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Over the past 10 years, the State Farm Battle in Seattle has seen its share of great basketball including buzzer beaters, overtime thrillers and exciting Top 10 matchups. This year’s 10th anniversary game may feature the best Gonzaga team yet.

With a 9-0 start, the Bulldogs have set a school record for most wins to begin the season, topping the 1994-95 squad which started 8-0.

Gonzaga’s balanced attack and great depth has fueled this hot start. Ten players play over 10 minutes per game with six players averaging more than eight points per game.

In just 10 games, six different players have led the team in scoring. Head coach Mark Few’s plethora of scorers is led by senior forward Elias Harris, a German native who averages 15.9 points per game as well as a team high 8.4 rebounds per game.

The Bulldogs enter Seattle with a 9-1 record, scoring wins over West Virginia, Oklahoma, Clemson, Davidson and Washington State. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the team won the Old Spice Classic, the fi rst program to win the tournament multiple times. The Zags previously won the event in 2008.

The 10th anniversary of the State Farm Battle in Seattle brings a

familiar face back to Key Arena. New Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber, coached Illinois to a 73-61 victory in Seattle in 2010.

Weber is off to a great start in his fi rst year at K-State. Led by Rodney McGruder, a candidate for the Naismith Award and Wooden Trophy, the Wildcats bring a 7-1 record to Seattle. McGruder averages 12.9 points per game leading a team whose depth may be one of the few this season that can match Gonzaga’s. Eleven Wildcat players receive more than 11 minutes per contest.

The event is the third meeting between both teams, with Kansas State winning the previous two. The teams last faced each other Nov 22, 2010, in the semifi nal of the CBE Classic, with the Wildcats defeating the Zags 81-64. The fi rst match-up was March 22, 1994, in Manhattan, Kan., where Kansas State knocked off Gonzaga 66-64 in the second round of the Postseason NIT.

The State Farm Battle in Seattle games have been among the largest college basketball games in the state of Washington.

The 2008 game even set Washington’s attendance record for a regular season college basketball game with a sold-out crowd of 16,763 eager to watch the Bulldogs take on the Connecticut Huskies. Gonzaga has compiled a 5-4 record in State Farm Battle in Seattle games.

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W S D BLINDS

2003 – No. 17 Gonzaga 87 – 80 No. 3 Missouri (OT)

2004 – Gonzaga 68 – 57 Massachusetts

2005 – No. 11 Gonzaga 64 – 62 Oklahoma State

2006 – No. 18 Nevada 82 – 74 Gonzaga

2007 – No. 11 Tennessee 82 – 72 Gonzaga

2008 – No. 2 Connecticut 88 – 83 No. 7 Gonzaga (OT)

2009 – No. 21 Gonzaga 103 – 91 Davidson

2010 – No. 20 Illinois 73 – 61 Gonzaga

2011 – Gonzaga 71 – 60 Arizona

PREVIOUS STATE FARM BATTLE IN SEATTLE RESULTS

State Farm Battle in Seattle Game Preview

State Farm Battle in Seattle Game Program published by S-R Media/The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA. Articles and statistics were provided by Idol Sports & Entertainment Inc., Gilbert, AZ.

nzaga 71 – 60 Arizona

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Gonzaga schedule & results

November 9 - Southern Utah – 103-65 (W)November 12 – West Virginia – 84-50 (W)November 18 – South Dakota – 96-58 (W)November 22 – Clemson – 57-49 (W)November 23 – Oklahoma – 72-47 (W) November 25 - Davidson – 81-67 (W)November 29 - Lewis-Clark State College - 104-57 (W)December 1 – Pacifi c – 85-67 (W)December 5 – at Washington State – 71-69 (W)December 8 – Illinois – 74-85 (L)December 15 – K-State (State Farm Battle in Seattle)December 19 – CampbellDecember 28 – BaylorDecember 31 – at Oklahoma StateJanuary 3 – at PepperdineJanuary 5 – at Santa ClaraJanuary 10 – St. Mary’sJanuary 17 – at PortlandJanuary 19 – at ButlerJanuary 24 – BYUJanuary 26 – San FranciscoJanuary 31 – at LMUFebruary 2 – at San DiegoFebruary 7 – PepperdineFebruary 9 – LMUFebruary 14 – at St. Mary’sFebruary 16 – at San FranciscoFebruary 20 – Santa ClaraFebruary 23 – San DiegoFebruary 28 – at BYUMarch 2 – Portland

