Free Ira Brown! - The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast

Adam, Marty and Chris discuss their takeaways from the exhibition against West Georgia and give you the in depth skinny on upcoming opponents Utah Valley and San Diego State (well, on SDSU anyway). We also give you our top three GU player presidential candidates! Now THERE's an election we can get excited about! Thanks for listening! Hit us up! freeirabrown@gmail.com @freeirabrown patreon.com/freeirabrown

Gonzaga is getting a lot of hype with a top 15 pre-season ranking and riding high expectations. What's their floor? What's their ceiling? Free Ira Brown takes a look a the rankings and expectations and lays some smack down on top 25 rival Saint Mary's. All that, and halloween puns! Thanks for downloading! @freeirabrown; freeirabrown@gmail.com; patreon.com/freeirabrown The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast!

Adam, Marty and Chris are back for another season of Gonzaga Hoops and the hype surrounding this squad is off the charts. Is it justified? Are you curious about all the new faces this year? Listen and learn! Stay to the end to find out our top three punchable faces of the off-season! Tweet us at @freeirabrown! E-mail us at freeirabrown@gmail.com. If you like the show donate! www.patreon.com/freeirabrown.  

Surprise! It's like March in July! Jordan Matthews transfers to Gonzaga and all the pieces (especially a HUGE piece) are in place for a great 2016-2017. We discuss. Also, top three Olympic moments we can remember right now. 

It's that time of the season again, dear FIBbers. The gym's closed down, the Kennel stands pushed back. The scoreboard has been unplugged, the Heisterisms boxed up and put in storage. We here at Free Ira Brown have turned in our final assignment of the season...in the form, of course, of our final episode of the season (Season 2, Episode 25).      Before we shut it down for the spring/summer, we take a look at the most important question of the season: If you had to play NBA Jam with one duo  from Gonzaga history, who would it be? We tackle all this and more on the season's final episode of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do close down the season with us, won't you?

  Yes, this one stings. But fear not, dear FIBbers. Despite the pain, despite the agony, despite that sting, the Free Ira Brown crew is here to close out this roller-coaster season. In our latest episode (Season 2, Ep 24), our heroes go over the Sweet 16 loss to Syracuse from front to back, tipoff to final buzzer. What went right (Wiltjer, Sabonis), what went wrong (turnovers, defensive rebounding), what made everyone wring their hands (McClellan, those last six and a half minutes). Those stories, plus we take a look back on the season as a whole. Do we qualify this season as  a success? Where does this team rank among our personal favorites? (Spoiler alert: pretty damn high.) Is it any comfort that Syracuse is in the Final 4? (We’ll give you one guess…) All that and more in the latest edition of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do join us, won’t you? Don’t leave us alone in a time like this.

In this, our newest episode (Season 2, Ep 23), our heroes sit down to discuss some of the Sweet Memories of Gonzaga’s best weekend of the season. Big East champions? That’s terrific, we’re happy for you. Next. Pac-12 Player of the Year? Isn’t that Sweet. Get out of the way. We've got it all covered, from the defensive domination to the offensive efficiency to the sheer capitulation-causing concentration for 80 brilliant minutes.   We’ll get you primed for the Sweet 16 matchup against Syracuse. How does Gonzaga handle the Orange’s vaunted 2-3 zone? Where can Cuse cause us trouble? Where can we take advantage of a team most thought shouldn’t even have been in the Tournament?   All this in more in the latest edition of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do join us, won’t you? We promise, it’ll be Sweet.

And then there were 64 (well, really, 68, but that's pretty lame and doesn't have the same ring to it so we're gonna go ahead and ignore that)! And the Free Ira Brown crew has you covered. In our latest episode (Season 2, Episode 22), our heroes cover everything you want to know about Gonzaga in Denver.  Those stories, plus we have actual basketball coverage (no, really). What are the Hall's weaknesses? Strengths? How do they match up with Gonzaga? Don't worry, we hit it all. Plus we share some thoughts about the Pac-12 as a whole, take a look at which unprotected seeds may make a run to the second weekend. All that and more in the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do join us, won't you? It is, after all, the most wonderful time of the year.   freeirabrown@gmail.com

Chris, Adam and Marty can hardly contain themselves after Gonzaga wins its 14th of the last 18 WCC Tournament finals. We celebrate, elaborate, and discombobulate with joy at a fantastic performance from the Zags. Oh, and the fact that St. Mary's is firmly on the bubble makes this victory all the sweeter. Go Bulldogs!

