ZAGS 360 – What a Wonder of a Week Two
The Week Ahead
Hopefully, there will be games this week. Right now, the Zags have three contests scheduled Tarleton State on Monday, Southern on Thursday, and the week finishes on Saturday with Northern Arizona. All three games are at the McCarthy Center and will be televised on NBC Q6 and Root Sports Northwest.
Tarleton State has suffered losses to Texas A & M and Abilene Christian. I don’t see them as much of a threat. The Southern Jaguars are 0-2, while Northern Arizona had their first three games postponed due to positive coronavirus tests within their program.
What is there to say. Unfortunately, this is the state of our country today. The only thing you can do is send best wishes to these young athletes. As much as I wanted to see the Baylor game, I’d prefer they not play than to get sick.
Three Things to Watch For
- Gonzaga seemed emotionally deflated when Jalen Suggs left the West Virginia game. As soon as he returned, the energy lifted, and the Zags never looked back. He’s the sparkplug.
- The postponements (or cancelations) of more games due to COVID-19 protocols. It’s hard to know whether or not the Zags will play the games on their schedule. Northern Arizona has faced that issue; they are yet to play due to their own positive test results.
- The emergence of the transfer, Andrew Nembhard. He held his team together during the West Virginia game. The Zags would have been in a hole they may not have been able to recover from were it not for him.
Quick Jalen Suggs thread after going through the WV game because he's just too impressive.
Crazy reflexes but coordination to control this steal instead of just get deflection sets up easier fastbreak opportunity pic.twitter.com/fIHlOtg34U
— Jonathan Wasserman (@NBADraftWass) December 3, 2020
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