With the win over SC State now over and done with, it’s finally time to focus on Gonzaga. Sunday night’s showdown in Spokane lost a little luster following Kentucky’s loss to Michigan State and the Bulldogs’ 19-point loss to Texas, but (for now) it’s still a matchup of two top-five teams and their elite big men, Oscar Tshiebwe and Drew Timme.
In his postgame press conference, John Calipari was asked about Oscar vs. Timme. He compared it to another battle of two great bigs, Marcus Camby and Tim Duncan, in December 1995 while he was coaching at UMass.