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 Tech.

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.

But sure enough, there it is, the hole in your enamel which will cause you to sit in a dental chair for 90 minutes and accidentally bite your tongue as it comes out of anesthesia.

Well the same thing happened to your faithful hosts of Free Ira Brown. And after going to our respective dentists, we were asked one question: “What did you expect? You’ve had five straight years of sweetness every March.”

Of course! Now it all makes sense. Five consecutive years of the Sweet 16! Why didn’t we think of that?

We must have been thinking too much about Brandon Clarke (do doo do do do do) becoming the best player Salt Lake City has ever seen, Tillie dunking on Fairleigh Dickinson and Corey Kispert having his best game as a Bulldog. An in our latest episode, our heroes take a look back at it all.

We also look ahead to the rematch against Florida State in the Sweet 16. Will this time around be different? Does Gonzaga have enough depth to deal with all the Seminoles will throw at it? We’ll discuss.

Those stories, plus the Gonzaga women put forth one of the gutsiest, all-out performances you’ll see despite falling to Oregon State in the round of 32. We’ll also touch briefly upon some potential grad transfer news and check in on the Free Ira Brown bracket pool.

And finally, we take a look back at a few of our favorite moments of a chalky but nonetheless enjoyable first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

All that and more on the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do come partake in some sweets with us, won’t you?

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 run at the Final Four.

And to get you (even more) primed, dear FIBbers, the Free Ira Brown crew is here to help you break down the brackets. In our latest episode, our heroes take a look at the Bulldogs (you know, Number 1 seed in the West) and their path to Minneapolis. Is the west really as bad as some are making it out to be? Is the west really as easy as others are making out to be? Does it really matter?

Those stories, plus Randy Bennett actually has to get on a plane, we take a look at some of the best second-round matchups across all the brackets, Adam learns where Fairleigh Dickinson is and we spend some time with the Gonzaga haters (derpy-derp).

And finally, we give our preferred routes to the national title. Syracuse or Baylor? UNC in the national title game? How about Florida State in the Sweet 16? We’ll tell you how we’d like to see it.

All that and more on the latest episode Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do come dance with us, won’t you?

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 here at Free Ira Brown at least tried. Sort of. Mostly.

In our latest episode, our heroes take a look back at the West Coast Conference Tournament and specifically at what went wrong in the final…well…pretty much everything, but then you knew that already. There are stats (lots and lots of stats), complaints (we’ve got a few), and an emphatic answer to the question: did Saint Mary’s provide a blueprint to beating Gonzaga?

Those stories, plus we look ahead to Selection Sunday. Does the loss to Saint Mary’s affect our expectations heading into the NCAA Tournament? What teams do we want to avoid, which do we want to play?

We cover it all, plus we turn our attention to a very sobering trip to Las Vegas for the Gonzaga women, who had their own loss in the WCC Tournament final, and then suffered a much more affecting loss.

And finally, we here at Free Ira Brown felt it was time to teach people some manners. We’ve seen so many breaches of public etiquette it was time we reached out to our fellow man, to make sure everyone knows what’s appropriate in the public setting. And who’s more qualified than us to do some teaching?

All that and more on the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do come learn some manners with us, won’t you?

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 series of events which took place last weekend in the greater San Francisco area.

The 6-foot-8 junior was accused of bullying multiple people over a span of three days in Gonzaga’s two victories over Pacific and Saint Mary’s.

Witnesses described the Phoenix native as “an absolute monster,” and detailed a sequence of events which left Saint Mary’s guard Jordan Ford in tears.

For more on this breaking story, we direct you toward the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, in which our heroes detail the finishing touches on Gonzaga’s fifth undefeated WCC season.

Those stories, plus: it’s the most wonderful time of the year, don’t forget, and so we felt the need to bring on a special guest. Joining us on the pod is Slipper Still Fits writer and Gonzaga fan extraordinaire Steven Karr to help us kick off the postseason for both the Gonzaga men and women.

Is it a forgone conclusion the men will run away with things? Can the women finally beat BYU? Will Saint Mary’s have any hope of making the NCAA Tournament without a win over Gonzaga? (Hahaha…no)

And finally, we end by asking a question: Would he play? We ask whether some of our favorite players from Gonzaga history would play on this year’s team, and if so, how many minutes would they get? From whom would they take playing time away?

All this and more on the latest episode of Free Ira Brown, THE Gonzaga Hoops Podcast. Do come join in this Karr ride, with us won’t you?