I hardly ever penalize groups onwinning streaks That’s the lengthy as well as brief of it. So also when Gonzaga had close telephone calls this month versus sub-80 internet groups like San Francisco, Santa Clara as well as BYU, I maintained Mark Few’s program in the top 5 of the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 due to the fact that the Zags were still winning as well as, once again, I hardly ever penalize groups on winning streaks.
But the winning touch is currently over.
Gonzaga shed 68-67 to Loyola Marymount late Thursday inside The Kennel in spite of shutting as a 16.5-point fave. So the Zags’ 11-game winning touch– including a triumph over Alabama– is done. Gonzaga’s 75-game winning touch inside the McCarthey Athletic Center is likewise done, as is Gonzaga’s touch of 93 straight success versus unranked challengers.
“It was going to end sometime, and it ended in a tough, hard-fought battle,” stated Gonzaga trainerMark Few “Our guys battled back [from nine points down] and had a shot to keep it going. … I don’t think anybody is going to touch that [75-game winning streak at The Kennel] for quite some time.”
All of the streaks that finished Thursday are incredible.
Ninety- 3 straight victories versus unranked challengers. Seventy- 5 straight victories inside The Kennel (component of 76 total amount “home” video games). Thirty- 6 straight victories in the monthof January It’s truthfully not as insane that the Zags lastly shed a video game such as this as it is that the Zags had actually not shed a video game such as this in what seemed like a billion years.
That’s essential to keep in mind.
Still, it is an unusual– actually, it’s the very first– Quadrant 3 loss for the Zags, whose return to is unexpectedly dinged-up. They’re currently 3-3 in Quadrant 1 as well as 5-0 in Quadrant 2– or 8-3 in the initial 2 quadrants with one extra loss dropping in Q3. That’s okay yet likewise not rather top-10 excellent. Consequently, Gonzaga is toNo 14 in Friday early morning’s upgraded CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 everyday college basketball positions. The Zags’ following possibility to include a Q1 win to assist counter this Q3 loss will certainly come 2 weeks from Saturday when they dip into Saint Mary’s.
