SOMETHING
SOMETHING SEARCH FOR THE WIND AS A IT CAME DOWN TO THE WIRE BOTH TEAMS CAME TO PLAY BUT
ONLY ONE CAN ADVANCE FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN TEAM HISTORY
GONZAGA ADVANCES TO THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT IS JUST EMERGING HERE AT THE
MCCOURTY ATHLETIC CENTER.
WE'LL TAKE A STUDENT REACTION
FROM THE GAME COMING UP.
NO LOSS.
FINAL FOUR IS A GREAT
COMBINATION OF BRANDON T. JONES
LIVE WITH FAN REACTION.
YOU GUYS MIGHT BE EXPECTING
PEOPLE TO BE EXCITED WATCHING
THE GAME AT BARS AND WATCH
PARTIES BUT THE PEOPLE HERE
CREATED THE WATCH PARTY IN
THEIR OWN FRONT YARD AND THE
EXCITEMENT LEVEL IS SO HIGH
TAKE AWAY NO.
WELL, I TELL WHAT IT WAS
INCREDIBLE.
NEVER GOING TO GET OLD TO SEE
THE BUZZER BEATER SHOT FOR THE
SECOND TIME EVER THE ZAGS WILL
BE DANCING INTO THE NCAA
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
WOW.
THE BULLDOGS HAVE NOT LOST A
GAME ALL SEASON AND THEY'RE
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING
DOWN.
YOU CAN CATCH THAT GAME MONDAY
NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON CREM TWO
>>.
YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE JUST
INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US TONIGHT FOR
CRUNCHINESS AT 10:00, I'M
WHITNEY WARD >> AND I'M SHERRI.
WE HAVE KARTHICK VENKATRAMAN
NOW THAT IS IN THE NEWSROOM.
IT WAS GOING TO GIVE US ALL THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SHOW KARTHICK
MAN >> HOW ABOUT THAT LAST SHOT
Y'ALL?
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WILD SEEING
ALL OF THAT GO DOWN.
I MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING
ME.
WHAT A CRAZY FINISH AN ALL TIME
HISTORIC NCAA TOURNAMENT MOMENT
AND JUST A BIG MOMENT FOR
PROGRAM HISTORY AS WELL.
THE BIGGEST SHOT IN PROGRAM
HISTORY IF I MIGHT ADD.
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE SHOT
RIGHT NOW.
SOME PHOTOS FROM AFTER THE
GAME.
LOOK AT THAT EMOTION FROM JALEN
SUGGS SAID IN THE POSTGAME
PRESS CONFERENCE IT HAS BEEN
HIS DREAM TO JUMP UP ON THE
TABLE AND CELEBRATE LIKE
ATHLETE ATHLETES.
HE LOOKED UP TO LIKE KOBE
BRYANT, DWAYNE WADE AND HE GOT
TO DO THAT TONIGHT AFTER
HITTING THE GAME WINNING BUZZER
BEATER FROM ABOUT HALF COURT.
YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
OH MY GOODNESS.
HOW HE GOT THE BALL UP IN TIME
AND THEN MADE THAT SHOT WAS
SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET
IN MY LIFETIME.
THAT'S JUST THE BEAUTY OF
SPORTS.
IT'S THIS UNSCRIPTED DRAMA
WHERE YOU JUST LIKE HOW DID
THAT JUST HAPPEN?
YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED JUST THE
OTHER DAY WHAT IT HAS BEEN LIKE
TO COVER THIS GONZAGA MEN'S
BASKETBALL TEAM.
IF ONLY I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW
NOW I WOULD HAVE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT ANSWER BECAUSE THAT
WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL
TO WATCH ALL IT >> IS IT'S JUST
THRILLING JUST TO BE ALONG FOR
THE RIDE IN SOME SMALL WAY.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THEY
HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH AND
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE FEELING IT
IS FOR THEM TO HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED WHAT THEY HAVE >>.
YES, GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD, CARTER.
YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST SAYING
JUST SEEING THAT POST GAME LIKE
IN THE LOCKER ROOM THE WAY THAT
EVERYONE'S DANCING AROUND, YOU
KNOW, JALEN SUGGS IS GIVEN A
HUG AS SOON AS HE COMES IN THE
WATER SPLASHING MUCH LIKE WE
SAW AFTER THAT GAME AGAINST
OKLAHOMA.
YOU IN THE SWEET OR RATHER IN
THE ROUND OF THIRTY TWO I MEAN
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO WATCH
HOW MUCH FUN THIS TEAM'S HAVING
AND TO DO IT THE WAY THEY DID
IT TO PRESERVE A PERFECT SEASON
AND HOPES TO WIN THE PROGRAM'S
FIRST NATIONAL TITLE.
CAN YOU SET UP THE STAGE ANY
BIGGER GOING INTO MONDAY
AGAINST BAYLOR?
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN >> NO
I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE
AND IT REALLY FEELS LIKE IT'S
ALL BEEN BUILDING UP TO THIS.
YEAH.
AND THEY'RE JUST SUCH GOOD GUYS
AND THEY'RE SO EASY TO ROOT FOR
.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH KARTHICK.
WELL WE'VE GOT OUR OTHER TEAM
STAYING UP LATE TONIGHT IN THE
EASTERN TIME ZONE.
YEAH, INDIANAPOLIS IS THREE
HOURS AHEAD OF US AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'VE GOT.
MARK AND BRENNA'S >> STANDING
BY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU >> STICKING
AROUND WITH US.
YOU WERE THERE AT THE GAME.
ANYTHING ANY HIGHLIGHTS YOU
WANT TO SHARE WITH US?
IT WAS JUST JUST A FEW MAYBE
ONE IN PARTICULAR ABOVE.
YEAH, BRIGHT AND EARLY.
BRIGHT AND DARK.
DARK EARLY I GUESS YOU WOULD
SAY HERE IN INDY TONIGHT.
BUT WHAT A MOMENT THIS IS ONE
OF THOSE WHERE WERE YOU WHEN
MOMENTS FOR SPORTS, RIGHT?
I MEAN KIDS YOU KNOW, YEARS
FROM NOW BE TALKING ABOUT I'M
JALEN SUGGS LAST SECOND TO WIN
THE GAME BUZZER BEATER HERE YOU
GO.
IT WAS JUST MY GOODNESS MAGICAL
I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL.
AND IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE
ONE OF THOSE.
WHERE WERE YOU MOMENTS IN YOUR
ZAGS AND IT'S REALLY IF YOU
LIKE SPORTS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE,
INCREDIBLE GAME FROM JALEN
SUGGS TONIGHT.
JUST WHAT A SHOT WHAT A MOMENT
I CAN'T EVEN PUT IT INTO WORDS
WHAT I JUST SAW IT'S GOING TO
TAKE ME A WHILE TO PROCESS IT
STILL CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
WE TALKED TO JALEN AFTER THE
GAME AND WELL, HE HAD A PRETTY
SIMILAR REACTION.
OH NO.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO RUN UP ON
THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE KOBE
WADE AND AND GO LIKE THAT.
I MEAN THAT'S THE FIRST THING
I DID.
BUT MAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
YOU PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, ON YOUR
MENU AS A KID OR IN THE GYM
JUST MESSING AROUND AND TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT IT'S CRAZY >>.
SO I'VE ALWAYS SAID A FOOTBALL
GAME SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP
AGAINST ST. MARGARET MY SENIOR
YEAR WAS MY GREATEST SPORTS
MOMENT THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF
SKYROCKETS ABOVE THAT.
I MEAN IT WAS NUTS AND I STILL
CAN'T SPEAK.
I MAY BE GOING ON MY HEAD AND
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
HAPPENED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY GOING
TO HIT ME.
YOU KNOW, UNTIL I WAKE UP
TOMORROW.
BUT I MEAN TONIGHT TONIGHT WAS
SPECIAL.
