4 WCC games for Gonzaga next week

[23dpg]

I'm leaving for vacation this week and thought I'd set my VCR to record the games. I was surprised to find that I have to record 4 games. Gonzaga starts the WCC with 4 games in one calendar week.

Sat, Dec 28
vs
Santa Clara

Mon, Dec 30
vs
San Francisco

Thu, Jan 2
vs
Saint Mary's

Sat, Jan 4
vs
Pacific

That's pretty aggressive scheduling. I assume it's this way with all the WCC teams.

[ZagMan in Philly]

One word: Sweep

[Goshzagit]

That's pretty aggressive scheduling. I assume it's this way with all the WCC teams.

Nope. Not even close...

Just reviewed every WCC team over this period of time:

Gonzaga is the ONLY WCC team playing 4 games in 7 days, folks. The next closest would be BYU with 3 games over a similar span.

Matter of fact, there is no other WCC team even close to scheduling this type of slate, heck, over the ENTIRE conference season. How did this happen?

Don't know if this was Gonzaga's(Coach Krause) or the WCC's(Mr. Zaninovich) fault, yet not our finest year of scheduling....that is for certain. Lame excuses not withstanding.

[ZaGranny]

4 games in 8 days, folks:

28, 29, 30, 31, 1, 2, 3, 4

ZaGranny

[23dpg]

4 games in 8 days, folks:

28, 29, 30, 31, 1, 2, 3, 4

ZaGranny

Yes, I know it's 8 days. That's why I said one calendar week (Saturday-Saturday) and posted the schedule. Point is, I'm leaving before the game Saturday and won't be coming home until after the game the following Saturday. Hence, my one week of vacation is taking out 4 Zag games. Very unusual no matter how you count it.

[ZaGranny]

From the free dictionary:

Noun 1. calendar week - a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday

ZaGranny

[KStyles]

Don't know if this was Gonzaga's(Coach Krause) or the WCC's(Mr. Zaninovich) fault, yet not our finest year of scheduling....that is for certain. Lame excuses not withstanding.

I don't know the intricacies of scheduling, but I'd think its mostly the WCC scheduling the games after GU requested the Memphis game (which Memphis also had to get open in the American) to fall on that specific Saturday of Feb. 8th.

[hondo]

With 10 teams in league now play has to begin earlier. Then factor in not wanting players to have to travel on Christmas or play on Sunday and Saturday--Monday is the only choice. It will be easier for the Zags because there is no travel for us in those 4 games. Normally you would have 4 games in 10 days, so 4 in 8 days (all at home) is not so bad.

[eastsideballer]

You seem pretty sure of your fact finding but I would have to say that the other WCC team that has the exact same schedule would be Gonzaga's travel partner which is Portland.

Nope. Not even close...

Just reviewed every WCC team over this period of time:

Gonzaga is the ONLY WCC team playing 4 games in 7 days, folks. The next closest would be BYU with 3 games over a similar span.

Matter of fact, there is no other WCC team even close to scheduling this type of slate, heck, over the ENTIRE conference season. How did this happen?

Don't know if this was Gonzaga's(Coach Krause) or the WCC's(Mr. Zaninovich) fault, yet not our finest year of scheduling....that is for certain. Lame excuses not withstanding.

[Reborn]

Every single team that I have checked DOES play 4 away games in row, and most of those play within 9 days. Oh, Im not sure if you noticed but GU plays 4 games in 8 days. Is one day THAT big of a difference. One team I saw, I think LMU plays only plays one home game in a span of 11 games. 10 out of 11 games on the road. Just play em one at a time and stop thinking someone is out to get you or the Zags....Paranoia never helps anyone remain confident.

[Angelo Roncalli]

Nope. Not even close...

Just reviewed every WCC team over this period of time:

Gonzaga is the ONLY WCC team playing 4 games in 7 days, folks. The next closest would be BYU with 3 games over a similar span.

Matter of fact, there is no other WCC team even close to scheduling this type of slate, heck, over the ENTIRE conference season. How did this happen?

Don't know if this was Gonzaga's(Coach Krause) or the WCC's(Mr. Zaninovich) fault, yet not our finest year of scheduling....that is for certain. Lame excuses not withstanding.

Portland has it worse than Gonzaga. They play their first five at home, with no students on campus. That's the majority of their conference home games.

This bizarre scheduling is courtesy of the WCC, who contracted out the schedule making to a third party. The morons the WCC hired didn't check academic calendars, etc. The WCC paid for this insanity. The schools had no input. With a balanced conference and travel partners, there's no reason in the world why a school should have to play 5 consecutive home (or road) games during conference play. Zaninovich and others at conference headquarters were asleep at the wheel and weren't overseeing what was going on until it was too late to make corrections.

[Hoopaholic]

Sweet. Lots of bball crammed into 7 days. Fun time of the year

[ZagaZags]

Sweet. Lots of bball crammed into 7 days. Fun time of the year

Agreed.

[Reborn]

Agreed.

8 days not 7...please......

[ZagaZags]

8 days not 7...please......

Sweet. lots of bball crammed into 8 days. Fun time of the year. I agree with Hoopaholic.