Now this is how you reward a No. 1 overall seed. Undefeated Gonzaga has already beaten the No. 2 seed (Iowa), No. 3 seed (Kansas) and No. 4 seed (Virginia) in its West Region by double digits this season.
Neither Oklahoma nor Missouri should scare the Zags in the second round, nor would embattled Creighton or the COVID-compromised Cavaliers in the Sweet 16. Gonzaga beat Virginia by 23 on a neutral court in December. Where’s the serious challenger?
The region’s most compelling matchup might happen in the First Four, where feel-goods Wichita State and Drake are matched up in an 11-seed game that could just be a ticket to get knocked out by super freshman Evan Mobley and USC.
But it feels like the other teams in this region are just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic and Gonzaga is the iceberg —an immovable force we all should’ve seen coming.
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