The story coming out of Friday night’s exhibition game is that Tennessee is going to be very good and Gonzaga’s defense is a work in progress at best.
If you want to read more into an exhibition outing, knock yourself out. I’m assuming, generally, that throughout the season we will not see the first subbing for Gonzaga be all three of Efton Reid, Hunter Sallis, and Malachi Smith at the same time, for example.
But this article isn’t here to talk about all the shortcomings of the game for Gonzaga in the second half, which were noticeable.