Is this team as good, or better, than the 2016-17 Gonzaga team that won its first 29 games, inexplicably lost to the Cougars at home, and then rolled all the way to the national championship game?
Senior point guard Josh Perkins — a member of both teams — wouldn’t take the bait on Wednesday as the Zags met the media ahead of Thursday’s NCAA opener against Fairleigh Dickinson at Vivint Smart Home Arena.
“The swagger, the confidence level, just the experience is all similar,” Perkins said. “This team is a lot more versatile, more athletic, I would say.