Gonzaga Stats

Points per game• Elias Harris – 16.6• Kelly Olynyk – 14.1• Kevin Pangos – 10.5

Assists per game• Kevin Pangos – 3.7• David Stockton – 3.5• Gary Bell Jr. – 2.2

Rebounds per game• Elias Harris – 8.0• Kelly Olynyk – 7.1• Sam Dower – 4.5

K-State schedule & results

November 9 – North Dakota – 85-52 (W)November 12 – Lamar – 79-55 (W)November 13 – Alabama-Huntsville – 87-26 (W)November 18 – North Florida – 74-55 (W)November 21 – Delaware – 66-63 (W)November 23 – Michigan – 57-71 (L)December 2 – USC Upstate – 72-53 (W)December 8 – at George Washington – 65-62 (W)December 15 - Gonzaga (State Farm Battle in Seattle)December 22 – FloridaDecember 29 – UMKCDecember 31 – South DakotaJanuary 5 – Oklahoma StateJanuary 12 – at West VirginiaJanuary 16 – at TCUJanuary 19 – OklahomaJanuary 22 – KansasJanuary 26 – at Iowa StateJanuary 30 – TexasFebruary 2 – at OklahomaFebruary 5 at Texas TechFebruary 9 – Iowa StateFebruary 11 – at KansasFebruary 16 – BaylorFebruary 18 – West VirginiaFebruary 23 – at TexasFebruary 25 – Texas TechMarch 2 – at BaylorMarch 5 – TCUMarch 9 – at Oklahoma State

K-State Stats

Points per game• Rodney McGruder – 12.9• Angel Rodriguez – 10.5• Will Spradling – 8.9

Assists per game• Angel Rodriguez – 4.5• Will Spradling – 3.0• Martavious Irving – 2.5

Rebounds per game• Thomas Gipson – 6.9• DJ Johnson – 5.6• Rodney McGruder – 5.6

GONZAGA STATS K-STATE

*Records and statistics updated through 12/9/2012

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NNUMBER NAME HT/WT Year/Class-EXP Home Town/School

