Podcasts by Free Ira Brown! - The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast
Three alumni/superfans, Marty, Chris and Adam discuss Gonzaga Basketball with previews, recaps and game analysis, all presented with good humour (spelled the English way because we're fancy).
Further podcasts by Adam Besagno, Christopher Brown, Martin Merrill
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USC Falls To The Leader Of the Pac from 2023-12-06T13:00
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...
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Beware Zags Bearing Gifts from 2023-11-30T13:00
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 ...
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Waikiki Rewind from 2023-11-27T13:00
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.
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Zags Lose Their Steele, But Not Their Grit from 2023-11-15T13:00
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 Invitati...
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Let's Get Those Nerds! from 2023-11-08T12:30
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 episo...
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The Gonzaga Basketball Schedule Preview Spectacular! from 2023-11-06T17:01
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 ...
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Known Unknowns - A Gonzaga Player Preview from 2023-10-31T03:43:26
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...
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Krazi On You from 2023-10-09T12:02
In which we over-react to lovely fall afternoon in Spokane. We're back BA-BY!
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Sum Sum Summertime from 2023-07-28T11:13
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.
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Re-Run! Episode 1-1: The Big Men 11/7/2014 from 2023-04-08T23:44
Gonzaga Alumni and Superfans Chris, Marty and Adam discuss the upcoming season of Gonzaga Basketball with a focus on the non-conference schedule and the expectations of the frontcourt.
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More Portal More Problems? from 2023-04-05T11:30
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 y...
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The End of A Wild Ride from 2023-03-29T11:30
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.
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Rollercoaster of Love from 2023-03-24T05:39
In which we lose our shit. Drew Timme is a legend.
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Too Sweet to Be Sour from 2023-03-21T11:32
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 ...
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What's a 'Lope? And Can It Dance? from 2023-03-13T23:30
You Better Believe That's a Paddlin' from 2023-03-09T12:31
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 Gon...
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Tears of a Gael from 2023-02-28T12:30
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'r...
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Boy, We Really Hate These Guys! from 2023-02-21T12:30
Into the Lion's Den from 2023-02-15T12:30
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 b...
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A Catalyst? Or a Requiem? from 2023-02-08T12:18
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 V...
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How to Beat That Moraga Morass from 2023-02-01T12:30:59
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...
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Tough Loss? There's a Greg Heister for That from 2023-01-25T12:33
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...
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BYU Buh-BYE from 2023-01-18T12:31
Squeaky Bums in the Bay from 2023-01-12T00:30
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 tough...
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Waving Pepperdine Goodbye and Heading to the Bay from 2023-01-04T12:43
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 an...
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2022 in the Rear View from 2022-12-31T12:30
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 ...
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Rolling Over the Tide: A Free Ira Brown! Christmas Special from 2022-12-22T12:30
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 ...
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Dogs Eat Dawgs from 2022-12-12T12:30
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...
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Keep Calm and Carry On, It's Only December from 2022-12-05T12:30
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? Chr...
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Uppers and Downers and Uppers from 2022-11-30T12:30
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 ...
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Hurting 'Cats from 2022-11-22T00:00
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 ...
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Yikes. And Other Exclamations. from 2022-11-17T12:30
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 t...
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Zags Sink Sparta, Look to Slaughter Some Cattle from 2022-11-15T06:37
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 come...
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Anchors Aweigh, Boys! from 2022-11-07T12:30
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 Bi...
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Vols Espookys from 2022-10-31T11:30
Did you let an exhibition game scare you? The Free Ira Brown boys chime in on whether this not-so-secret scrimmage should hellraise any concerns for our heroes going forward. We'll also go down ...
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Timme Got Me So Krazy Right Now from 2022-10-11T11:38
The long dark . . . Summer . . . is over! Gonzaga Basketball is BACK BABY! And so is Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. We react to the Kraziness, the Timme talk, the Hickman smoothness,...
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Heeeee's BAAaaaaack from 2022-06-03T15:43:03
The Zag faithful thought his time was over, they thought they had seen the last spin cycle, the last mustache, the final pump fake, but NAY! Timme time rolls on!
And not only Timme, but B...
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The Lamentation of Free Ira Brown from 2022-03-30T11:34:11
The Cruelty of the NCAA Tournament rears it’s head once again as the Overall number one seed Bulldogs fall in the Sweet Sixteen to the Razorbacks. At least this GU f...
