Props to the coaches for the way the schedule was set this year. It has fit this team beautifully. Playing solid -- but not overpowering -- teams mostly at home or friendly venues (Vancouver, Spokane Arena, Seattle), is giving the coaches and players time to figure out rotations on a deep team with lots of new players and no superstar. In particular, we are able to break in two new guards without having to limit their minutes or throw them into a sink-or-swim situation with a top 10 team or two on the road. The payoff for Coach Few's work in building the program to the level where GU can schedule numerous quality opponents at home couldn't have come at a better time. This team entered the season with lots of potential but no defined character and certainly no swagger; it needed time to build confidence and determine roles.
They have a great chance of going 5-0 this month and 5-3 (or better) in December. The way these games are spread-out and the gradual increase in degree of difficulty from game-to-game (culminating with Xavier on the road) seems to me to be as good as gets for bring this group along and setting the table for another WCC championship in what looks to be the toughest this conference has been in a decade.
They have a great chance of going 5-0 this month and 5-3 (or better) in December. The way these games are spread-out and the gradual increase in degree of difficulty from game-to-game (culminating with Xavier on the road) seems to me to be as good as gets for bring this group along and setting the table for another WCC championship in what looks to be the toughest this conference has been in a decade.
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