SAN FRANCISCO — Gonzaga’s dream of winning a national championship will have to wait at least another year.

The top-seeded Zags, in their seventh straight trip to the Sweet 16, were sent home by an Arkansas team whose speed and aggression added up to a 74-68 victory at the Chase Center on Thursday evening.

The Zags (28-4) reached the national championship game in 2017 and again last year, only to be turned away. The Razorbacks (28-8) took the lead 3 minutes into the second half and never gave it back.

The loss is the second in a month in the Bay Area for the Zags, who fell 67-57 at Saint Mary’s in the regular-season finale on Feb. 26.

The Hogs, who advance to the Elite 8 for the second straight season under former Warriors coach Eric Musselman, will play Saturday night against Duke, which beat Texas Tech in Thursday night’s late game.

“This is what we dreamed about, this is what we came here to do,” said Arkansas star guard JD Notae, embracing the underdog role. “Before we left Fayetteville, coach said if you don’t want to win, don’t get on the plane.”

It was a great homecoming for Musselman, whose mother flew up from San Diego to watch him coach the Razorbacks for the first time.

Musselman, who played college ball at San Diego in the West Coast Conference, was convinced his Southeastern Conference squad would cause the Zags problems.

“The physicality and the speed that we can play with is just really different,” Musselman said. “It’s been a long time in conference play since they faced a team like us. I thought it was as good as we could play against a really, really good team that is well-coached.”

The Hogs held Gonzaga — the nation’s highest-scoring team — to 38-percent shooting and forced 15 turnovers.

“I think they got a little frustrated,” Notae said.

Down nine points with less than 7 minutes left, Gonzaga battled back but got no closer than three points the rest of the way.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few said it will take his players time to gain perspective on a season he dubbed “spectacular.” Falling short of a trip to New Orleans for the ‘Final Four doesn’t throw cold water on the entire season, Few said.

“Sometimes the outside people label it national championship or bust,” he said. “Obviously, we wanted to take this thing all the way to the end and win it. But we understand how hard that is.”

WCC Player of the Year Drew Timme, who scored 25 points for the Zags, gathered his teammates at midcourt afterward and consoled them.

“I just said I was proud of us. It was a hell of a ride,” he said. “It didn’t end up the way we wanted but we came to play hard. It was just their night. They won the game fair and square.”

Andrew Nembhard, championed by Few as the nation’s top point guard, was harassed all night by Arkansas guard Au’Diese Toney. Nembhard made just one of his first nine shots before dropping a running 3-pointer with 16.5 seconds left.

“His length was a factor. He’s athletic he did a great job, pressing me the whole game,” Nembhard said.

Freshman 7-footer Chet Holmgren, expected to be a top-3 pick in the NBA, had 11 points and 14 rebounds but often was a step slow on defense and fouled out with 3:29 to play.

“It was a big aspect tonight,” Few conceded. “We’re so different when he’s in there with his rim protection.”

Notae needed 29 shots to score 21 points, but he was everywhere for the Razorbacks. He added six rebounds, six assists and three steals. Forward Jaylin Williams contributed 15 points and 12 rebounds and Trey Wade also scored 15.

The back-and-forth continued early in the second half but the Zags developed the first serious foul issue when Holmgren was whistled for his third with 15:56 left.

Few left him in the game and Holmgren avoided further trouble until bumping Toney, who converted a layup and free throw for a 52-46 Hogs’ lead with 8:36 left.

For the third straight game the Zags found themselves in a first-half battle, trailing 32-29. They were up just 35-33 against Georgia State before winning 93-72 and they trailed Memphis 41-31, ultimately winning 82-78.

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SAN FRANCISCO — For 40 frenzied minutes, JD Notae, Jaylin Williams and Arkansas played a maddening, muscular style on both ends that took Gonzaga out of its game — and right out of the NCAA Tournament far earlier than these Zags expected.

Notae scored 21 points despite missing 20 shots and the determined, fourth-seeded Razorbacks dashed the No. 1 overall seed Bulldogs’ title hopes with a 74-68 win in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night.

“We’ve been disrespected the whole year, so it’s just another thing for us,” Williams said. “We saw everything they were saying, we felt like they were dancing before the game. That was disrespect for us. We just came into the game playing hard and we had a chip on our shoulder. Every game we do.”

When the final buzzer sounded, Notae tossed the game ball into the air in triumph, while Williams flexed and roared near midcourt. Coach Eric Musselman made his way into the stands to find his mother, Kris, for a celebratory embrace after she watched her son in person for the first time coaching the Razorbacks.

After a throwback performance from the program that once promised “40 Minutes of Hell,” these Hogs relished in pure bliss.

