BYU has made impact, but Gonzaga is clearly WCC's kingpin
Published February 5, 2013 12:33 pm  Men's basketball • Cougars
coach Dave Rose says, "They have a lot of depth and a lot of
skill."     Regarding BYU's impact, it is also clear that the
Cougars are not going to overtake Gonzaga as the league's
premier basketball program anytime soon, if at all.   "Gonzaga
is still undefeated [in conference games], so someone is going
to have to knock them off, and they are really, really good,"
BYU coach Dave Rose said recently. "They've got a lot of depth,
a lot of skill. There's a lot of basketball to be played,
though, and I am sure everybody in this league has got their
eyes on the Zags. Hopefully when they come to our place, we can
play a little bit better than we did the last time we faced
them."  To say the league is Gonzaga and the Eight Dwarfs is a
stretch, because Saint Mary's and BYU are borderline NCAA
Tournament teams this season. But Gonzaga is simply head and
shoulders above everyone else.  Sure, the Z