It came across as disrespectful watching Gonzaga players line up at midcourt during pregame warmups with a football, drawing up plays and going long, tossing Hail Marys to each other inside Bridgestone Arena. The Bulldogs were goofing off, loose to the point of not taking the competition seriously, at least to an opposing fan totally unfamiliar with their day-to-day. Graham Ike later clarified it’s a team tradition before games for all opponents, not just Kentucky — but would you have blamed them for specifically singling these Wildcats out as unworthy opponents? What have they done to be treated to any more attention than a mid-major before the real stuff begins?
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