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Take Us All the Way to the Title Game from 2022-03-14T11:30:21
The Bracket is set. The die is cast. We examine the limitless possibilities.
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Double WCC Championships! from 2022-03-09T12:29:20
The lads and the ladies leave sin city with some hardware. That's TWO WCC championship trophies returning home to Spokane.
We review those games and enter the bracketology lab to study some futu...
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The Gaels Got It, For Now from 2022-03-02T12:30:59
Adam, Chris and Marty can only hold off talking about the St. Mary's loss for so long, so eventually we'll take our "alibi hour" and discuss that frustrating night against the bald baby and his ...
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Because We're Talking About The Road, With Brenna Greene from 2022-02-23T12:30:35
After a couple of sleepy games, Gonzaga takes their show on the road to the two toughest locations in the WCC: War Memorial Gymnasium, and whatever they're calling that disgusting sweat box in M...
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The Gaels Don't Get It from 2022-02-16T12:30:50
St. Mary's manages to ruin a perfectly good game of basketball, making their ultimate failure at the hands of our man Timme all the more satisfying. Without Chris to keep them in check Marty and Ad...
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Rock Star Gonzaga Offense Trashes a Marriott from 2022-02-09T12:30:23
After a ZagFam shoutout, we dive deep into Gonzaga's dismantling of the BYU Cougars behind 20 and 17 from the freshman phenom Chet Holmgren, who is finding his considerable stride in conference ...
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Looking Forward To a Stay at the Marriott Center from 2022-02-02T12:37
Gonzaga crushes two WCC also-rans LMU and UP. Will the hot shooting continue on the longest road in the WCC? (The one from Spokane to San Diego to Provo). We look past the Torreros to the final ...
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Holmgren Takes the Glitter Off Golden's Game Plan from 2022-01-24T12:30:49
Gonzaga pulls away from the Dons after a brilliant game plan falls short in the face of Holmgren's dominance. We'll discuss how it went down and look ahead to games against WCC bottom dwellers L...
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Triple Digit Bonzanza! from 2022-01-19T12:30
The Gonzaga Men rode the waves, crushed the Cougars and Broke the Broncos, all by triple digits. We'll go through each game and illuminate the superlatives.
Will the Dons of USF put up mo...
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Lohner? I Hardly Even Know Her! from 2022-01-12T12:30:13
A thorough review of the 42nd consecutive shellacking of Pepperdine University sets the tone for another season of WCC dominance. Next up? The Cougars of BYU. Has Caleb Lohner poked the bear? Could...
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We Get Into Gonzaga Jeopardy! from 2022-01-06T12:30
Another Year, Another Variant from 2022-01-02T00:49:04
Omicron can take our Gonzaga games, but it will never take Free Ira Brown's ability to talk about basketball for and hour and a half!
We spend some time discussing the non-conference sche...
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Oh Christmas Threes! from 2021-12-22T12:30:09
Concerned about turnovers and three point shooting? Well GU is here to put them to rest with two outstanding performances that hopefully indicate a return to form on the turnover front and a who...
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The Kids Are(n't) Alright? from 2021-12-16T01:16:07
A lackluster team performance against the Merrimack Warriors last week had us yearning for another tune-up game before Texas Tech on Saturday. A game the Huskies ruined.
We recap the Merrimack g...
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DON'T PANIC! from 2021-12-08T12:30
Listen here for Free Ira Brown's guide to navigating a frustrating loss and ultimately returning to hope.
We point out some areas of improvement for the lads, and then discuss the upcomin...
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A Tarle-ton of Turnovers from 2021-11-30T12:30
Gonzaga suffers it's first loss on the season in Vegas to a solid Duke team, primarily due to turnover issues, which somehow continued against Tarleton State on Monday.
Should we be worri...
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The Chet Has Hit the Fan from 2021-11-24T12:30:37
Gonzaga CRUSHES three teams no one has heard of to continue their undefeated start to the season . . . wait, one of those teams was UCLA; YIKES!
We revel in the walloping of Westwood and ...
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Timme Takes Texas from 2021-11-18T12:30
Drew Timme is now the undisputed king of Texas. We recap his tremendous performance against the Longhorns, Andrew Nembhard's eight (!!) assists and the return of the Mark Few seven man rotation....
