New guys impress at GU’s first practice

I watched roughly an hour of Gonzaga’s opening practice and I filed a notebook that will run in Saturday’s S-R.

The first item is on the six newcomers (five freshmen and J.C. transfer Guy Landry Edi). My best guess (caution: after 60 minutes of watching) is that Gary Bell, Kevin Pangos and Landry Edi will at the very least be in the rotation, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Ryan Spangler is as well. He is solid at 6-8, 232 pounds, and I kept trying to imagine defensive backs attempting to tackle him in the open field when he was a prep quarterback back in Oklahoma). We’ll see how the next few weeks play out, but the point guard position (David Stockton, Pangos, Bell) will be an interesting one to monitor.

There are also notes on Elias Harris and an update on offseason injuries and how those players are doing now.

I’ll have a follow-up post tomorrow morning.