IT'S THINGS THAT YOU DREAM
ABOUT AND YOU KNOW, WHEN DREAMS
START TO BECOME REALITIES, YOU
KNOW, AND YOU'RE YOU'RE THE TO
EXPERIENCE THOSE THINGS
ESPECIALLY AND OTHER THINGS
YOU'VE GOT TO CHERISH, YOU
KNOW, YOU DON'T YOU'RE NEVER
GOING TO GET ANOTHER MOMENT
LIKE YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BE
ABLE TO RELIVE THIS FOR ME MY
MENTALITY IS, YOU KNOW, I'M A
GIVE IT ALL YOU KNOW, ONE
HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT WHILE
I'M HERE TO TRY TO COME OUT ON
TOP FOR THIS GUY OR THESE GUYS
ON A TEAM FOR THE CITY OF
SPOKANE AND FOR EVERYONE
INVOLVED IN THE FANS GONZAGA
BASKETBALL >> NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP AND HERE WE WE
ALSO SPOKE OF COURSE TO MARK
FIELD POSTGAME FOR HIS THOUGHTS
ON JALEN MAGICAL MOMENT.
FIRST >> OF ALL, OUR BEST
CHANCE TAKER BY FAR AND SO YEAH
,I MEAN I DON'T KNOW HOW
I FELT ABOUT THAT ESPECIALLY
WITH FOUR FOULS BUT YOU KNOW,
HE TOOK IT GOD BLESS HIM AND
I WAS A BIG PLAY AND THEN YOU
KNOW, HEY, I MEAN WE'VE BEEN
GOING TO HIM ALL YEAR AND YOU
KNOW, I THINK THIS GAME WE
FOUND IT IT WAS IT WAS A LOT
MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE COULD GET
HIM ON THE MOVE.
THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB OF
PUSHING HIM OUT, CROWDING HIM
IN FRONT OF THEM AND DOING ALL
KINDS OF THINGS SO YOU KNOW, IN
A STAGNANT POST WAS NOT THE
ANSWER.
SO HE'S HE'S SMART.
THESE OTHER GUYS ARE SMART.
JAYLEN AND ANDREW FOUND HIM
WITH SOME REALLY NICE POCKET
PASSES AND AND HE WENT TO WORK
>> JUST AN INCREDIBLE,
INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
I JUST KEEP SAYING IT.
I DON'T KNOW REALLY THERE'S
LITERALLY NO WORDS AT THIS
POINT.
ANOTHER HORRIBLE MOMENT DREW TO
ME HIS CHARGE THAT HE TOOK
YEAH.
TO AT THE END OF REGULATION
CRUCIAL FOR THIS GAME IS KIND
OF GOING TO BE OVERSHADOWED
RIGHT NOW.
HE DID IT WITH FOUR FOULS WHICH
IS ANOTHER AMAZING THING.
SO ANYWAYS YEAH, JUST JUST A
GAME WITH SO MANY SO MANY
INCREDIBLE MOMENTS OF COURSE.
JALEN WAY UP THERE.
BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF HEROICS
FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ZAGS.
YEAH.
AND ASIDE FROM THE CHARGE,
TIMMY WAS JUST GREAT DOWN THE
STRETCH PLAYING THE GAME.
RIGHT.
HE HAD SOME KEY BUCKETS TO
REALLY I GUESS KEEP GONZAGA
HERE BECAUSE UCLA THEY WERE
PLAYING WELL DOWN THE STRETCH.
YES, THEY WERE THEY THEY WERE
THEY WERE ALSO INCREDIBLE
TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE THEIR FAN
BASE, NOTHING'S TO HANG YOUR
HEAD OVER.
THAT'S THAT'S FOR SURE.
WE ARE GOING TO WRAP IT UP FOR
RIGHT NOW AT LEAST HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS FOR MARC-ANDRE AND
I BROUGHT A GREEN BACK TO YOU
GUYS.
YEAH, BRENNO WHILE WE'VE GOT
YOU, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU
BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO TALK
ABOUT THIS WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE
FROM WHAT YOU KNOW OF COVERING
THESE EVENTS WHAT DO YOU
SUPPOSE TOMORROW WILL BE LIKE
FOR THE TEAM AS THEY GET READY
FOR BAYLOR?
YEAH, SO NORMALLY IT'S KIND OF
A WALK THROUGH DAY.