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Cattle Called To the Kennel, with Steven Karr from 2021-11-11T12:30
Hype Train Whistling Dixie State from 2021-11-08T13:00
Can you believe it’s been seven months since Gonzaga last played a game?
Thankfully, that interminable wait is about to end.
Gonzaga will shake off the rust and actually get back o...
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On the Brink of a New Season, With KREM 2's Brenna Greene! from 2021-11-02T04:10:13
There’s nothing quite like a season tip-off on Halloween.
Well, a kinda-sorta-mostly season tip-off. Exhibition games, at least. But hey, it’s games! And soon! Really soon!
And Fre...
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Free Ira Brown! Is Back in Town from 2021-10-20T12:00
Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast returns for its 8th season with our pre-season player preview extravaganza! In which we run down the roster discussing our expectations, our loves, our ...
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Summer Poddin' from 2021-08-19T12:30
There’s nothing quite like a good off-season podcast, is there? No games to distract you, no sudden or breaking news to divert your attention.
Just three hosts, three microphones and a bl...
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Fondest Farewells from 2021-04-23T11:30
We turn from the open sore of the Baylor loss to reflect on an unprecedented Gonzaga Basketball season before saying our goodbyes to those who won't return next year, especially newly-minted leg...
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Bruins Broken, Bears Beckon from 2021-04-04T06:35:18
Emergency final four squeaky bum victory time is now. Brain function compromised. Apologies for lack of word-smithing.
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Trojans Trampled and Into the Final Four from 2021-04-02T11:30
The Free Ira Brown Boys break down Gonzaga's demolition of another NCAA tournament team as they crushed the much ballyhooed upstart Trojans of USC. Turns out even Evan Mobley wasn't long enough ...
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Blue Jays Blasted from 2021-03-29T05:06:34
Dude! Sweet!
Gonzaga crushes Creighton in a Sweet Sixteen match-up that turned forever sour for those other Jesuits. We celebrate the win and break down the bad-assery that was Gonzaga's ...
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Spartans Spayed, Sooners Swamped from 2021-03-25T11:30
In the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, we celebrate the ongoing brilliance of the Bulldogs. A comfortable win over Suffolk Norfolk St. followed by an at-arm’s-length victory...
We're Number 1! But There Is Work To Be Done from 2021-03-16T11:30
In the past year, we haven’t had a ton of good news as a society. The same has held true for the sports world.
But now, finally, after two long years, the NCAA Tournament is b...
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SMC Smushed, BYU Broken from 2021-03-12T12:30
Admit it: It’s a bit more fun when there are some nerves attached, right?
If Gonzaga had just waltzed through things, blown BYU out of the water, of course it woul...
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Broncos Bushwhacked, Lions Lambasted. 24-0! from 2021-03-04T06:18:40
A perfect regular season. Twenty-four games, 24 wins.
The first time in the 116-year history of Gonzaga basketball the Bulldogs have finished the regular season unbeaten. It’s not everyth...
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Gaels Grounded, Toreros Trounced from 2021-02-25T04:51:25
Do you remember when the Gales were actual rivals?
Not really sure Gonzaga does, as the Bulldogs smacked around the artist formerly known as Saint Mary’s with ease, their 20th win in the ...
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Dons Dominated from 2021-02-17T12:30
The Gonzaga Men's Basketball Team is MUCH better than San Francisco's. This much was made obvious by the dominating performance of one Drew Timme, who scored 28 points in 22 minutes of play.
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Tigers Tussled, Cougars Conquered from 2021-02-11T00:48:13
We here at Free Ira Brown have long held belief in a theory: Not all conference games will be pretty.
Some will be the no-doubt-about-it waltzes to victory, others will be slogs as teams ...
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Toreros Totaled, Waves Wasted from 2021-02-03T12:30
Now that we’re fully immersed in winter, it would stand to reason the car might occasionally take a few clicks to get going, right?
And when it does finally start, it needs some time to w...
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Tigers Trampled from 2021-01-27T12:30
The WCC doldrums are here folks! And we're hear to enjoy them as much as possible. We recap the thrashing of Pacific and preview the anticipated thrashing of USD and Pepperdine.
What do w...
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Waves Washed, Gaels Gashed from 2021-01-20T12:00
This week we welcome Slipper Still Fits personnel Peter Woodburn and Kieth Ybanez to talk slow halves, Corey's . . . ahem . . . "efficiencies", and stuff about sports that annoys us.
