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).

Free Ira Brown! The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast is Adam, Marty and Chris, three GU superfans who love to drink drinks and talk hoops.

This week, we breakdown the beatdown that was South Dakota, relish in Gonzaga's best start ever and walk down memory lane to look at some historic WCC successes that didn't include Gonzaga (this was hard). 

All that, and a moment with Heister! Tune in won't you?

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Adam, Chris and Marty are back to recap a tough game against the officiating crew in Nashville and bring you some holiday cheer.

It's Free Ira Brown: The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast as you know and love it: long and full of puns!

Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for Downloading!

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What’s that sound? Do you hear what I hear? Sounds like some caroling: 

“Have yourself a merry little podcast. Set your ears alight. From now on Huge Piece will keep us of sight…”

Now imagine the guys from Free Ira Brown singing it. No! Wait! Come back! We’ll stop! We’ll stop.

Adam, Chris and Marty talk about Gonzaga Hoops, Gael tears and our favorite Christmas music!

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Adam, Chris and Marty discuss the week that was in Gonzaga hoops. We recap the tune-up against SMVSU and the main event against Arizona. We look ahead to Huskie tears and the Zips!

All that and a surprising top three.

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Lookout Gonzaga world, David Jenne has arrived! In this week’s episode of Free Ira Brown, our heroes welcome Jenne as a guest host as we break down the magical Thanksgiving weekend in the most magical place on earth: Orlando, Florida.

Arizona looms and we hope this week's top three stands the test of time.

All this and more on the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do make David’s journey into hosting worth it, won’t you?
P.S. You want to be like David and guest host your own episode? Hit up www.patreon.com/freeirabrown. Well…we’re waiting!!
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The Free Ira Brown boys are at it again; Recapping, previewing, and quoting stats developed by our statistical overlords. This week we turn our laser-like focus to the Advocare Invitational and drool at the juicy opponents to be faced there.

All that and the return of "Moments with Heister" on this episode of Free Ira Brown: The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast!

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Gonzaga Superfans Adam, Chris and Marty break down the Bulldogs' two blowout wins over the weekend, gush over the freshman big men and explore the Norvell mystery. All this and a Bryant preview on this episode of Free Ira Brown!

Thanks for downloading!

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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!

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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!

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The Gonzaga Hoops Podcast!

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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.

 

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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. 

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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?
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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.

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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.
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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.
 
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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!

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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.

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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.
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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?
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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!

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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.

 

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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.

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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!

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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.

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