• Gonzaga forward Drew Timme attempts to score in the first half during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Arkansas guard Au’Diese Toney, left, and JD Notae attempt to block a shot from Gonzaga’s Andrew Nembhard during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Arkansas forward Trey Wade, left, and Jaylin Williams fight for control of the ball during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Arkansas Razorbacks guard Stanley Umude, middle, battles for the ball during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Arkansas forward Jaylin Williams and Trey Wade react after the Razorbacks’ win over Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Arkansas guard Au’Diese Toney dunks against Gonzaga during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  (March Madness 2022 at Chase Center in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke forward AJ Griffin drives against Texas Tech during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Texas Tech forward Bryson Williams is defended by Duke center Mark Williams during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Texas Tech Red Raiders forward Bryson Williams attempts a 3-point shot as he is defended by Duke’s Mark Williams during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski looks over a play chart during a timeout in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 round on Thursday at Chase Center. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke Blue Devils forward Paolo Banchero attempts a layup during the first half in their NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke Blue Devils guard Jeremy Roach drives against Texas Tech during in the teams’ Sweet 16 game of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski instructs his team during a Sweet 16 game in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at Chase Center in San Francisco. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke Blue Devils guard Jeremy Roach attempts a layup during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke Blue Devils guard Jeremy Roach, left, Mark Williams react after their win over Texas Tech in the Sweet 16 game of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at Chase Center. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke center Mark Williams dunks the ball over Texas Tech forward Marcus Santos-Silva during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  Duke’s bench reacts to a play during his Sweet 16 game in the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Notae finished with six rebounds, six assists, three steals and even swatted a pair of shots for the Razorbacks (28-8), who reached the Elite Eight for a second straight year and will face second-seeded Duke on Saturday, hoping to deny retiring coach Mike Krzyzewski one last trip to the Final Four.

Drew Timme scored 25 points but couldn’t rally the normally high-scoring Bulldogs (28-4), who for the second straight season were favored to win that elusive national title but couldn’t keep up with Arkansas’ athleticism and fight. Gonzaga had been undefeated last year before losing to Baylor in the national title game.

Duke center Mark Williams dunks the ball over Texas Tech forward Marcus Santos-Silva during the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament in San Francisco on Thursday. (Brandon Vallance-Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Duke 78, Texas Tech 73

SAN FRANCISCO— Mike Krzyzewski has spent more than four decades at Duke telling his players what to do, with championship-level results.

With his Hall of Fame career in danger of coming to an end, Krzyzewski let his players dictate the game-closing defensive strategy of switching from an uncharacteristic zone defense into Duke’s famous man-to-man.

The key defensive stops and two late baskets by Jeremy Roach Krzyzewski moved within one win of his record-setting 13th trip to the Final Four in his farewell season with a win over Texas Tech.

Krzyzewski said the players came to him during a late timeout like a “Catholic boys’ choir,” asking in unison for the switch to man that led to three straight stops and turned the game in Duke’s favor.

“With this team they’re so young and they’re still growing,” Krzyzewski said. “Whenever they can own something, they’re going to do it better than if we just run it. When they said that, I felt they’re going to own it. They’ll make it work, and that’s probably more important than strategy during that time. So that’s the way I looked at it.”

Roach did the rest with two jumpers during a 7-0 run as the steady sophomore came through in the clutch for a second straight game to send second-seeded Duke (31-6) into an Elite Eight matchup against fourth-seeded Arkansas.

Paolo Banchero led Duke with 22 points, Mark Williams scored 16 and Roach added 15 as the Blue Devils made their final eight shots from the field to hold off third-seeded Texas Tech (27-10) and give Coach K his record 100th NCAA Tournament win.

“I would say all year in the biggest moments we’ve always stepped up, and there’s no bigger moment than this,” Banchero said. “I don’t know about these guys, but I’ve never played in a basketball game like that.”

As compelling as the action on the court was in this taut West Region semifinal, the story of this Blue Devils run has surrounded the farewell tour of their Hall of Fame coach.

Krzyzewski announced last June he would retire after this season. After missing the tournament last year, Duke was back with a roster filled with NBA prospects and capable of delivering Krzyzewski his sixth title.

Duke played from behind for much of the first half but was much sharper offensively in the second half. Williams got free for three easy baskets early in the half to get the Blue Devils rolling.

Then the vocal Duke contingent on hand for the first NCAA Tournament games in San Francisco since 1939 made its presence known midway through the half when AJ Griffin tied the game at 47 with his third 3-pointer and Banchero followed with a jumper that gave Duke the lead.

But a Red Raiders team featuring four super seniors and five players with more than 120 career games didn’t go away and the game stayed tight as Duke used the zone to negate Texas Tech’s strength advantage.

