After last night’s heart-stopping game, you’d hope things would get easier for Saturday’s contest at Santa Clara’s Leavey Center. Nope, Santa Clara is probably the better team having beaten San Francisco by 10 just over a week ago. Here’s hoping Gonzaga was having one of those “5 bad games” last night and return to form against the Broncos.
Meet the opponent
Santa Clara Broncos, 14-4, KenPom #90
One could be excused if they thought Santa Clara would be in rebuilding mode this season, after losing lottery pick Jalen Williams, five-year starter Josip Vrankic and fifth-year transfer P.