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Article: Zags eyeing same high expectations; Tuesday: UW; Wednesday: WSU; today: Gonzaga; Friday: Seattle U.(Sports)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
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- November 12, 2009
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Byline: Bud Withers; Seattle Times staff reporter
SPOKANE -- Austin Daye went off early to the NBA, and suddenly the Gonzaga basketball program had a very youthful look to it. And the braintrust wondered: Was this the year to back off the usually frightful pre-conference schedule?
Then ESPN approached the Zags about an opener with Michigan State, which was willing to return the game in Spokane. Wake Forest popped up, OK with doing a four-year, home-and-home deal. Ditto Illinois. The Maui Invitational was already booked.
Voila. Thanks to Gonzaga's established national reputation, another wicked nonleague lineup.
So, Zags basketball, ...