Gonzaga vs San Diego...Predictions and other thoughts

[Reborn]

The questions I ask myself is what kind of a fan am I. Do I stick with the boys and have the courage to believe in them still or just abandon ship. I'm not a quitter and I never have been. I give thanks to my mom for that one. It's just not in me to quit now. Things look pretty bad for the boys, and maybe now is really the time to rally behind our team. Maybe they need us more, us fans, more than any other time in the 18 years. I was a pretty good player in my day, and I was often helped out of a funk by some fan....usually my brother. There were fickle fans, of course. There always is. I've had some really ####ty things said to me once or twice after a loss. I understand that people don't like losing, but there comes a time when it's time to rally behind the boys. And the time is now. This is the biggest weekend of the year, and we really need to out of this weekend with two wins, and we can do it.

I'm not abandoning the ship. I'm not jumpin. I'm hangin with 'em all the way. Loving on them. Cheering on them. Fighting right along with them. WE CAN DO IT. I'm getting myself pumped up and hoping you get pumped up too. Let's stand together as ZagNation as we always have, standing tall for our boys, The Gonzaga Bulldogs! Go! Fight! Win!

Here's my prediction:

Gonzaga 72
San Diego 60

We only need to win by one.

Go Zags!!!

[zag67]

Win Big and rest our bigs. Good luck GU

[Zags11]

Zags 88
SD 64

[MDABE80]

I would rest this team as much as possible. I'd let Wiltjer sit if his ankle is hurting him and limits his play. I'd let Edwards sink or swim. Seems like the guards are doing fine.......Josh included. It's those bigs we need to be rested and firing on all cylinders.

[Reborn]

I really don't think you're going to see Few resting anyone. The game isn't played that way, and I've never seen Few coach that way. Maybe he'll get in foul trouble.

[MDABE80]

Bad ankle and all you expect full throttle? Do you REALLY? Might be better to give this kid a break and hope he recovers enough for the harder contests around the corner like BYU and the tournament coming up. .

[Zagger]

Zags 88
SD 64

I'll go with this one too. Good Zag D and lots of Zags score.

[gonzagafan62]

Gonzaga 71
San Diego 70

[Reborn]

Did Few ever rest Pangos when he had that horrible toe injury? No. And I doubt that Pangos wanted to be rested. It's just the way it is with top-flight athletes. Pangos was a real warrior that year, and he showed all Zag fans what it meant to be a Zag I think. He was not going to be responsible for breaking that streak. Pangos was a special player, imo.

[gonzagafan62]

Did Few ever rest Pangos when he had that horrible toe injury? No. And I doubt that Pangos wanted to be rested. It's just the way it is with top-flight athletes. Pangos was a real warrior that year, and he showed all Zag fans what it meant to be a Zag I think. He was not going to be responsible for breaking that streak. Pangos was a special player, imo.

Yup agreed. Stepp always played through injury, so did gray, Sabonis just to name a few. Zags play.

I think what they're meaning is rest them if we are up 25+, not necessarily when game is in doubt.

[RenoZag]

Zags 67
Toreros 58

And prayers no one else gets dinged up.

[ZagaZags]

Gonzaga 81

USD 55

[gonstu]

zags score 70+, they win.

[Reborn]

It's Game Day. The best day of the week.

There's no time like now! Time to get 'er going Zags. The Road to March Madness begins tonight. Let's make it a smooth one. I hope ALL of Zag Nation is rising up and getting behind you all tonight.

Go Zags!

[TacomaZAG]

This should be a beat down, USD is just really bad. In the big scheme of things for this year (making the Dance and keeping the streak alive), a victory tonight is expected and a victory on Saturday against BYU would be nice for momentum going into the WCC Tourney, but won't change anything in terms of seeding. Unless SMC lays a serious egg this weekend, the ZAGS will be seeded either #2 or #3 in the WCC Tourney, and will have to beat both BYU and SMC in the Tourney to get the auto-bid into the Dance.

So, if there are any injuries, get them healed up as much as possible for Vegas regardless of the results for these last two conference games. The conference championship is most likely out of reach (barring a collapse from SMC), so the program needs to focus on the remaining goals for the season, and that is a WCC Tourney championship and to make the Dance. Obviously, the auto-bid gets them in, as does a close loss in the Tourney Finals (IMHO).

There is nothing to be gained from these last two conference games, so everyone needs to look at the big picture. I agree that pretty much ALL athletes want to play, regardless of injury, so it is up to the coaching staff to sit them when there are bigger fish to fry. And there are definitely bigger fish to fry than USD tonight.............

Go ZAGS