No. 8 Baylor (0-0) kicks off the 2024-25 season with a top-10 match-up in No. 6 Gonzaga's (0-0) backyard at Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington, on Nov. 4, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. CST. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
KenPom Prediction: Gonzaga 79, Baylor 76
Torvik Prediction: Gonzaga 77, Baylor 72
Evan Miyakawa: Gonzaga 83, Baylor 75
Haslametrics: Gonzaga 78, Baylor 73
Coaches
Gonzaga: Mark Few (61) 716-143 (263-188 at Gonzaga); 23 NCAAs; 13 Sweet 16s; 5 Elite 8s; 2 FFs
Baylor: Scott Drew (53); 465-253 overall (435-242 at Baylor); 12 NCAAs; 5 Sweet 16s; 3 Elite 8s; FF; 1 National Championship
Head to Head: 3-2 Few
Gonzaga Starters
Gonzaga Bench
Baylor Starters
Baylor Bench
IvanBear said:Frank Galvin said:
I'm sure we will be fine, but this is disappointing.
Define fine? Yeah we will get to 25 wins, but this team has fundamental flaws in roster construction that will keep us from being a contender for the conference or final four.
Don't know how you see sweet 16.Frank Galvin said:IvanBear said:Frank Galvin said:
I'm sure we will be fine, but this is disappointing.
Define fine? Yeah we will get to 25 wins, but this team has fundamental flaws in roster construction that will keep us from being a contender for the conference or final four.
We will be at least a Sweet 16 team this year.
I know it's nice to have a perfectly constructed roster, but that is rare. We aren't perfect but we will be very good. You seem to understand that because 25 wins with our schedule is nothing to sneeze at.
IowaBear said:
There's absolutely nothing to suggest this is a S16 team. Until they play defense the Rd32 will continue being the ceiling
Frank Galvin said:IvanBear said:Frank Galvin said:
I'm sure we will be fine, but this is disappointing.
Define fine? Yeah we will get to 25 wins, but this team has fundamental flaws in roster construction that will keep us from being a contender for the conference or final four.
We will be at least a Sweet 16 team this year.
I know it's nice to have a perfectly constructed roster, but that is rare. We aren't perfect but we will be very good. You seem to understand that because 25 wins with our schedule is nothing to sneeze at.
I'm the idiot huh. Defend your statement and stop with the name callingFrank Galvin said:IowaBear said:
There's absolutely nothing to suggest this is a S16 team. Until they play defense the Rd32 will continue being the ceiling
They have played 1/2 of an away game against a really good team.
We have such idiots for fans.
When you're starting three seniors and a junior, you can't play the youth card against anyone.Stefano DiMera said:
No we can't play the youth card against 95% of the teams we play.
But we can tonight..and the continuity card .
That team on the other side is tough. This is not your Dad's Gonzaga. They have an edge and play D
I say this every year, but we're building the roster the way Drew wants to. You can't make the roster continuity excuse when we have strategically abandoned that as a priority.IowaBear said:
Whose fault is that? Roster continuity isn't a bad thing..
I point out teams that disprove that theory every single season.IowaBear said:
What gets me are the posters saying roster continuity isn't possible in the NIL age
I didn't expect a finished product. But I didn't expect this either.IowaBear said:
It's 1 game and ultimately won't mean much come March. But the flaws are there. And they aren't magically going away.
Edgecombe's a great athlete, but he looks really, really raw from a skills standpoint. I'm not sure that gets fixed in a single season.Stefano DiMera said:
We just can't shoot. And VJ has been horrible..that's the youth I'm talking about.
Plus the turnovers..
All fixable..I think.
Bearsalwayswin said:
i want to say there are some good things, and there are some bad. As we see with football (ie colorado) it takes awhile for new players to gell, and we are opening up with really hard competition; on the road. I think we need to step back for a sec and say no this ain't good, but it's fixable
