Dan Dickau analyzes Gonzaga’s huge road win over Kentucky

Watch Dickau’s postgame analysis of Gonzaga’s 89-85 victory over No. 17 Kentucky.

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00:00 Dan Dick out here, Gonzaga Nation.

00:02 Well, obviously you've probably seen Gonzaga with the 89-85 win

00:08 at Rupp Arena against 17th ranked Kentucky for their first quad win of the season.

00:13 It's important because a lot of these bracketologists,

00:17 prognosticators have Gonzaga on the outside looking in.

00:21 Needed this one badly, they got it, they played extremely well down the stretch.

00:25 They weathered a 12-0 run early in the second half from Kentucky.

00:31 They weathered foul trouble, in particular to Graham E.K., when Braden Huff stepped in

00:37 and made some enormous plays down the stretch before they were able to close it out.

00:42 But all in all, I thought Ben Gregg was phenomenal,

00:45 maybe his best game as a Gonzaga Bulldog.

00:48 Graham E.K. was tremendous with 23 points, Anton Watts and Nolan Hickman, each with 17.

00:53 Nolan had, I believe, 15 of those 17 in the first half.

00:57 Reed Shepard did what we were expecting or thought he might do

01:02 when I previewed this game with Cole Forsman the other day.

01:05 But at the end of the day, Gonzaga made big plays down the stretch on both ends of the floor.

01:11 The athleticism, the length of Kentucky was impressive at times,

01:17 but Gonzaga kept going down low, whether it was to Graham E.K.,

01:22 whether it was to Braden Huff.

01:24 I thought they were tremendous with their execution down the stretch.

01:27 You got to give Ryan Nembhard a lot of credit as well.

01:29 Didn't score it, but he controlled the game down the stretch,

01:33 made their big plays in regards to getting it in the sets they needed,

01:37 getting the ball to Graham E.K., getting the ball to Braden Huff when he had it rolling down the stretch.

01:42 So there you have it, Gonzaga.

01:45 Big plays in big moments from many guys, which is something that is nice to see.

01:51 Many people were waiting for this.

01:52 So Gonzaga with their first quad win.

01:55 Big opportunities coming up these next couple weeks.