W-L: 2-6
RPI: 153
SOS: 22
Best Wins:
(150) The Citadel W 74-63
Best Losses:
(37) South Florida L 58-65
(46) Butler L 62-73
(65) Rhode Island L 65-75
(133) College of Charleston L 55-67
(136) La Salle L 70-84
(140) Penn St. L 57-59
Current Rankings:
#153 RPI
Team Overview:
Bob McKillop’s Wildcats return just two starters from last season’s program, in which the nation’s leading scorer Stephen Curry left after his junior season for the NBA. McKillop will still employ three seniors in the starting lineup, but has a crop of sophomores and freshmen coming in for the future.
One of the leading seniors is power forward Steve Rossiter, who started all 35 contests last season. Another leader is swingman Will Archambault, who played in all 35 games, but managed to start seven of the last eight, and averaged 8.3 ppg in the process. Guard Bryant Barr will look to pick up the pieces that Curry had as the shooting guard, while Archambault will help out. Point guard and coach’s son Brendan McKillop will provide the signal calling duties for the Wildcats, and senior forward Dan Nelms will round out its starting core, with Ben Allison and Frank Ben-Eze coming off the bench in the post positions, while sophomores AJ Atkinson and Will Reigel will be used at times to play for Barr and Archambault.
Team Leaders:
Points: Jake Cohen 13.0
Assists: Brenden McKillop 3.5
Rebounds: Jake Cohen 5.4
Best Player:
Jake Cohen F 6-10 225 FR
Cohen is a very talented Freshman, who in a few years may be one of the most dominant big men in the Southern conference.
My Take:
I think we all can agree that this game was scheduled before the loss of Stephen Curry to the NBA. Davidson post curry is a mid-major, and a team that lacks any true talent. Davidson has played a tremendous schedule this year, and despite not having Curry around, they have played pretty well. That being said, this one will probably hurt our RPI in the long run. I expect the Zags to win this one handedly.
Final Score: Gonzaga 85 Davidson 62
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