20 Adrian Diaz 6-10/230 Forward Miami, Fla. (Hialeah-Miami Lakes)

42 Thomas Gipson 6-7/270 Forward Cedar Hill, Texas (Cedar Hill)

21 Jordan Henriquez 6-11/250 Forward Port Chester, N.Y. (The Winchendon (Mass.) School)

3 Martavious Irving 6-1/200 Guard Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Boyd Anderson)

50 D.J. Johnson 6-8/250 Forward St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway North)

12 Omari Lawrence 6-3/210 Guard Bronx, N.Y. (St. John's)

22 Rodney McGruder 6-4/205 Guard Washington, D.C. (Arlington (Fla.) Country Day)

40 Shawn Meyer 6-3/210 Guard Kansas City, Mo. (Blue Springs South)

44 Michael Orris 6-2/190 Guard Crete, Ill. (Crete-Monee)

13 Angel Rodriguez 5-11/180 Guard San Juan, Puerto Rico (Krop)

33 Brian Rohleder 6-3/210 Guard Wichita, Kan. (Bishop Carroll)

24 Ryan Schultz 6-5/200 Forward Wichita, Kan. (Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College)

1 Shane Southwell 6-6/210 Guard Harlem, N.Y. (Rice)

55 Will Spradling 6-2/180 Guard Overland Park, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South)

11 Nino Williams 6-5/220 Forward St. Louis, Mo. (Leavenworth [Kan.])

2013 K-STATE K-STATECoaches

Bruce Weber - Head Coach

Chris Lowery - Associate Head Coach

Alvin Brooks III - Assistant Coach

Chester Frazier - Assistant Coach

Bailey Borck - Administrative Assistant

Brad Korn - Director of Men’s Basketball Operations

Wayne McClain - Director of Student-Athlete Development

Jimmy Price - Strength and Conditioning Coach

Eric Rodriguez - Graduate Student Manager

Drew Speraw - Video Coordinator

Brandon Yoder - Athletic Trainer

Dustin Yoder - Graduate Student Manager

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#Indicates redshirt year used. $ Indicates redshirting 2013 season.

HEAD COACH: Mark Few (14th year, University of Oregon, 1987 – 24th year at Gonzaga)

ASSISTANTS: Tommy Lloyd (12th year, Whitman College, 1998)

Ray Giacoletti (6th year, North Dakota State University, 1985)

Donny Daniels (3rd year, Cal State Fullerton, 1977)

DIRECTOR/BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Jerry Krause (12th year, Wayne State University, 1959 – 19th year at Gonzaga)

BASKETBALL TRAINER: Jennifer Nyland (15th year, Washington State University, 1998)

20132013

No Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Exp Hometown/School

3 Kyle Dranginis# G 6-4 200 FR RS Nampa, ID/Skyview

4 Kevin Pangos G 6-2 182 SO 1V Newmarket, Ontario/Denison Secondary School

5 Gary Bell, Jr. G 6-1 205 SO 1V Kent, WA/Kentridge

10 Guy Landry Edi F 6-6 218 SR 1V Paris, France/Sylmar (Van Nuys, CA)/Midland, TX, College

11 David Stockton# G 5-11 165 JR 2V Spokane, WA/Gonzaga Prep

13 Kelly Olynyk# F/G 7-0 250 JR 2V Kamloops, British Columbia/South Kamloops

15 Rem Bakamus G 6-0 150 FR HS Longview, WA/Mark Morris

20 Elias Harris F 6-8 239 SR 3V Speyer, Germany/Friedrich-Magnus-Schwerd-Gymnasium

22 Gerard Coleman$ G 6-4 173 JR TR Boston, MA/Tilton School/Providence College

24 Przemek Karnowski C 7-1 305 FR HS Torun, Poland/Nicolaus Copernicus

30 Michael Hart# G 6-6 207 SR 3V Portland, OR/Jesuit

35 Sam Dower# C/F 6-9 255 JR 2V Brooklyn Park, MN/Osseo

43 Drew Barham G/F 6-6 195 GR TR Memphis, TN/Christian Brothers/University of Memphis

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The annual neutral-site game in Seattle has become part of Gonzaga’s schedule each year. Fans love trekking west each December to see the Bulldogs take on some of the nation’s best basketball programs including Arizona, Illinois, Tennessee, and even 2008’s memorable overtime loss to University of Connecticut.

Prior to the fi rst Battle in Seattle, Gonzaga had already played some of these teams and other top non-conference foes, including Arizona, Florida, Cincinnati, UCLA, California, and Kansas.

Unfortunately after the incredible run that started with the 1999 Final 8 appearance, followed up by consecutive Sweet 16 appearances, the only elite non-conference games Gonzaga was able to schedule were on the road. After deep runs in the NCAA tournament, GU was becoming that small school that no one wanted to play.

Bulldog Coach Mark Few came up with the idea of holding games in Seattle to attract top non-conference opponents to the Northwest and bring great games closer to home while enhancing Gonzaga’s national exposure. Few assigned Gonzaga’s Director of Basketball and Division I scheduling guru Jerry Krause to work with Northwest Sports & Entertainment (now Idol Sports) to explore how to make this happen.

