CHICAGO — As a high school senior in Austin, Tex., Eric McClellan knew very little about Gonzaga.
”All I knew about Gonzaga was Adam Morrison,” McClellan told me last week, dropping the name of the former Zags All-American. “I didn’t know where they were located. I didn’t know the success behind the university.”
And McClellan, a sturdy 6-foot-4 guard, had no idea that Gonzaga would one day help him try to salvage his career and change his life in ways that had nothing to do with basketball.
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