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING SUPER
INTENSE BEFORE THIS GAME.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER IN OUR SHOW
ON CRAMB ABOUT ABOUT AFTER
AFTER THE GAME, NORMALLY THE
STAFF WILL BE PREPARING FOR ALL
OF THE TEAMS WITHIN THEIR QUOTE
UNQUOTE POD DURING THE WEEK
BEFORE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY'VE
ALREADY BEEN PREPPING FOR
BAYLOR.
SO THIS TEAM KNOWS KIND OF WHAT
TO EXPECT RIGHT NOW AND ALSO
FIRST THEY PREP FOR THEM A FEW
MONTHS AGO GAME TIME MONDAY.
LET'S DO THIS RIGHT HERE WE GO
RIGHT BACK TO YOU GUYS DOING
WELL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT GUYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL, EARLIER THIS EVENING THE
MCCARTHY ATHLETIC CENTER JUST
ERUPTED AS THE ZAGS OFFICIALLY
ADVANCED TO THAT NATIONAL >>
CHAMPIONSHIP AND OUR OWN AMANDA
ROWLY WAS THERE LIVE.
IT'S QUIETED DOWN NOW BUT IT
WAS QUITE THE SCENE EARLIER
TONIGHT.
AMANDA.
TONIGHT. AMANDA. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, GUYS.
MAN THE ENERGY HERE WAS JUST SO
CONTAGIOUS IT WAS ELECTED,
RICK, IN THERE RIGHT UP TO THE
FIRST ROUND OF WHEN WE HIT THE
BUZZER AND WE HIT A TIE,
EVERYONE WAS LIKE PULLING THEIR
HAIR.
I SAW PEOPLE PULLING IT HAD
NAIL-BITING, PRAYING, HOLDING
THEIR HEARTS AND NOW AFTER WE
HIT THAT ONCE THEY HIT THEM OH
MY GOODNESS, IT'S IT'S
INDESCRIBABLE WATCHING THE
REACTION WAS JUST AMAZING TO
WATCH.
YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THE CENTER
REACTED WHEN WE MADE THAT SHOT.
TAKE A LOOK.
YES.
YES.
YES. YES.
YES. YES. THAT THAT REACTION THERE JUST
ERUPTED.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYBODY
SO HAPPY THEY FLOODED ONTO THE
BASKETBALL COURT SUPEROXIDE
SOME KIDS EVEN FELL TO THE
GROUND.
THEY WERE JUST IN SHOCK.
A LOT OF THEM STILL PROCESSING
THE FACT THAT MAN THEY MADE IT
THIS MADE IT THEY ARE MOVING
ON.
TAKE A LISTEN TO YOUR THOUGHTS
AFTER THE GAME.
I >> CANNOT BELIEVE MY EYES
FIRST I WAS EVERYONE WAS
CHEERING AND I WAS LIKE IT DID
GO IN BUT IT WENT IN.
WE'RE GOING TO THE NATTIE.
LET'S GO BABY.
IT >> WAS INSANE.
IT WAS SO STRESSFUL.
SIT DOWN.
I PROBABLY WAS LIKE TEN YEARS
OF MY LIFE BUT IT WAS WORTH IT
.
WE HAVE >> JALEN SUGGS WE HAVE
COREY KISPERT.
WE HAVE TO TELL ME THE GAME IS
NEVER OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER AND
THOSE GUYS OUT THERE AND PUT IT
ON THE FLOOR TONIGHT.
BOY, YOU GOT TO BELIEVE THOSE
PRAYERS THAT WERE BEING SENT IN
THOSE LAST FEW SECONDS THEY
WERE ANSWERED TONIGHT AFTER
STUDENTS LEFT THE MCCARTHY
ATHLETIC CENTER CAME HERE OF
COURSE CHEERED AT THE BULLDOG
AND THEN HEADED OVER TO THE
FULLY FIELD TO GET A BIT OF
CELEBRATION JITTERS OUT.
IT WAS A LECTURE GIVEN OVER
THERE.
THEY HAD SOME MUSIC, A LOT OF
GHOSTS, EVEN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT MADE AROUND THROUGH
THE CAMPUS HERE AT GONZAGA
UNIVERSITY HONKING AND CHEERING
GO ZAGS COME BACK OUT HERE.