But how was Gonzaga going to attract any high-profi le opponents to Seattle? Krause and John Hines, director of Idol Sports, started by creating a list of 24 college programs in the nation that could possibly consider taking part in a Battle in Seattle.

Then Hines focused on securing KeyArena, which at the time had the Seattle Supersonics as the prime tenant. In order for any NCAA game to take place, especially on a Saturday in December, the Sonics would have to fi rst not schedule a home game. For the fi rst three years of the Battle, the Sonics were actually made partners.

Hines and Krause then began lining up national television coverage. At that time, only ESPN and CBS would show games like this, and they would be competing for viewers against other established December match-ups like Duke/Kentucky and North Carolina/Indiana.

Finally, a push began to fi nd the right team to take on Gonzaga.

Hines began by targeting Quinn Snyder, who had grown up on Mercer Island, right outside of Seattle, was a formidable player and assistant coach at Duke and then was building an impressive coaching career at Missouri. His Missouri Tigers had made it to four consecutive NCAA berths including the Elite Eight in 2002.

Credit for bringing Quinn’s third-ranked Tigers to Seattle came from the current Big East Commissioner Michael Aresco, who had become friends with Hines during his tenure as Executive Vice President in charge of Programming for CBS Sports.

Hines told Aresco that Gonzaga had never had a national network TV game, but Aresco wanted to wait until a nationally-ranked team accepted an invitation to play in Seattle. Snyder also was considering turning the offer to play down without guaranteed TV coverage.

Finally, without Gonzaga’s knowledge, Hines told Aresco that Missouri had signed the contract to play in the fi rst Battle in Seattle, which led Aresco to tell Missouri that CBS had signed a contract to televise the game.

On Dec. 13, 2003, the fi rst ever Battle in Seattle took place in front of 15,000 rabid Gonzaga fans and a CBS national television audience that had its highest December rating for a college game that year. The amazing overtime game featured Blake Stepp, Ronny Turiaf, and a short-haired Adam Morrison combining their talents to beat the country’s third-ranked team. Missouri did beat the Bulldogs the next year. Bulldog games have also been televised more than a dozen times since that year.

Now that the Battle in Seattle has become a strong Bulldog tradition, Gonzaga fans can easily enjoy non-conference games in Spokane like West Virginia, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Memphis, Butler, Baylor, Oklahoma State, and Michigan State. And the whole thing started with a little deception that convinced teams it was just fi ne to play Gonzaga on the road.

#WCChoops

How The Battle in Seattle Got Started

JESSE TINSLEY jesset@spokesman.comGonzaga’s Guy Landry Edi cocks the hammer for a big fast break jam.

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10. The new NBA at KeyArena – Since the Sonics left town in 2008, Seattle has been starving for NBA basketball. The State Farm Battle in Seattle has helped fi ll that void, featuring 21 players who have gone on to play in the NBA. Led by #2 overall pick, Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet, seven players who partici-pated in the annual neutral site game at KeyArena have been drafted in the fi rst round of the NBA draft.

9. Elias Harris’ monster game against Arizona – In the 2011 State Farm Battle in Seattle, Gonzaga jumped out to a 14-0 lead over Arizona. The Bulldog’s defense was outstanding but the key to the fast start was junior Elias Harris who scored 12 of Gonzaga’s fi rst 19 points. Harris made six of his fi rst seven shots and his 3-pointer in the closing seconds gave him 17 for the fi rst half, nearly outscoring the Wildcats by himself as Gonzaga led 39-21. The German native fi nished 11-15 from the fi eld with 25 points and 8 rebounds as the Zags defeated the Wildcats 71-60.