We a...
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Cougars Crushed, Pilots Plundered from 2021-01-13T12:00
Gonzaga dispatches two more WCC challengers, including BYU, who has been a thorn in the past, in two run away victories last week.
We discuss the Joel Ayayi triple-double, what he means t...
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Dons Deconstructed from 2021-01-07T06:08:18
Corey Kispert is the lead object of our affection on the latest episode of Free Ira Brown. We break down the win over San Francisco, from our first-half struggles (curse you, Todd Bolden!) to th...
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Cavaliers Crushed, Lumberjacks Leveled, Trailblazers Trounced from 2020-12-31T08:38:04
At some point, what do you say?
Not that we’ve ever really found it hard to keep on talking here at Free Ira Brown, but sometimes you do worry about Gonzaga being so good saying anything ...
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Hawkeyes Handled, Deamons Ducked and Dodged from 2020-12-24T08:25:37
On this, a very special Christmas edition of Free Ira Brown! THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast, we discuss how Marty is directly responsible for GU's three point barrage on Iowa, the dangers of a feisty...
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Luka Looming and Hiatus Hilarity from 2020-12-15T06:07
What promised to be a busy, exciting week turned into about as quiet a week as could be: all four of Gonzaga’s games canceled and quite a hole left in the schedule.
But if you feared we h...
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Mountaineers Mangled, Bears Aborted from 2020-12-08T12:30
We know what you were thinking. We thought the same thing.
Less than 13 minutes into the first game of a Big 12 double-header, Gonzaga’s star recruit injures his…well…we weren’t really su...
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Jayhawks Jammed, Tigers Tamed from 2020-12-01T03:39:48
What a wild few days in the world of Gonzaga basketball.
A comfortable win over Kansas -- where the Bulldogs casually dropped a 100(!) points – and a demolition of SEC stalwart Auburn hig...
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The Jouney Begins from 2020-11-25T04:19:02
It’s the time of year when we all give thanks: for family, friends, health, a comfy couch and a tryptophan-induced nap.
This year, in the year to end all years, we get to give thanks not ...
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New Faces From New Spaces from 2020-11-19T12:30
It’s out with the old(er) players and with the new on the latest episode of Free Ira Brown.
The guys are back to complete the season preview of Gonzaga’s players, focusing on player trans...
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Strange Days from 2020-11-11T12:30
You ready for the best news you’ve heard in months? Something about which no one could possibly have any reservations?
Marty’s back with a brand-new song.
No, it’s true.
And...
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FIB's Definition of Summer Madness from 2020-08-02T00:21:02
In this, the longest of Summers, we here at Free Ira Brown masterly debated long and hard about when we should release our annual bundle of summertime love. Then Petrusev dropped his bomb and we...
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The Day The Madness Died from 2020-03-20T05:25:57
College basketball always has the most abrupt ends to its season, but this…this is something else entirely.
One of the weirdest, gut-punching-est 24 hours in sports history culminated wit...
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Zags Win! And Let Our Pod Powers Combine! from 2020-03-12T05:14:50
The numbers are staggering: 17 titles 22 years, 23 straight WCC Tournament final appearances and now 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
And yet, beating Saint Mary’s in the final ne...
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Gaels Go Down Hard. And Kerry Keating Breaks Down the WCC From the Inside from 2020-03-05T05:46:11
It was a Senior Night properly celebrated, as Gonzaga honored five seniors before beating Saint Mary’s en route to its eighth straight WCC regular season title.
Wait, I can hear you askin...
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The Ecstasy and the Agony from 2020-02-26T12:00
The world is clearly ending. Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria. Gonzaga has lost a conference road game!
W...
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Pepperdine Waves Goodbye to Their Upset Chance and BYU Looms Large from 2020-02-19T12:30
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Shellackings and Schadenfreude from 2020-02-11T07:01:11
Laughing. Guffawing. Chortling. ROFL…uh…ing.
Schadenfreude is rarely so much freude as when it’s Saint Mary’s on the schaden end.
And it just so happens, dear FIBbers, we here at F...
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A Gathering Storm . . . For Me to Poop On! from 2020-02-06T05:06:06
You ever wonder why something is called jam-packed? Is jam have an unusually dense packing? Why is it not peanut butter packed? Or ice cream packed?