Well, where do we begin this week? Gonzaga drops another big game, a disturbing trend this season against top opponents . . . and St. Mary's. An anemic offensive performance results in a profoundly disappointing loss and Adam, Chris and Marty are dejected, but thankfully not alone.  Join us as we vent our frustrations at a dismal performance against the hated Gaels. We discuss the game, at length and (warning to our more sensitive listeners) laced with expletives (we tried, we really did). Come for the commiseration, stay for the valiant effort to look on the bright side! We also look ahead to the upcoming games against USD and BYU (as if that mattered) and engage in some (possibly futile) bubble talk. Stick around to the end of the show when we attempt to lift our spirits with our top three Sports Movie "Chips are Down Moments." Join us, won't you? Misery does, in fact, love company.

You’ll forgive us if we’re a bit cranky this week. You see, in a weekend where we are supposed to celebrate the folk who have led this great nation (like Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln), the leaders of the free world (like Roosevelt & Kennedy), the pillars of our society (like Eisenhower and Thayne), we are left scratching our collective heads. Because after watching the prettiness that was the pulverizing of the Pilots in Portland, we were subjected to that SMU stinkfest. So here at Free Ira Brown, our heroes are left to wonder: What in the name of William Howard Taft happened to our friend Kyle? Was he worrying about the recent New Hampshire primaries? Thinking about which ski resort to hit up on Monday’s holiday? Are his numbers trending down or did he simply have a bad day at the (oval) office?   All this and more in the latest edition of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops podcast. Do join us, won’t you? It’s the presidential thing to do.

I don’t want to alarm you, but here they come. Creeping up when no one’s looking, skulking in the shadows of the polls, it’s Free Ira Brown! In our latest offering, our heroes lustily look back on Gonzaga’s successful sojourn to Los Angeles, starting with a lambasting of LMU and finishing with a solid, no-frills win over Pepperdine.   We preview the upcoming trip to the Rose City and see how we measure up against SMU, our last-best chance to get a resume-padding win.    All this in more in the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do join us, won’t you?

Hey, well now THAT was better! We recap the USF massacre and the SCU win. We also engage in some bubble talk, some top three and a moment with Heister.  Thanks for Listening!

Hey everybody! It’s a happy-go-lucky Free Ira Brown! In our latest episode (Season 2, Episode 15), our heroes keep an eye on the bright side of things despite a tough road loss. We’re down but not out. We’re not letting this game get us down. We took one on the chin but we’re keeping our heads up, our thoughts positive, our -- Lies. These are all lies. We also recap the horror show that is the second half of our five losses, take stock of the team at the conference mid-way point and preview (sort of) the upcoming games against Santa Clara and USF. Also, sorry, but we couldn't help but let a few swears loose on this one.  

We won’t lie, it’s not been the best of weeks here at Free Ira Brown. So in order to prevent our heroes from overdosing on their preferred coping mechanisms we brought in a special guest. Our latest offering (Season 2, Episode 14) has a member of the House McCarthey – yes, those McCartheys -- to help us dissect the BYU cluster (breathe…deep breath…breathe), share stories from the road and get a little insight on what it’s like to be so close to the Gonzaga program.

Welcome to Free Ira Brown! Adam, Chris and Marty tackle the Portland game, look at St. Mary's hot start (FRAUD!) and preview this week's games against BYU and some WCC rabble. We also spend some time on the NFL this week. So What? Big whoop, wanna fight about it? Go Zags! @freeirabrown freeirabrown@gmail.com  

Join Adam, Chris and Marty as we wish you a Happy New Year! We also discuss the team's ceiling without Huge Piece, the overtime victory at USF and the top three bigs in Gonzaga History.

The Force finally appears to be in balance as the Bulldogs put two halves of a basketball game against Pepperdine, and as a bonus, LMU too! We recap those games and look ahead to the Bay area trip. Also, the top three most significant injuries in GU history AND a moment with Heister. freeirabrown@gmail.com; @freeirabrown

AAAAARGH! Another non-conference home loss to a Pac-12 team. Karnowski remains hobbled with back trouble and the guards are hobbled with a complete lack of shooting touch. Is it time to panic? Can we Panic?!! Please? Adam, Chris and Mard say NAY! Don't panic, but do engage in some grave concern. We take at look at the Battle In Seattle, give out non-conference player grades and enjoy yet another moment with Heister. Also, due to some technical difficulties this episode is not up to our usual standards, we apologize. But you'll listen anyway, because reasons. freeirabrown@gmail.com; Twitter: @freeirabrown Merry Christmas!

Well THAT was an exciting week in Gonzaga Hoops, wasn't it? Chris, Marty and Adam break down the good, the ugly, and the fugly from the last three games. UCLA looms with the Huge Piece sidelined. Commiserate with us, then emerge into the bright light of a long season. @freeirabrown; freeirabrown@gmail.com Thanks for Listening, People!  Also, get well soon Karno, you are missed out there.