When the foregone conclusion occurred and Chet Holmgren announced his plans to enter the NBA draft, Gonzaga fans began reeling at the potential of a complete evacuation of the frontcourt dominance the Zags have seen over the last few years.
Forget Holmgren for a moment; the Zags didn’t even think Drew Timme was coming back. This was fresh off of the lost opportunity for a back-to-back of final four basketball to the team that then flipped the Bulldogs’ prized recruit at the eleventh hour. March was brutal to say the least.
And in typical fashion, Gonzaga took their time evaluating solutions to their roster construction problem.