Mmm, ice cream. It might be time to he...
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This One's a Trip! from 2020-01-29T12:00
You ever imagine what a soundtrack to a Gonzaga game would sound like?
It would start with Zombie Nation (obviously), but then what? So...
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Broncos Broken, Cougars Crushed from 2020-01-22T11:00
Do you have any eligibility left? A spare season or two from your collegiate days? Maybe you’re still in school and feel like lending a hand (or ankle)?
It feels like that’s what is needed...
SoCal Swingin' from 2020-01-16T05:34:27
It’s sort of like finding your favorite pair of slippers, right? Maybe they had been lost under the bed, or the dog used one as a chew toy and it was lost for a few weeks.
But once you fi...
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At Last, Dan Dickau Has Come Back, to FIB from 2020-01-08T06:48:23
After about six-and-a-half years of putting out the podcast, one thing has become unassailably clear: We have no idea what we’re talking about.
So in order to help, we brought in the best...
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Have Mercy from 2020-01-02T12:30
The holiday season means a much-needed break for the Gonzaga players, giving a chance to rest, heal up some injuries and enjoy some high-quality Christmas music (see our last episode).
Bu...
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How the Zags Stole Christmas from 2019-12-23T13:00
Gonzaga basketball caps off a tough stretch with glorious victories over North Carolina and Eastern Washington. In honor of their sweet, sweet domination, Marty blesses us with a song . . . abou...
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Got 99 Problems But the PAC12 Ain't One from 2019-12-17T11:00
Do ever wonder how well Gonzaga would do in a real conference?
You know, what that doesn’t include the lumbering lummoxes that are the LMU Lions? Or the ponderous peasants that are the Po...
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Bark Like a Dawg For Me from 2019-12-11T12:30
Bahamanian Rhapsody from 2019-12-03T12:00
What was it Meatloaf once said? Two out of three aint bad?
It seems unlikely he was singing precisely about Gonzaga’s trip to the Bahamas 40+ years in advance, but we’re gonna go with it ...
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Bahama Slow Jams: It Gets Weird from 2019-11-27T02:44:38
As the season of thanks and commercialism descends upon us and turkeys everywhere run and hide, we here at Free Ira Brown turn our attention to the warm waters of the Caribbean. Specifically The...
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We Don't Like Mavericks Because They're Dangerous from 2019-11-21T12:00
The French don’t have a Thanksgiving Holiday.
That’s not really surprising, considering it’s a holiday celebrated by New World entities. But we here at Free Ira Brown won’t let that small...
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Too Poor to be Boosters from 2019-11-14T06:42:25
In 2017, led by one Geno Crandall, North Dakota came into the McCarthey Athletic Center and pushed a loaded Gonzaga team (aren’t they all loaded, really?) to overtime.
That 2017 team, how...
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Borderline Awkward Corey Love from 2019-11-08T05:05:21
Basketball. Games. Actual, counts-for-real, honest-to-goodness basketball. Gonzaga is back!
And to help celebrate the season-opening romp past Alabama State, we here at Free Ira Brown bro...
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We Were Merely Freshmen. Or Were We? from 2019-10-30T11:00
It can be scary out there, in the offseason. No ghoulish games to look forward to, no ghastly matchups to set your mind aflutter. Nothing but the vast, dark emptiness that is the wasteland of sp...
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Return to the Mac: Who's left on this team anyway? from 2019-10-16T07:10:43
Free Ira Brown Returns! That's right, four of five starters from last year's team have moved on, but Free Ira Brown is here to get you introduced to the new squad. In this ep, we take a look at ...
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It's a Free Ira Brown Summer Jam: Bobby Sacre Style! from 2019-07-12T06:22
Yeah. So, this is our summer pod. It was recorded before the USWNT won the World Cup, so we didn't talk about that. Also, we pick a player from the past to name the episode after, but you can te...
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'Tis Better to Have Loved And Lost . . . from 2019-04-03T11:00
If you thought, after five years, it would be easier to put together an end-of-season pod; if you thought, after five years, we would keep things in the proper perspective, not get too up or dow...
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Vengeance on an Elite Level from 2019-03-29T06:17:11
Free Ira Brown reacts to Gonzaga's magnificent victory over the Seminals(sp) of Florida State. We're celebrating that win and taking a look ahead to Saturday's Elite Eight Match-up with Texas Te...
