The Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team is ranked #1 in College basketball right now. The Bulldogs have a record 13-1 in non-league action going into their last game of 2019 when they play at home against Detriot on this coming Monday. Detroit isn't much of a threat since they are 2-10.
The Bulldogs start their regular season in the WCC on January 2 on the road at the Portland Pilots. The Pilots are 8-7, on a four-game losing steak. The first serious game will be against Santa Clara who is 12-2 at home on January 16. After playing BYU at home, they play Pacific, Santa Clara again and San Francisco. Gonzaga will have to play their A-game since any of those teams could beat them. Pacific has a record right now of 12-3 and San Francisco 11-3. We will have to how those three do against the Bulldogs.
The Washington Huskies men's team lost to Houston in the championship final of the Diamond Head Classic on Christmas night 75-71. As the score indicates it was a close game though the Huskies did have a large lead being 14 points up on Houston but a 10-2 at the end of the first have put them in reach with the Huskies leading by five. The Huskies held onto the lead unto 11:15 period of the second half when Houston took the lead. The largest lead Houston had was six points. The Huskies were led in scoring once again by Isaiah Stewart with 25. Jaden McDaniels had a good start having scored ten points early but Houston shut him out the rest of the night. A major reason the Huskies lost along with turnovers and letting Houston outrebound them especially on the offensive side.
Houston is a very similar team offensively as the Huskies so this was a good test for them going into the Pac-12 conference schedule. They don't play again until Thursday, January 2 when they start conference play against the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins are 7-5 on the season with one non-league game remaining on Saturday against Cal State Fullerton. UCLA recently lost to Notre Dame and North Carolina in double digits. Both of the games were on the road.
The Huskies will see if they can defend as Pac-12 champions. The Huskies were picked preseason to finish third in the conference behind Oregon and Colorado. Both teams have a non-league record of 10-2. The Huskies don't play Oregon until the third week of the season at home while they play Colorada on the road near the end of January. At that point, we should know how good the Huskies will be. Go Dawgs!
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