Article: Zags eyeing same high expectations; Tuesday: UW; Wednesday: WSU; today: Gonzaga; Friday: Seattle U.(Sports)

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, ...

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