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Dude! . . . Sweet! from 2019-03-27T05:53:06
You ever get a cavity and you’re not sure how you got it? You floss regularly, you’re a good brusher, you don’t flood yourself with sugar.
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#1 in the West, #1 in Our Hearts from 2019-03-19T11:00
Can you feel it? That tingling in the air? The sense of anticipation? It’s almost here. Just a few days until we’re all glued to the court to watch Gonzaga make another...
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OK Everyone. Let's Try to Get Through This Together. from 2019-03-15T05:38:31
The hardest things to do, dear FIBbers, after a loss like that: 1) Explain it. 2) Calm down.
It’s unclear whether we did either, but we...
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Gonzaga Completes an Undefeated Run in the WCC. Onward to Vegas! from 2019-03-06T06:54:29
We interrupt this regularly scheduled Karr commercial to bring you this breaking news story: Sources in Spokane confirm Gonzaga forward Brandon Clarke was being investigated by police for a seri...
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Gonzaga Drunk History (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bombed) from 2019-02-27T06:23:33
There’s no getting around it: this ended up being a painful podcast to record.
Not for the content of the pod, of course -- Josh Perkin...
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Going Going, Back Back, to Cali Cali from 2019-02-20T12:00
It cannot always be sunshine and rainbows, right? Sometimes, games won’t be as easy to stomach as we wish they were. Sometimes, we don’t get Greg and Dan and Richard gu...
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Randy Bennett Hangs It Up from 2019-02-13T07:39:40
BYU Beatdown from 2019-02-06T12:00
Adam and Marty are joined by special guest and FIB superfan David Jenne while Chris honeymoons (Congratulations Buddy!). We take a long, hard look at the 30 point drubbing laid upon the BYU Coug...
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Total Domination and Axel Dench from 2019-01-30T08:05:37
Of all the people who helped start this incredibly period of success we’ve experienced as Gonzaga fans, there’s one man whose name ranks above all else as the coolest name among Gonz...
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Zags Continue Dominant Run through WCC from 2019-01-23T06:30:38
Normally, we’d have something here about how Gonzaga put to lowly WCC foes to bed, and try to make it somewhat cute and/or funny. But this time, we have a sincere messa...
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Don Ferrari Runs Out of Gas As Zags Assert Dominance from 2019-01-16T07:01:13
They say it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. We can debate the axiom’s merits, but thankfully for us Gonzaga fans, what isn’t much of a debate is this: the Bulldogs finished the weekend...
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How Good is USF? Spoiler Alert: They Alright from 2019-01-09T06:07:28
As conference play begins, Gonzaga’s roster is starting to look like what we all hoped it would, and Free Ira Brown is back to provide a closer look at the return of bo...
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Happy New Year Free Ira Brown! from 2019-01-03T05:51:27
It’s a new year, a new week and a new episode of Free Ira Brown!
That’s right, dear FIBbers, the boys are back from their holiday hiatu...
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Defeated in the Dean Dome from 2018-12-20T08:02:46
As it is the festive season, we felt it only appropriate to give you our own (abbreviated) version of a classic holiday tune – don’t worry, we don’t actually sing on th...
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An Admiral? In the Desert? Not Fair. from 2018-12-13T13:00
As I left my house to go to work Wednesday morning, I discovered someone had broken into my car.
Nothing too significant or meaningful ...
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We're Talking About the Road, and the Kennel Club from 2018-12-05T12:30
You ever get a feeling of déjà vu? Where things which just happened feel like they happened already?
How about you, Creighton? Ever get...
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Gonzaga Downs Devils In Few's Happy Place from 2018-11-28T23:33
Last night I had a dream. For some reason, I was fighting a dragon. A green one.
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Aloha Texas A&M. Aloha Maui Invitational! from 2018-11-19T13:00
On this episode of Free Ira Brown, the lads react to the drubbing of SEC "Powerhouse" Texas A&M and preview the upcoming murderer's row of a preseason tournament in this Year's Maui Invitational...
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Mess With Texas from 2018-11-14T07:32:35
Are you excited about Brandon Clarke yet? Of course you are. You are, your parents are, and so is Free Ira Brown.
Yes, dear FIBbers, we’re back again. And in ou...
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A Toast to the First Win of the Season! from 2018-11-08T13:30
Finally! The rock has come back to Spokane!
