading of the Night Before Christmas before giving out our annual FIB Christmas presents. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! @freeirabrown on twitter Support the show at Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga takes care of business in the Kennel with two home wins over top 100 opponents extending their home winning streak to 70. Lots of positive takeaways from this one folks, and the FIB boys discuss them all before sharing our favorite obscure Christmas tunes. Support the Show: Patreon.com/freeirabrown @freeirabrown

Gonzaga's tilt against Baylor seemed like it was in hand, but it wasn't. Are GU's recent frustrations indicative of the entire season to come? Or does the sky remain the limit for this team? Chris faces existential dread in this uplifting episode of Free Ira Brown. Also, we rag on the Huskies. @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga climbed some green Cascade peaks and dropped into some Portland valleys during feast week's PKI or was it L? In any event, the Free Ira Brown boys review the consistent inconsistencies of this year's Gonzaga season so far and look ahead to a big bear of a match up later this week against Baylor. We'll also discuss Nolan Hickman's turnover turnaround and Timme's continued badassery. Support the show at Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Drew Timme drops 22 points and the Bulldogs ran the Wildcats right out of Spokane. Does this win wash away the bad taste of the Texas game? Hell, yes it does! We'll tell you why on this episode of Free Ira Brown! We'll also look ahead to the Phil Knight Legacy field and a possible tilt with Huggy bear himself! @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga f's around down in Austin and finds out that 20 turnovers is no way to play a basketball game. We discuss our concerns with our usual mild temperament and grace. After that, we attempt to forget about all of that and preview the Kentucky game. Join us for some lively discussion about colonel's, wildcats and national players of the year. @freeirabrown Patreon.com/freeirabrown

Spokesman-Review Gonzaga beat writer, Theo Lawson, joins the show! We exhaust all of our maritime puns, wax poetic about tingling Timme senses and generally gush about the lads' second half comeback on the USS Abraham Lincoln. If only the Persians had Drew Timme, they may have conquered Greece after all. With the Spartans vanquished, we look ahead to a big road challenge agains the Texas cows. Will Drew remind them of his 37 points in last year's match-up? We discuss that, before going on one final voyage on our top three boats. Patreon.com/freeirabrown @freeirabrown on twitter.

The SS Gonzaga weighs anchor and embarks on its 2022-2023 campaign and we here at Free Ira Brown can't wait to see them off. Will GU say "bon voyage" to the WCC and seek rougher waters in the Big 12? The F IB boys discuss the stops along the way, pick the winners and losers and preview the outdoor tilt against the Spartans. Go Zags! @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown [email protected]