After long last, Gonzaga basketball is back. And what an emphatic return, though I’m guessing that Pepperdine didn’t enjoy being at the receiving end of that shellacking.
- Gonzaga’s opening minute and fifty-one seconds might have been the best sub-two minute stretch that the Zags have ever put together against Pepperdine. An early 10-0 lead during that opening sequence ended the game before all the fans had even found their seats. That’s the best way to come out of a COVID-pause.
- Pepperdine wasn’t ready for how nasty Gonzaga’s defense could be. It they had any other coach I could comfortably say that the staff must have prepped their team, but when it comes to Lorenzo Romar, who could possibly say.