Because, see, the basketball is sometimes called “the rock,” and basketball is back and The...
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Free Ira Brown Season Preview to End All Previews! from 2018-10-31T11:30
OK, let’s get this out of the way at the top: We recorded this week’s episode before Killian Tillie’s injury was announced. We didn’t ignore it. You can’t accuse us of ...
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Free Ira Brown Returns! from 2018-10-24T12:00
*Scrolls through old posts* ”Good God, That’s Free Ira Brown’s music!” No, no, we did that one already.
*Scrolls further* “From the dep...
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We're Here for the Summer from 2018-08-28T05:38:27
OK, just hear us out. It’s late-August. We know. Lots of things happened since we last podded. We know. We’re sorry. We were trying to find a Chik-Fil-A.
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Commiseration and Celebration from 2018-03-29T05:09:56
Through all the frustration and pain and tears; through all the rage and alibi hours and beers, it’s important to keep perspective. It’s important to not let one game r...
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Zach Attacks! from 2018-03-21T06:23:31
There will come a time when your heroes, brave and mighty, will return from an in-person meetup with their bodies and brains fully intact. There will come a time when F...
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Bonus Reaction Pod from Grixsen Brewing in Portland from 2018-03-18T17:25:38
Free Ira Brown and special guests share some pints and relish in another Sweet Sixteen.
Regular Pod back this week. (If our voices recover).
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How the West (Regional) Was Begun from 2018-03-14T04:23:42
How do we feel about Gonzaga’s draw (hint: we’re not upset)? Where can UNC-Greensboro cause us trouble? What concerns do we have? What’s our dream path to San Antonio? How is Saint Mary’s going ...
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Another March, Another WCC Championship from 2018-03-08T06:24:57
It’s important to peak at the right time. College basketball seasons are marathons, not sprints, after all. Wha...
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year from 2018-02-28T05:19:03
Complacency in fandom can be tough. When the exceptional becomes routine fans run the risk of being spoiled. That’s why, here at Free Ira Brown, we take care to point o...
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It's the End of the Regular Season as We Know It from 2018-02-21T06:14:19
These kinds of podcasts are always bittersweet. First, the sweet: A pair of conference wins (one comfortable, one relatively so), Saint Mary’s losing and Gonzaga where ...
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SMC Looms and the Gonzaga Men are Ready from 2018-02-07T07:36:29
It’s getting toward the time of year where you need to execute down the stretch. Can you perform in the clutch moments? Can you hit the big shot?
So just to make sure your friends at Free...
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The State Of The Zags from 2018-01-31T05:46:21
As we speed past the halfway point of the West Coast Conference season (where has the time gone?) a thought occurred to us here at Free Ira Brown: It’s about time to give a State of the Team addres...
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We're A Little Upset from 2018-01-24T05:26:49
They say misery loves company. And, man, do we hate to suffer alone. With that in mind, we here at Free Ira Brown decided we needed to bring in some help.
And so, joining our heroes on our lat...
They're HEeeeErreEEE from 2018-01-17T04:57:07
Can you feel it? There’s an electricity in the air. An extra crackle. An energy. There’s something about this week; it just gets the juices flowing. And finally, after what feels like such a long w...
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Dan Dickau Joins Free Ira Brown from 2018-01-11T06:41:41
Yes, dear FIBbers, in our latest episode, our heroes are joined by our hero: Bulldog legend Dan Dickau. The man with the best hair in Gonzaga history joins the pod for a wide-ranging interview cove...
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Episode 10: Smokin' the WCC Scrubs from 2018-01-04T06:23:55
You guys hungry? Don’t know about you, but after the distasteful display in San Diego, we here at Free Ira Brown were in need of some good home cooking. Thankfully, Gonzaga provided a pair of perfo...
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Episode 9: Year End Rants and Resolutions from 2017-12-29T04:54:14
In our latest episode, our heroes turn over every stone in dissecting the loss to San Diego State (see, because of all the turnovers in t...
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Episode 8: That Was Close from 2017-12-20T07:23:55
Gonzaga Basketball narrowly avoids its worst home loss in 20 years to North Dakota, but returns to form against an equally over matched IUPUI team.
What exactly happened? Who is to blame? Does ...