THE SCORES

West Regional
At Chase Center, San Francisco
Thursday’s semifinals
Arkansas 74, Gonzaga 68
Duke 78, Texas Tech 73
Saturday’s Championship
Duke vs. Arkansas, 5:49 p.m

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — In an apparent crime spree in San Francisco, several homes in different neighborhoods across the city were targeted by home invasion robbers within a few hours involving a gray Infiniti.

William Ton was at home with his mother on Jan. 4, when would-be intruders tried to break in through the front door on 31st Avenue in the Outer Richmond.

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“As you can see their goal was to get in through the lock opening here,” said Ton, showing KPIX 5 a photo of the damage.

Ton believes his dog Chewy ultimately deterred the crooks.

“He was barking and yelping the whole entire time and usually when he does that, we thought he was trying to bark at other dogs,” he said.

Around the same time, a neighbor’s ring camera a few houses down captured a gray Infiniti parked out front. A person gets out and walks up to the door and knocks.

“I could hear tools clanking in his jacket,” said Tom Hsieh said. “He went up and knocked on our neighbor’s door and this was all on our video. Thankfully, he didn’t get in, because they’re elderly shut-ins, they’re a great couple, but they’re old. They must have come to the door, because he went back to his car, and then hit our neighbor four or five doors up.”

“I’m shocked, around this neighborhood, it’s usually very quiet,” Ton said. “People around here are great, and for these guys to just come around and do what they please, and get away with it, it’s just crazy.”

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Security video just one street over on 30th Avenue and Fulton Street shows a gray Infiniti backing into the driveway of an apartment complex about 10 minutes later before noon.

Using what appears to be a tool, two suspects break the gate and then a third one follows. A resident who was home at the time said they hit three units in about 10 minutes. Video shows the suspects rushing out of the complex with bags in hand.

Earlier that same morning, about five miles away in the Outer Mission / Ingleside neighborhood, a gray Infiniti is seen backing into the driveway. Two sisters were inside at the time. The suspects broke the metal gate and forced their way in.

“I hid in the closet because I didn’t really know what to do. I was really scared,” said one of the sisters, who declined to give her name for privacy reasons.

Video shows three suspects wearing what appears to be the same clothes running into the getaway car with stolen items.

“They’re going into our homes like they’re going into our parked cars in the middle of the night, except they’re doing it in broad daylight,” said Hsieh. “They don’t care if we’re in those homes or not, they don’t care if there are seniors there or children there. They’re just going in and taking things. This is not acceptable at all at any level and San Francisco – all of us have to say enough is enough.”

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KPIX 5 have reached out to SFPD to see if they’re investigating these crimes as being related.

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fFor years, underground San Francisco drag performer and cinephile Peaches Christ has been filling the city’s renowned Castro Theater with her Midnight Mass series, juxtaposing cult film screenings with live drag parody re-enactments and stage interviews. These loving but irreverent late-night events are an integral part of LGBTQ+ culture at the city’s preeminent art-house theater, itself one of the most visible landmarks in San Francisco’s most famous gay district.

As Peaches Christ puts it, “Cinema was my religion and the Castro is our Vatican.”

And now, a month after hosting the US premiere of The Matrix Resurrections and a few months before its 100th birthday, the owners of the opulent 1,400-seat movie palace have announced that it will soon become primarily a live entertainment venue and will no longer screen many films at all.

Wednesday’s news sent shockwaves through the city’s artist and film communities and revealed a partnership between Castro and Another Planet Entertainment (APE), a Bay Area concert promoter. Known for preserving other historic venues – and for producing Outside Lands, a three-day music festival usually held in Golden Gate Park every August – APE announced that it is planning a major renovation of the interior and the famous marquee, as well as a dramatic transformation in the kind of events that the Castro will host.

“We want to present all types of programs in the theater – comedy, music, film, community and private events and more,” the organizer said in a press release.

Cast members stand at the premiere of The Matrix Resurrections on December 18th. Photo: Noah Berger/AP

The news stunned local filmmakers and festival programmers, who urged APE to seek input from the community – so much so that the promoter rushed to placate the reeling city, saying nothing unexpected would happen overnight.

Century-old movie theaters and single-screen theaters have been disappearing from San Francisco for years, victims of rising operating costs and the popularity of streaming services well before the pandemic hit. But as a cultural institution, the Castro Theater is unique. It is home to numerous festivals and premieres and matinee screenings of Camp Hollywood classics such as Gray Gardens and Auntie Mame. A destination for American film buffs, where you might watch a painstakingly restored 1940s noir, witness director Peter Bogdanovich belittle Cher during a Q&A session, or just sing along to Grease.

