Originally published March 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified March 12, 2007 at 9:12 AM

First Look | Gonzaga vs. Indiana

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BRIAN KERSEY / AP

Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson

Thursday in Sacramento, Calif., approx. 7:05 p.m.

TV/Radio: Ch. 7/TBA
Records: Gonzaga 23-10; Indiana 20-10

About Indiana

Seed: 7th in the West Region

RPI: 28

Conference: Big Ten

Gonzaga vs. Indiana

Series: The series is tied 1-1. In 2006, Gonzaga beat Indiana 90-80 in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Salt Lake City. In 2002, Indiana beat Gonzaga 76-75 at the Maui Invitational.

Common opponents: Two — both teams lost to Duke and Butler. Indiana lost at Duke 54-51 and to Butler 60-55 in Indianapolis. Gonzaga lost to Duke 61-54 in the Aeropostale Classic, and Butler 79-71 in the championship game of the Preseason NIT. Both games were played at Madison Square Garden in New York City

Coaches: Mark Few is 215-51 in eight years at Gonzaga. Kelvin Sampson is 20-10 in one season at Indiana, 475-267 in 24 seasons overall.

Connections: Sampson was coach at Washington State for seven years, from 1987-94, and an assistant for two years (1985-87).

Noteworthy

• Indiana was 10-6 in the Big Ten this season, finishing third behind Ohio State and Wisconsin.

• This is Indiana's 34th trip to the NCAA tournament. The Hoosiers are 59-28 in the tournament.

• Sampson is in his first year at Indiana after coaching at Oklahoma the previous 12. Sampson, 11-12 in NCAA tournament games, led the Sooners to the Final Four in 2002.

• Junior forward D.J. White, who redshirted last season with a broken foot, was named to the All-Big Ten second team. He was the Big Ten freshman of the year in 2004-05.

• Indiana had 16 different starting lineups this season.

• Guard Earl Calloway had a triple-double against Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament last season.

Bob Condotta


P	Gonzaga	HT	YR	PPG
F	Abdullahi Kuso	6-9	Jr.	4.9
F	Sean Mallon	6-9	Sr.	7.9
G	Jeremy Pargo	6-2	So.	12.2
G	Derek Raivio	6-3	Sr.	18.2
G	Matt Bouldin	6-5	Fr.	8.9


P	Indiana	HT	YR	PPG
F	D.J. White	6-9	Jr.	13.7
F	Mike White	6-6	Jr.	3.4
G	Roderick Wilmont	6-4	Sr.	12.5
G	Armon Bassett	6-1	Fr.	9.7
G	Earl Calloway	6-3	Sr.	9.4


Zags results
Opponent	Result
EWU	W, 90-75
Rice	W, 88-50
Baylor	W, 78-69
UTSA	W, 92-48
@UNC-x	W, 82-74
@Butler-x	L, 79-71
Idaho	W, 76-51
Portland St.	W, 69-51
@Texas	W, 87-77
@Wash. St.	L, 77-67
Washington	W, 97-77
@Georgia	W, 96-83
Duke-y	L, 61-54
Nevada-z	L, 82-74
@ Virginia	L, 108-87
La.-Mary.	W, 97-62
Pepperdine	W, 69-52
@Santa Clara	W, 77-69
@St. Mary's	L, 80-75
@Portland	W, 80-68
San Fran.	W, 72-56
San Diego	W, 91-82
@Stanford*	W, 90-86
@Pepperdine	W, 82-57
@ La.-Mary.	L, 67-61
St. Mary's	W, 60-49
Santa Clara	L, 84-73
Memphis*	L, 78-77
Portland	W, 87-67
at San Fran.*	W, 86-79
at San Diego	W, 74-64
San Diego-zz	W, 88-70
Santa Clara-zz	W, 77-68
*Overtime; x-Preseason NIT; y-Played at Madison Square Garden; z-Played at KeyArena; zz-WCC tournament.


Indiana results
Opponent	Result
Lafayette-x	W, 91-66
Butler-y	L, 60-55
Indiana St.	W, 73-66
Chicago St.	W, 90-69
@ Duke	L, 54-51
Charlotte	W, 74-57
W. Illinois	W, 92-40
@Kentucky	L, 59-54
S. Illinois	W, 57-47
W. Michigan	W, 77-69
IUPUI-y	W, 86-57
Ball State	W, 71-57
@Ohio St.	L, 74-67
Michigan St.	W, 73-51
Purdue	W, 85-58
@Penn State	W, 84-74
Iowa	W, 71-64
@Connecticut	W, 77-73
@Illinois	L, 51-43
Michigan	W, 76-61
Wisconsin	W, 71-66
@Iowa	L, 81-75
Illinois	W, 65-61
@Purdue	L, 81-68
@Michigan	L, 58-55
Minnesota	W, 71-59
@Mich. St.	L, 66-58
@N'western	W, 69-65
Penn State	W, 94-63
Illinois*-z	L, 58-54
*Overtime; x-NIT Season Tip Off; y-Played at Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis; z-Big Ten Conference tournament.