Episode 7: Dawg Poop from 2017-12-14T06:57:19
Gonzaga lost to Villanova at MSG in a poor showing, but returned to the Northwest as strong as ever, proving once again who is tops in Washington State.
We examine the highs and lows from the p...
Episode 6: Gonzaga Crushes Creighton, 'Nova Looms from 2017-12-04T07:19:48
After a second half as dominant as the one Gonzaga had against Creighton, we just couldn’t wait until Monday.
We also take a look ahead at the jewel of Gonzaga’s non-conference schedule, the m...
Gonzaga Shows Its Mettle at the PK80 from 2017-11-29T06:32:50
With the greatest non-NCAA Tournament competition in college basketball history behind us, Free Ira Brown has it all covered. In the latest episode, our heroes breakdown the beat down of the Buckey...
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Episode 4: The PK80 Preview, and Naar Sucks. from 2017-11-22T06:44:13
And now, the real (turkey) meat of Gonzaga’s schedule begins. Stuffed with top-100 (and hopefully top-10) tea...
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Episode 3: The Free Ira Brown Still Fits! from 2017-11-15T06:38:15
Our heroes are joined by heroes in their own right: the editor of this very Web site, Peter Woodburn, and Slipp...
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Episode 2: Again, It Begins! from 2017-11-08T04:45:14
No more season previews, no more scrimmages, no more exhibitions. Thankfully. Mercifully. Adverbily. We finally (FINALLY!) have real Gonzaga basketball. No, really. It’s a dream matchups with … ...
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Episode 1: Let's Get it Started from 2017-11-03T06:16:52
With Gonzaga Basketball season quickly approaching, Adam, Chris and Marty take a look at the national scene, lambaste those who have picked St. Mary's to win the WCC and run down this new look G...
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Hot August Free Ira Brown Night from 2017-08-11T04:17:31
It's Christmas in August and Free Ira Brown knows just what you want. GONZAGA BASKETBALL NONSENSE. We hope you like our presents. We talk: Recruiting! Schedules! Pacific Northwest Heat Waves!
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Episode 26: Decisions, Decisions . . . from 2017-04-26T05:14:12
That’s right, just one more episode of Free Ira Brown before we head into the podcast pre-draft process. In FIB’s season finale, our heroes salute the greatest season in Gonzaga history by salut...
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Episode 25: Aftermath of an Incredible Season from 2017-04-06T07:30:19
Gonzaga's epic run through the NCAA tournament comes to a crushing end and the Free Ira Brow! boys are her to commiserate, console and commiserate some more. We look (at great personal sacrifice...
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Episode 24: Mountaineers Mangled, Musketeers Minced. AND FINAL FOUR! from 2017-03-29T06:15:45
In the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, our heroes dive head-first into the first Final Four in Gonzaga basketball history. Can we just say that again? The first Final Four in Gonzaga basketbal...
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Episode 23: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Elite 8! from 2017-03-24T06:37:38
FIB makes a special appearance to celebrate the trip to the elite eight and Jordan Mathews' huge nuts.
Go Zags!
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Episode 22: Jackrabbits Jacked, Wildcats Whacked. Gonzaga Advances. from 2017-03-22T07:15:07
In our latest episode our heroes humbly offer a pod stuffed to the brim with NCAA goodness. We got facts, we got figures, we got losers, we got winners. Well, actually, no, we don’t have losers,...
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Episode 21: A Wonderful Time to be a Zag Fan! from 2017-03-15T05:15:59
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time of the year
Gonzaga is number 1 in the West...
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Episode 20: WCC Dominated from 2017-03-09T07:57:54
What a serene ending to a surreal regular season. That was just good, old-fashioned fun. Thirty two wins, (what should be) a No. 1 seed, the best regular season in the school’s history.
A...
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Episode 19: Toreros Tazed, Cougars . . . well s#*t from 2017-03-01T09:25:10
Yes, yes, Gonzaga's undefeated season is a lost cause, but they remain a dominant force in college basketball as the NCAA Tournament looms. But first, the WCC demands to be put in its place once...
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Episode 18: Dons Destroyed, Tigers Tor' Up. AND DAN DICKAU! from 2017-02-22T07:10:27
We bring in none other than the Dan, the myth, the legend, Mr. Dan Dickau. No, really, Dan Dickau is on the pod. Yes, that Dan Dickau. No, we’re not joking.
The Gonzaga legend and broadca...
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