College basketball is funny because it allows a future NBA All-Star to go up against a future desk jockey on any given possession of a game. This contrast played out in the final minutes of Gonzaga’s blowout victory over Baylor, and it produced the most spectacular highlight of college basketball’s opening night.
Gonzaga obliterated Baylor, 101-63, in a matchup of two top-10 teams in the preseason polls. The Zags have most of their rotation back from last year’s Sweet 16 team, and looked like a group that already knows how to play together. Baylor replaced six of its top-7 players in the rotation over the offseason, and very much
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