“We have a little chip on our shoulder,” said first-year Idaho men's basketball coach Alex Pribble, who was head coach at Division II Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Wash., for four seasons (2015-19). “We understand where this program has been, we understand where this team is projected … but we have a strong sense of internal belief.”
“It was a really aggressive game,” said Symons, whose team made 22 of 34 free throws. “If we were still in the Northwest Conference, we would have shot maybe 20 more free throws. We just had to play through some rough basketball.”