Gonzaga BB - 2018-19

[Hawk-Lock]

Wake up call.

 

[Crizilla]

Zags let St Mary's win. 47 points? Zags are the highest scoring team in the country. C'mon. It's actually a good move. Helps out the WCC having another team in the tourney. Gonzaga and St Mary's are both private catholic schools too....so probably good friends.

 

[Hawkstorian]

I think the only takeaway is when Norvell has more fouls than points they lose. Wow he was awful.

It wouldn't be a rivalry if St. Mary's didn't win once in a while.

 

[Natethegreat]

I don't think the Zags let SMC win. There is no way they would do that. They came out and played by far their worst game of the year and credit to SMC for controlling the pace of that game from start to finish. They are a good team ranked 34 in NET right now so its not like the Zags lost to a terrible team.
That said, the zags should have never lost. For whatever reason they were turning it over and not hitting their shots all night long.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Anyone who actually think the Zags let SMC win has no idea about sports. Sorry but that just isn't plausible. Ask that question to Few and a press conference and he'd laugh at you. Zags just played awful, no different than when the Huskies lost to Cal a few weeks ago.

 

[Natethegreat]

Anyone who actually think the Zags let SMC win has no idea about sports. Sorry but that just isn't plausible. Ask that question to Few and a press conference and he'd laugh at you. Zags just played awful, no different than when the Huskies lost to Cal a few weeks ago.

There is one big difference. Saint Mary's is a good team and Cal is awful. While GU played terrible SMC was a good defensive team all year long and deserves some credit for figuring out how to control the game from start to finish the third time they played GU.
The poor shooting and silly turnovers were on the Zags though. I think they were trying to force things too much

 

[Natethegreat]

Zags open up as 26.5 point favorites without the opponent even known yet. Seems like a lot but I bet they throttle whomever they play.

 

[Shanegotyou11]

Go zags!

 

[Hawkstorian]

Zags vs Baylor will be a good matchup.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Zags should handle Baylor. They over achieved all season. Got to give Scott Drew a ton of credit, team was picked to finish near last in the Big12, and they were down as many as three starters for a lot of the season. Zags will be too much.

 

[Natethegreat]

Agreed, this should be an easy win for GU.

 

[Natethegreat]

5 straight years for the Zags in the sweet sixteen. That is just incredible. Tough tough match up ahead. FSU is a team that is capable of beating anyone in the country with their height and athleticism and deep bench.
Zags have to play tough D and rebound well. Norvel has to stop turning the ball over and jacking up threes that aren't even close.
This Zag team is capable of playing much better than they have so far this tournament. Norvel and Rui have both played poorly but I think Rui turns it around against FSU and I hope Norvel does.

 

[Natethegreat]

Oh and Clarke is a much better player than Rui. Rui's defense is Charmin soft.

 

[Crizilla]

Brandon Clarke... top 15-20 in the draft

 

[Hawkstorian]

Rui must have been sick or something. He only played 23 minutes, fouls weren't really a big problem.

 

[Natethegreat]

Rui must have been sick or something. He only played 23 minutes, fouls weren't really a big problem.

Wasn't sick just ineffectual. Few said he got pushed around a little bit and lost confidence.

 

[Hawkstorian]

Wow that doesn't bode well for a supposed lottery pick.

 

[Natethegreat]

I think BC ends up being selected before Rui myself. Rui has a lot of holes defensively still and has some growing to do offensively.

 

[Hawkstorian]

I still think Rui will a better pro. Clarke needs to space to work his magic and I don't think he'll find much at the next level.

 

[Shanegotyou11]

Rui better become more physical