Cinderella story? Gonzaga is long past that point.
Agree Gonzaga would certainly drop a game or two in the big10 but only to the likes of Michigan, Illinois, OSU, ourselves and maybe rutgers but they could beat everyone else with their C game especially with road games having no fans.
Honestly, if they wanted, they could be the Notre Dame of the West and join the Pac 12 in basketball, the way Notre Dame joins the ACC. It's not like going from 12 to 13 is going to hurt the Pac 12 when they don't have divisions anyway, and you already have two other major conferences that can't count.......
Most years, it was Gonzaga with St. Mary's always nipping at their heels as the plucky underdog. BYU joining the WCC helped that conference a little bit as they've been competitive for the most part, but that was also right around the time Gonzaga began to elevate as a program.
Who said they would run the table in any major conferences? Of course they wouldn't nobody ever does except 2015 Kentucky. They stomped UNC in a regular season game just last year, does that not count because UNC was bad last year? You can't just keep moving the goal posts on what wins are significant and what ones aren't. They've played and beaten many great teams over the years period and nobody is surprised because they have the track record and talent to do so. They have 4 first round picks in the last 5 years, only an elite handful of programs can claim similar levels of success in the past decade. They crushed UVA this year a team that recently won the national title and regularly wins the ACC. They literally beat the Zion/Barrett/Reddish Duke team in Maui a couple years ago when Duke was #1!This is their tournament history. They have definitely had nice success but who they beat in the tournament isn't exactly murderers row. When they run into the bigger teams from major conferences such as Duke or North Carolina they lose. Just like everyone else. The year they took second? Look at who they beat to get there ...good for them but they didn't come through one of the blue blood programs. If I could promise you that path for Iowa this year wouldn't you jump at the chance to play those types of programs and only meet a blue blood in the national championship game? You know you would.
They are a nice program but there is a myth surrounding them that just isn't true. I think this year they have their most complete team but once again there is very little chance they run the table in any of the major conferences.
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For smaller conferences you have to look past the win-loss records.Such a tough league
You mean St. Mary's.
LOL, their PG couldn't miss he threw it up and it went in, they were up 20 a bit yep and we were still almost within 6 with 2 minutes left while clanging our FTs and bricking our 3's, if we were hitting are shots it would have been a game to the wire, PERIOD. Anything else for me?
You’re just not even close here. Yes, Suggs shot out of his ass from 3, though almost all of it was in the 1st half. He’s a 1st team all American. Very few teams, with the possible exception of Baylor, have anyone that can stay in front of him. He’s 6-3 and their other starting guard is 6-5 who grabbed 18 rebounds. Possibly a reason why Bohannon and CJ couldn’t get any shots off? Again, they dominated us in the tournament a few years ago.
Yes they did we had no chance in the tourney that year this team can beat them if they keep working like they have on D and Weezy keeps shooting like this opening up so much. CJ also needs to be close to 100% too but it can happen.
Iowa would not go undefeated in the WCC. They would find a way to lose a game or two, like most teams. Gonzaga doesn't have a grind of a conference season that Iowa has, but they still have to show up every night with a huge target on their back.Such a tough league
Literally I remember butting heads with people who had the black and gold blinders on...I’m guessing some of it was earlier in this thread.
They reportedly lead Ohio State for Chet Holmgen, next years top recruit. Guy is rail thin, but 7’1 and has the skills of a point guard, blocks shots like crazy and is deadly from 3. They’re calling him the most unique prospect ever. Will be really fun watching him in that offense.
Oh they are, don’t worry bout that . No one is touching them this year. They are flat out a machine. A well oiled one at that
Such a tough league
Their conference may be weak but they're showing up and putting the game on ice early against the rest of the field so far. And they make it look easy. Say what you will about their schedule because it hasn't gotten any harder for them to put up a W against the so called better competition they are facing in the tournament.
Notre Dame is already a member of the Big Ten conference, if you haven't realized.
