![]() ![]() ![]() The good news for Grand Canyon is that it does not play until Friday. The Baylor Antelopes!- Matt Norlander March 15, 2023 So beyond being a good brother, he has empathy for the situation, having been there before. Baylor thought it was going to have to wear Cuse road unis AGAINST Syracuse, before a last-minute save. Though Bryce wasn’t there to bail him out!ĭrew said he had a similar emergency in ’06 at Cuse. Scott can sympathize with his little brother, because his team had a similar situation in 2006. Seeing that GCU is sponsored by the swoosh, it can’t wear any other products, so a trip to the Nike store is in order. Just to be safe, the Antelopes staff will be hitting up the local sporting goods stores and buying up all of the Nike gear that it can find. What are big brothers for!” Scott Drew just told me.- Matt Norlander March 15, 2023 Grand Canyon’s gonna practice in Baylor gear tonight □ GCU and Baylor both play there Friday (in different pods). ![]() Hold up! Just in: As luck would have it, Scott Drew is ALSO in Denver-with Bryce. Instead of practicing in t-shirts and whatever shorts they could find, Drew loaned the Antelopes his team’s practice gear.Īs Grand Canyon takes the court for practice on Wednesday, it will look like the Baylor Bears. That was less-than ideal, considering that Grand Canyon was scheduled to practice a few hours later.įortunately, though, Bryce had his older brother in town to help him out. Lopes play Gonzaga Friday 5:35 local.- Matt Norlander March 15, 2023 The hope is GCU has its unis/warmups/shoes/all of it before the end of the night. Every clarinet, drum, sax, trumpet and pom-pom. I’m told Grand Canyon’s cheer + band equipment all got to Denver. That proximity, and the family ties, came in clutch on Wednesday.Īfter arriving in the Mile High City, the Antelopes discovered that the airline on which it flew from Phoenix did not get the team’s bags, uniforms and athletic gear to the destination. Both teams, and brothers, are playing their First Round games in Denver, even though they are on opposite sides of the bracket. 9 seed after going 22-10 during the 2022/23 season. 14 seed after beating Sam Houston State in the WAC Tournament, and Baylor is a No. Both schools will compete in March Madness this week, in the same region. ![]() Scott, who has coached the Bears since 2003, is four years older than Bryce, who is in his fourth year with the Antelopes. That has carried over to the court.Grand Canyon head basketball coach Bryce Drew and Baylor head basketball coach Scott Drew share the same last name. “Once they have some success, the motivation continued and the staff has done a great job of building the man, not just the basketball player. “You have to give credit to all of the players for buying into what we were coaching,” Bryce said. 2 seed Iowa in the West Region on Friday. Grand Canyon is in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight seasons as a Division I program and opens against No. The Lopes (17-6) won the Western Athletic Conference regular-season title and backed that up by claiming the conference tournament championship after losing in the previous two title games. He was hired by GCU last year after Dan Majerle was fired and had an immediate impact at the small school in Phoenix. He made a name for himself as a player with his game-winning shot against Ole Miss and went on to play six NBA seasons with Houston, Chicago and New Orleans.īryce followed the footsteps of his brother and father at Valpo, leading the Crusaders to two NCAA Tournament appearances in five seasons before coaching three years at Vanderbilt. Bryce had more rapid results at Grand Canyon. ![]()
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