Whitworth Weekly Update: Way too many cats!

One thing the Whitworth Pirates aren't is overrated, unlike some other cross-town college basketball teams, cough, Gonzaga, cough.

You see, Gonzaga has what you would say is a cat problem. They've got too many cats in the house to make them feel better about themselves. Their are way too many homer fans and media members that pander to the Zags every move until Tournament time, then they exit early. Wowee.

But at least they don't have 118 Cats. Like this couple had in trailer park.

It took three hours for about 15 masked workers and police officers to remove 118 cats from a couple's reeking home in the Lowry Grove Mobile Home Park in St. Anthony on Tuesday.

Another dozen or so cats couldn't be captured because they were hiding in mounds of dolls and debris in the trailer and will have to be live-trapped, said Keith Streff, senior investigator of the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley. One cat escaped and three were left with the couple, the limit permitted by city ordinance.

Authorities have seen such cases before.

The woman fits the classic profile of an obsessive-compulsive animal hoarder, "which is sad for both animals and owners," Streff said. In 2002, Humane Society workers removed 72 cats from the same couple's residence when they lived in Coon Rapids, he said.

So you heard it hear first. Gonzaga University is like that cat lady. They had obsessive compulsive fan disorder, which leads to their Final Four hopes stinking like urine and tuna.

But moving on to the Whitworth men's basketball, they play three roads games in the next five days with the marquee matchup against league-leading Puget Sound. Currently the Pirates are tied for second in the conference with 17-4 overall and 7-3 league mark, so a win over the top team would definitely do well for the rest of the season. A sweep of the weekend would put them in very good shape heading into the postseason tournament.

And even though this is the third highest win total under head coach Jim Hayford's tenure, you wont hear a big fuss about it. Such is the life of a Division III program.

Luckily they don't have cats though.