New Recruits Arriving This weekend

[Zagdawg]

Zags Set To Welcome Historic 2020 Class

It sounds like the boys will be arriving this weekend for Monday start.


https://247sports.com/college/gonzag...day-148105580/


https://gozags.com/news/2020/5/26/me...JTWtLzXl1Y7hBI


https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports...story-2051029/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8w7...ature=youtu.be

Also our transfer will be on campus soon --hopefully
https://gozags.com/news/2020/4/16/me...aron-cook.aspx

[Reborn]

The video on You Tube on Dom Harris is just great. I really enjoyed it. And am looking forward to seeing him play.
What a great group of guards coming into the program this year. Just awesome. And to think that Ballo hasn't even been mentioned much is awesome because he is going to be awesome. We know Timme will be coming back in the frontcourt so we will be so strong there as well. And who knows, maybe Petrusev will be back too. And most likely Kispert will be back to be the leader of this incredible team.

[zag buddy]

https://247sports.com/college/gonzag...day-148105580/
Excellent publicity for Gonzaga

[MDABE80]

We may have won the whole this last season. This team has a much bigger upside. Some of our kids are untested at the D1 level but I am confident that if they come together like last years squad and if some outside influence like covid stays away, we have as much claim to a title contender as anyone else.

[StatZag19]

Hate to rain on the parade here, but multiple sources reporting that U of Houston and Oklahoma U both suspended sports activities after multiple COVID-19 confirmed cases. Houston has several symptomatic cases, I don't know about Oklahoma. Both football and basketball players getting cases.

Point is it's something to watch for as GU starts to resume activities.

[Zag1203]

Hate to rain on the parade here, but multiple sources reporting that U of Houston and Oklahoma U both suspended sports activities after multiple COVID-19 confirmed cases. Houston has several symptomatic cases, I don't know about Oklahoma. Both football and basketball players getting cases.

Point is it's something to watch for as GU starts to resume activities.

GU needs to take the extra precautions here and test players immediately when they arrive, and then quarantine those players until their results come back negative. It's unfortunate and may seem a bit extra, but Alabama, Oklahoma, Auburn, and Houston have all had multiple athletes come back positive and spread after they were tested. We don't want to come off as the school that put the health of athletes at risk to get them training right away.

[OntZags]

The one aspect I hate of that 247 article is the Joel Ayayi is still "quite young" part.

This is his fourth - and likely last - year in the program. We've all seen his growth as a player and I have the utmost confidence in his ability to be a veteran rock in the backcourt this year. Joel's here to kick ass and chew bubblegum & he's all out of bubblegum. He's gonna be a huge facilitator in easing Jalen's transition to D1.

I love the Aaron Cook pickup too & expect him to fit in seamlessly & give us a good minutes. This team has the makings of something special.

[Zagdawg]

Shawn Harris
@AD_Westcliff
About to drop off this Freshman diaper dandy name Dominick Harris dominickharris2 ..Mr.
@DickieV
to Coach Few
@zagmbb

Life is Good!!! God is the plug

[Mr Vulture]

Hate to rain on the parade here, but multiple sources reporting that U of Houston and Oklahoma U both suspended sports activities after multiple COVID-19 confirmed cases. Houston has several symptomatic cases, I don't know about Oklahoma. Both football and basketball players getting cases.

Point is it's something to watch for as GU starts to resume activities.

Houston didn’t test players when they returned to campus unless they had symptoms. That’s pretty much a systemic issue. Can’t speak to Oklahoma’s case, but there will be cases when players return. Not everywhere, but there will be and it’s not a big deal as long as you have a plan in place.


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[kitzbuel]

Houston didn’t test players when they returned to campus unless they had symptoms. That’s pretty much a systemic issue. Can’t speak to Oklahoma’s case, but there will be cases when players return. Not everywhere, but there will be and it’s not a big deal as long as you have a plan in place.


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It is Ok St.


