They are meant to be the sacrificial lambs in the Bahamas, a simple warm-up for No. 3 Gonzaga, as the Bulldogs move on to bigger and better things. That’s not exactly the message Darian DeVries has passed along to his WVU men’s hoops team.

Gonzaga, under coach Mark Few, has won three-game holiday tournaments twice in Maui and three times in Orlando, Florida. The Zags have claimed two-game tourney titles in New York City, Fort Myers, Florida,