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Message: [QUOTE="GoZags, post: 1706146, member: 5749"] I'm glad I read that article (it WAS great). I hadn't paid much attention to the suspension (or Larry Brown's) ... and kinda feel that too many times the "big" schools get away with things that the small guys can't. On a side note GU's "cute little run" began in '99 with the Zags on a 4 year NCAA probation. Didn't lose any scholarships and there weren't suspensions but it DID happen and IS a part of Gonzaga's history. Thanks for mentioning Juli Boeheim. She is a special lady, and has influenced "Gonzaga" and the community in ways that are difficult to fathom. Here's a quote (and I will link the article) from 2012 where Marcy Few discusses Juli. ----------------------------------------- "Marcy Few recalls a trip east when Mark was a new head coach at GU. "We got invited to an event, the Jimmy V Foundation," she said, referring to the organization started by former North Carolina State coach Jim Valvano, who died of bone cancer in 1993. While there, Juli Boeheim, wife of Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, told them of a black-tie event they put on to raise money: Coaches vs. Cancer. Considering the project for Spokane, Marcy Few said she looked at the challenge and "felt totally inadequate." But her husband was fully behind it, and as she researched the possibility, supporters began lining up and have continued their support to a degree that "truly floors me," she said. "In the 10 years of the event, we've raised over $5.4 million," director Jerid Keefer said. "That it's become the largest Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser in the country is pretty remarkable." The Zags also play one home game each season off-campus at nearby Spokane Arena to benefit the Spokane Ronald McDonald House, which aids families of those receiving cancer treatments." ----------------------------------------- So ... a heartfelt "Tip o' the Cap" and "Thank you" to Juli Boeheim from this Zag fan (and member of the GU family). [URL]http://www.kitsapsun.com/sports/the-unsung-side-of-gonzaga-coach-mark-few-ep-417691037-356835441.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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