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[TexasZagFan]

It is Ok St.


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83 miles from Stillwater to Norman, similar to Spokane to Pullman.

[Martin Centre Mad Man]

That Las Vegas Review Journal article on the Strawther family almost deserves a thread to itself.

The crosses burned on the front lawn of Edward Strawther’s home. The death threats came often and in various ways.

It was the mid-1950s in Alabama when Rosa Park was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, a violation of Montgomery’s racial segregation ordinances.

Suddenly, a civil rights movement had a face by which to inspire others.

“My father at the time had a radio show in Tuskegee, and that incident became a very hot topic to discuss on air,” Lee Strawther said. “All hell broke loose. Whether it was the Ku Klux Klan mad about him talking on Rosa Parks or the Black Panthers later on about his support of Martin Luther King, our family had to keep moving. First to Washington D.C., and then to two spots in New Jersey and then west to Las Vegas literally just trying to survive.”

Edward changed his last name to Brown, making it much harder for anyone to find the family.

It is a history Lee Strawther often has imparted to his children, including son Julian, who leaves Monday to begin his college basketball career at Gonzaga. The Zags should rank No. 1 in most preseason polls, and Julian Strawther, as a former Liberty High star who averaged 31.5 points and 11.1 rebounds as an all-state senior, is part of a Top 10 recruiting class.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports...story-2051029/

If you didn’t read the full article, take some time to do it.

[MDABE80]

Spectacular article, great family. Thanks for posting!

[Mr Vulture]

It is Ok St.


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I only responded to a post. I didn’t write the original nor did I research it. I had read Houston didn’t test all players, which was a poor decision. I hadn’t heard anything about the other school


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[willandi]

If the new recruits are on campus, they will begin scrimmaging with our returning players, starting to mesh as a team, including some graduated players from the professional ranks. They will be missing some of those that will be playing in the NBA season.
The also will, I assume, be attending summer school. Getting the jump on the academic year and being better prepared for the studies while traveling.

Student Athletes on campus bodes well for an upcoming season.

[johno]

Houston didn’t test players when they returned to campus unless they had symptoms. That’s pretty much a systemic issue. Can’t speak to Oklahoma’s case, but there will be cases when players return. Not everywhere, but there will be and it’s not a big deal as long as you have a plan in place.


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Is there some secret way for athletic programs to get tests that the rest of us don't have access to?

[willandi]

Is there some secret way for athletic programs to get tests that the rest of us don't have access to?

Not secret, but I would guess that they could contract with a qualified lab to get the number of tests they will need. Most people just don't have that much money in their budget.

[Zagdawg]

DOMinate
@TrickyTrioDOM
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Dom arrives in Spokane today! He'll check into his dorm, take his physical and then do a little shopping to pick up some things he'll need around the house.
@DreamVisionBall
#DOMinate #TrickyTrio #BigJoker #Zags #GoZags #UnitedWeZag #Gonzaga #Basketball

[jsnider]

DOMinate
@TrickyTrioDOM
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Dom arrives in Spokane today! He'll check into his dorm, take his physical and then do a little shopping to pick up some things he'll need around the house.
@DreamVisionBall
#DOMinate #TrickyTrio #BigJoker #Zags #GoZags #UnitedWeZag #Gonzaga #Basketball

Great news - hopefully it's starting.

[zagssuperfan]

Anything on Suggs?

[Gonzagit]

Anything on Suggs?

Crickets.......

[Zag1203]

Harris and Strawther have both landed in Spokane per their Instagrams

[Gonzagit]

Harris and Strawther have both landed in Spokane per their Instagrams

Anyone giving odds on whether Suggs steps foot in Spokane?

[jazzdelmar]

Anyone giving odds on whether Suggs steps foot in Spokane?

Not Vegas

[Zagdawg]

Small number of Gonzaga basketball players take part in voluntary workouts

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/20...ayers-take-pa/