OF COURSE IT IS QUIET AS WE
MENTIONED BUT THE CELEBRATION
IS GOING TO DEFINITELY CONTINUE
ON THIS WEEK.
REPORTING FROM GONZAGA
UNIVERSITY, AMANDA ROWLY CREM
TWO NEWS.
GREAT JOB, AMANDA.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S
BEEN FUN TO LOOK AT SOCIAL
MEDIA NOW TO THE TWITTER SPHERE
AND YES, THE SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL
KINDS OF FAMOUS NBA PLAYERS AND
EVERYBODY JUST TALKING ABOUT
THIS BIG WIN TONIGHT.
YEAH, THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT
ARE DEFINITELY WEIGHING IN ON
THAT INCREDIBLE SHOT GRUMPY'S
TIM FAM NOW TRACKING ALL OF
THOSE FEEDS AT THIS HOUR.
SO TIM WHAT HAVE PEOPLE BEEN
SAYING TONIGHT.
OH MY GOODNESS I THINK FANS ARE
JUST ECSTATIC.
IT'S INDESCRIBABLE >> BUT WHEN
YOU GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA YOU
HAVE TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING
RIGHT.
SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TWEETING
OUT ALL OF THEIR EMOTIONS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND FROM THE START
OF THE GAME TO THE END THIS
GAME WAS DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T A DOUBLE
DIGIT LEAD LIKE THE OTHER
GAMES.
AND SO THIS ONE PEOPLE WERE
KIND OF NERVOUS AT THE
BEGINNING.
WE SAW A LOT OF FUN GIFTS
ONLINE OF PEOPLE JUST KIND OF
SWAYING AND DOING FUNNY THINGS.
THIS SHOT THOUGH, I HAVE TO
SHOW IT TO YOU BECAUSE LOOK
THERE A FEW GIRLS IN THE LOCKER
ROOM, THEIR POSTGAME
CELEBRATION THEY THIS HAS BEEN
SHARED ALREADY OR VIEWED
I SHOULD SAY HALF A MILLION
TIMES AND IT'S CONTINUING TO
CLIMB.
SO LET'S KEEP GOING ON AND SEE
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING.
THIS NEXT ONE MARK HANAHAN
TWEETED OUT BEST MASK OF THE
NIGHT.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE THE
GAME BUT CHECK OUT THAT STASH
I MEAN COME COVERED THAT IS TO
TIMMY MASKS AND I THINK SOMEONE
NEEDS TO START SELLING THOSE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET ON TO THE
NEXT ONE.
AMANDA ROWLY TOOK THIS NEXT
GREAT PHOTO.
LOOK WHO THAT THEN MCCULLOH A
BLANKET YOU GET TO STAY WARM
WITH THANE I LOVE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN WE ALSO SAW LEBRON
JAMES TWEET.
HE ALSO IS JUST SAYING OH MY
GOODNESS, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
GAME.
ALSO JAY INSLEE, GOV. JAY
INSLEE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD
RENAME OLYMPIO TO SUGGS BILL.
I THINK SO.
I LIKE THAT NAME HAS A NICE
RING TO IT BUT YEAH.
ONE MORE TO GO YOU GUYS AND
SOCIAL MEDIA IS GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL BUT ALL
WEEK THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
AND PROBABLY THE NEXT WEEK
AHEAD WHITNEY.
TOM, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT TALKING ABOUT THAT SHOT
YEAH.
OH FOR YEARS WHAT >> A GAME
WHAT A NAIL BITER.
I WAS KIND OF HOPING FOR A 20
POINT LEAD, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE
SAW WITH BAYLOR AND THE HOUSTON
GAME.
BUT I GUESS IT REALLY TURNED
OUT TO BE A FAKE >>.
IT JUST MADE ME SWEAT THE WHOLE
TIME.
TIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL, YOU CAN CATCH THAT
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
RIGHT HERE ON CREM TWO.
THE ZAGS WILL BE TAKING ON THE
BAYLOR BEARS AGAIN.
THAT'S MONDAY