G&T Blog matters: Cougars’ Senior Night, Zags on getting back in rhythm

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Sunday: It’s an oft repeated phrase from players and coaches at this stage of the season: “We want to be playing our best basketball going into the postseason.”

It’s how seventh-seeded UConn, with eight losses, and No. 8 Kentucky, with 10 setbacks, reached the NCAA title game last season. They meshed when it mattered the most and made unlikely runs through the tournament.

Examining Gonzaga’s February stretch through Saturday’s regular-season finale, it’s clear the Zags aren’t playing their best basketball.

“We need to get back to being the aggressor,” coach Mark Few said. “This time of year the most aggressive team is going to win.”

“The mentality hasn’t quite been, ‘boom, stick it to them,’ ” said Few of the slow starts, “but also teams have junked it up a little bit and clogged our offense and that’s affected us.”

Jim Meehan