Already dark for 15 months during Covid, the Castro reopened in June 2021 to host the 45th edition of Frameline, San Francisco’s long-standing LGBTQ+ film festival.

Continuing a longstanding tradition of prefixing every film with live music from the in-house organ – no longer a “Mighty Wurlitzer,” but arguably the world’s largest pipe-digital hybrid organ – the return of the theater embodied the dawn of last summer’s optimism in California briefly eased its pandemic restrictions on indoor gatherings. It’s also very, very gay: San Francisco, the Judy Garland-revived theme from the 1936 disaster film of the same name, is always the last song before the curtain goes up. Consequently, the theater’s large and vocal queer fanbase was particularly saddened at the prospect of losing it forever.

“We know there won’t be the same amount of screenings at this venue and of course we’re very saddened by that,” said James Woolley, Executive Director of Frameline.

However, he did confirm that the 46th iteration of the festival, an anchor of San Francisco’s Pride Month celebrations, is still ongoing in June.

Peaches on stage at the Castro. Photo: Courtesy of Peaches Christ

Although Peaches Christ was initially dismayed, a call to APE put her mind at ease.

“They assured me that the programming would be very well thought out. They’re not going to program it like they would Bill Graham, or remove the seats,” she said, referring to a much larger venue that welcomes EDM DJs and mainstream musicians.

While concerned that the Castro might devote itself entirely to live performances, Peaches noted that comedy festivals like Sketchfest had long since broadened the scope of what the theater was doing. Second screenings were hardly his bread and butter.

“As much as I would hate to see the repertory calendar disappear when you went to the screenings, nine times out of ten it was less than half full,” she said. “I ran a cinema and have been in the business for a long time. I knew it wasn’t a sustainable model.”

Peaches is optimistic about APE as a local entity that’s much smaller than national companies like LiveNation. They promised her they would honor her existing contract and also assured her that they would install a new cinema screen, improve accessibility for people with disabilities, and make other necessary repairs.

“What the general public doesn’t see is that the Castro needs a huge electrical upgrade,” she said. “The old wiring sometimes caused circuit breakers to trip. It was stressful.”

Still, the underlying economics are what they are, which is why many San Francisco theaters are now derelict (or repurposed as gyms).

“Theater business is tough, and I think it’s especially tough for independent historic single-screen arthouses. You can only charge so much for a movie ticket,” said Lex Sloan, filmmaker and executive director of the 110-year-old single-screen Roxie Theater, the oldest such venue in San Francisco. “We are more than just cinemas. We are places where people make memories and make new friends. Places like the Castro and its programming are the quintessence of what makes San Francisco weird and wild.”

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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – While high prices and inflated bids have become the norm in the Bay Area real estate market, eyebrows rise when a house in San Francisco sold for $ 1 million more.

It’s a newly renovated 2,400 square foot home with 4 bedrooms, a two car garage, and incredible views. The house is in a quiet area of ​​San Francisco near Mt. Davidson, west of Twin Peaks.

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The interior of a house in San Francisco near Mount Davidson that grossed more than $ 1 million. (Lunghi Media Group)

Real estate agents Richard Woo and Holly Phan listed the house for just under $ 2.5 million. Three days later, they would put the sale at $ 3.5 million.

“We were all very surprised because they weren’t just over – they were way over,” said Woo.

“We expected more, a little more, but we weren’t expecting a million dollars,” Phan said.

In current market conditions, it is quite typical for homes in the Bay Area to be sold at or slightly above list price.

A house that sold $ 1 million in San Francisco. (CBS)

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“It was one of the wildest markets in history last year,” said Patrick Carlisle, Compass chief market analyst. “We saw some very spectacular overbids, not just in town but across the Bay Area.”

The housing stock available is still incredibly low across the Bay Area. This creates more competition among buyers, which can drive up sales prices.

“While a slew of new entries have hit the market, they’re being caught faster than ever – perhaps at the fastest rate in history,” Carlisle told KPIX 5. “Virtually every segment in the Bay Area has gone insane. ”

In San Francisco in particular, there has been a huge surge in home sales, according to Carlisle.

“Of course, it involves some people leaving. But the other side of it is that there are still many people who are very eager to live in the city, to own a home in the city, and are willing to pay higher prices than they have ever paid before ” , he said. “Sooner or later, upcycles end. What history has taught us, however, is that it is extremely difficult to predict when upward cycles will end. “

Potential buyers should all have their ducks in a row, according to Woo.

As for sellers?

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“It’s a seller’s market,” said Woo. “Of course the timing is important, the location is important. But the most important thing is to properly prepare the house. “

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