WE’RE ALL FELLOW travelers winding our way through life’s rich pageant, each of us tethered to our own stories and myths, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs‘ Drew Timme would like to hear all of them. Nearly everyone who has played with or against college basketball’s most well-known player has a favorite story, even though most are unwilling to share details because, as one said, “It’s stuff you don’t want the kids hearing.” There is no singular event that encapsulates the entirety of the Drew Timme experience, but here’s one that comes closer than most.
It’s about an hour before tipoff for an early season Gonzaga home game against Merrimack, and Timme plops his 6-foot-10 body onto a chair on the visitors bench, a couple of seats down from Merrimack coach Joe Gallo, who takes a look over his left shoulder and thinks, I know who you are, but you probably have no idea who I am.
“What’s up,…
