The Spokesman Review published on its website an article and headline Saturday morning, about 12 hours before tipoff, proclaiming the Zags had gone 30-0 and completed an undefeated season. It was quickly taken down when the newspaper received complaints from readers that the jumping-the-gun story would jinx Gonzaga, which had lost the last two times it faced BYU at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
Saying it was "the best experience of my whole life today," former BYU star Jimmer Fredette announced via Twitter on Friday that his wife, Whitney, had given birth to the couple's first child, a girl.