8. Coaching legacy – Some of the top coaches in college basketball have made their way through the locker rooms at KeyArena. Led by Hall of Famers Jim Cal-houn and Eddie Sutton, the men who have coached in the State Farm Battle in Seattle have amassed over 3,700 wins, 100 NCAA Tournament appearances, 3 National Championships, 8 Final Fours and dozens of coaching honors including multiple National Coach of the Year awards.

7. 103 points against Davidson – The Bulldogs and Davidson Wildcats lit up the scoreboard on December 12, 2009 in the 7th edition of the State Farm Battle in Seattle. Gonzaga made 41 out of a school record 54 free throw attempts in route to a 101-93 victory. Three Zags scored over 20 points including, Robert Sacre and

Demetri Goodson who set then career bests of 23 and 22 points, respec-tively. And the Zags did all this despite the absence of injured leading scorer Matt Bouldin who did not play in the game due to a head injury.

6. What an Honor – As part of the fi rst six years of the State Farm Battle in Seattle, a person who made lasting contributions to the game of basketball in the North-west was honored with a reception in their name. The six honorees make up a who’s who of college basketball names throughout the West Coast. Past honorees include Marv Harshman, Don Munson, Jud Heathcote, Jerry Krause, George Raveling and Frank Burgess.

5. First Things First – Gonzaga basketball has become a fi xture playing in front of a nationally televised audience. But that wasn’t always the case. December 13, 2003 marked not only the inaugural State Farm Battle in Seattle but also the fi rst time Mark Few and company played a regular-season game on the national network telecast for CBS. The entire nation watched as the Bull-dogs defeated Missouri, 87-80 in overtime (more on that game below). Since that fi rst game at KeyArena, the Zags have been featured on CBS games multiple times per season, including last year’s State Farm Battle in Seattle against Arizona.

4. Top 10 Matchup – A massive Seattle snow storm couldn’t keep a sellout crowd from watch-ing #7 Gonzaga take on the second ranked Connecticut Huskies at KeyArena on December 20, 2008. The Zags were ahead nearly the entire game, including an 11 point lead with 12 minutes remaining, until Con-necticut’s senior point guard A.J. Price hit an improbable 3-pointer that sent the game into overtime. Jerome Dyson scored six of his 21 points in the extra period to rally the Huskies to a wild, 88-83 victory.

3. Taking down #3 – The inaugural State Farm Battle in Seattle brought the third ranked Mis-souri Tigers to the Emerald City to take on the #17 Bulldogs. Missouri led by three at halftime, but Ronny Turiaf scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half and Blake Stepp added 14 points and 10 assists as the Zags earned a dramatic 87-80 overtime victory over the Tigers. Fresh-man Adam Morrison scored 17 points, just one of the many double digit scoring nights for the future All-American.

2. Record breaking crowd – History was made on December 30, 2006 in the 4th ever State Farm Battle in Seattle when 15,110 fans watched Gonzaga take on Nevada at KeyArena. The game broke the attendance record for a college basketball game in the state of Washington, topping the previous record of 14,252 at the Seattle Center Coliseum for a Feb. 12, 1967 game between Seattle University and Texas Western the year after the Miners won the NCAA title. The record has since been broken three times, all by State Farm Battle in Seattle games (2007, 2008 & 2011). The current high was set in 2008 when 16,763 people watched the Zags and the UConn Huskies.

1. The bank was open – With Oklahoma State’s Marcus Dove and David Monds draped all over him and his team down by one, Adam Morrison hoisted a shot from be-hind the 3-point line as the clock ticked down to less than 5 seconds. The crowd went silent as Morrison, the nation’s leading scorer, released the shot but then erupted as the ball banked high off the backboard with 2.5 seconds left to give Gonzaga a crazy 64-62 comeback win over Eddie Sut-ton and the stunned Cowboys. As the buzzer sounded, teammates mobbed Morrison who fi nished with 25 points. Ever the showmen, Morrison said he called “bank” on the game winning shot. “I had the angle,” he said.

Top 10 State Farm Battle in Seattle Moments

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