On paper, Wazzu's 51-47 win over Gonzaga looks like a top-10 beating a top-20 team. Good win, but nothing special. But what isn't quite as clear from the box score, is just how hard it is to win at Gonzaga.
The Cougs' victory is the first time that the Zags have lost at home while ranked, and I believe it's only the third home loss in 66 games.
GU could be considered the toughest place to play in the country and WSU went in there, played their style game and really shut down a good Gonzaga team.
Wazzu held GU's leading scorer, Matt Bouldin, to 0 points on 0 for 9 shooting and GU shot just 26% for the game.
The Cougs, 8-0, should jump in to the top-5 in next week's rankings if they can handle Portland State Sunday. This solid defense has Final Four written all over it.
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12-06-2007 @ 2:34AM
rank said...
Wow, WSU is better than I thought.
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12-06-2007 @ 10:06AM
Robert Urie said...
One games does not a season make!
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12-06-2007 @ 11:28AM
catsfan said...
washington state's schedule is a cake walk, they play cupcake after cupcake..Gonzaga? A top 25 team? They have played NO ONE yet either. The announcers played this game up to be huge, and that "the kennel" is a tough place to play in...it holds 6000 people -- most high school gyms could hold that. It may look tough on tv because the bleachers pull out to the team benches so the student section (All 400 of them) is basically on the court. Of course they have a great home record...no one decent wants to travel to Spokane...I am not impressed by either team yet. When Wazzu starts playing pre-conference schedules like UCLA, USC, and Arizona I will believe. I look forward to their Pac-10 play.
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