Gonzaga Dominates Baylor in Season Opener with 38-Point Win

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00:00and we'll see you next week.

00:03Busy day yesterday, John. 356 Division One men's and women's

00:07college basketball games and it ended with a top ten tilt out

00:11in Spokane between sixth-ranked Gonzaga and number eight

00:15Baylor but with a 38-point win, John, for the Zags. In my

00:19notes, I was going to ask you, John, what was your main

00:22takeaway for this season opener for both Gonzaga and Baylor?

00:26We don't really need the main takeaway. Gonzaga was

00:29overwhelmingly impressive but what stood out to you most

00:32about the Zags in a 38-point dominating win over Baylor?

00:36We spend so much time celebrating new additions

00:40whether it's through the transfer portals especially in

00:43this climate or five-star freshman that retention is not

00:47celebrated enough or focused on enough in this current climate

00:51of college sports. Look at the two teams last season that

00:54played in the national championship game, UConn and

00:57Purdue. Seven of the ten players that started in that

01:01game were in those respective programs the season prior and

01:05if you look at Gonzaga's breakdown roster wise entering

01:09the season, the Bulldogs returned over 75% of their scoring

01:14from last season's team that won 27 games and lost to Purdue

01:18in the Sweet 16. That includes six of their top seven scores

01:22from that unit. Baylor, while obviously extremely talented,

01:26was leaning on two impact transfers in Nour Chad Amir and

01:30Jeremy Roach and also a five-star freshman in Vijay

01:33Edgecombe. Gonzaga had rhythm and chemistry. It showed.