The Ags typically play a 30-32 game schedule each year. There will be 20 Big West Conference games this year with the addition of Bakersfield and UC San Diego to the conference along with 10-12 non-conference games. I'll update this post regularly as we get news about the 2021-22 schedule.
11/11 vs Whitman College
11/23 vs Sac State @ the Golden 1 Center
12/01 vs Pacific
12/14 @ Oregon State
12/17 @ Pacific
12/22 vs Portland
01/22 @ UCSB
01/29 vs Long Beach State
02/22 vs UCSB
03/03 @ Long Beach State
I was talking with Coach Les 2 years ago and I asked him why don't we play the northern California WCC teams more often (Pacific, Santa Clara, St Mary's and San Francisco)? I think these would be popular games with the fans and easy travel for the teams.
He said he tries to schedule these teams but they aren't all that interested in playing us. He said that Gonzaga puts a lot of pressure on the WCC teams to keep their SOS and RPI high so that it looks better when the Zags play them. He said those teams think they have more to lose than gain by playing us in that respect so they are reluctant to schedule us.
I edited my first post in this thread and made a list of the scheduled games we have found so far for this season. I'll update that post regularly as we get news about the 2021-22 schedule
The Ags typically play a 30-32 game schedule each year. There will be 20 Big West Conference games this year with the addition of Bakersfield and UC San Diego to the conference along with 10-12 non-conference games. I'll update this post regularly as we get news about the 2021-22 schedule.
I agree, Obda. The home schedule is much more interesting than normal. I'm looking forward to this season. I think we will have quite a bit of depth and will be significantly improved this year.
I agree! I think there are a lot of givens on this team. I'm pretty sure Manjon, Pepper, Fuller, Anigwe all give us basically what they gave us last year (or maybe a step higher). I hope we get another contributor in the middle, either Bora, Murphy or McGill, and someone who fills in for Squire's minutes, Milling and Ba I would think. If that all comes together, we should be very competitive.
We aren't that big but I like our athleticism and depth. I'd rather have players that may not be that tall but have good leaping ability, are quick and play taller than their size.
We're a predominately young team and I like the talent we have coming in. Hopefully, Milling will be able to step right in and Debruhl looks like he can light it up from beyond the arc. Lose and Niles are both very athletic also. It's going to be a fun team to watch this year.
If I'm the opposing team (I'm not an expert on our squad now), I go at Anigwe right away. Wear him down, get him in foul trouble. Control the boards and paint.
Disrupt our best wing, and let the Ags try to win via the 3.
I think that's a good game plan. Most teams that we'll play won't have a dominant inside game, so hopefully Anigwe can stay out of foul trouble. But it will certainly be a key to many of the games. I am optimistic that Murphy can give us some quality minutes. He showed glimpses, in limited action last year, of being an effective interior defender. And it will be interesting to see if Bora's time with the Italian U19 team accelerates his development.