Pizza Parlor Madness: Gonzaga

Nickname: Bulldogs or Zags
Colors: Blue and Red
Location: Spokane, WA
Enrollment: 3,945
Conference: West Coast Conference
Distinguished Alumni: Former House Speaker Tom Foley, Bing Crosby, John Stockton, Jason Bay

Head Coach: Mark Few
Record (Conference Record): 27-3 (15-0)
Advanced by: Beat Loyola Marymount 68-67 to win West Coast Conference Tournament
RPI: 10
SOS: 93
Best Performance: Beat Michigan State in 3OT 104-101 (Maui)
Best Player: F Adam Morrison (like you needed to be told that)
No. of Seniors: 5
NCAA Tournament Appearances (in four years): 8 (4)
Likely Seed: 2

Founded by Aloyisus Gonzaga, the Jesuit Patron Saint of Youth, Gonzaga has been synonymous with small conference hope in college basketball. Lately however they have been just as known for early round disappointment. The problem has been that shutting down Gonzaga means shutting down two players whether its Rony Turiaf and Blake Stepp or Morrison and F/C J.P Batista. Morrison is the best player to come out of Gonzaga, the real deal can score from anywhere. He should take the Zags at least to the Sweet 16, getting them beyond that will require some magic and another player stepping up that previous Gonzaga teams haven’t had.