Gonzaga's Strong Performance Makes Them a March Madness Contender

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00:00 And we obviously just often put Gonzaga into the NCAA tournament, at least in one of the

00:08 top four seed lines for that bracket when it is revealed over two weeks from Sunday

00:15 on Selection Sunday.

00:17 Not necessarily the case for the Zags this year, but they are playing much better basketball.

00:25 Make that seven straight wins for Gonzaga.

00:29 Last night a semi-away neutral site game in San Francisco against USF.

00:35 That's the University of San Francisco, but not at the Don's home arena inside the Chase

00:40 Center where Golden State plays its home NBA games.

00:44 Gonzaga gets a big victory though to make it seven in a row.

00:47 86-68.

00:48 The Bulldogs cover DRS as a four and a half point favorite.

00:52 Yeah, we're expecting the Bulldogs to get into March Madness here even without an automatic

00:56 bid running through that WCC conference tournament here.

00:59 But let's also take a look at Gonzaga as a different angle from what we had in the past.

01:03 Doesn't it always seem, Ben, when you're lining up Gonzaga, you're saying to yourself, "Well,

01:07 a lot of pressure on them.

01:08 Do they deserve the number one seed?

01:09 Are they a two?

01:10 Are they a three?"

01:11 But also one of the favorites here to make a deep run.

01:13 We don't have that this year taking a look at Gonzaga.

01:16 So a very good ball club, and I do expect them to be in March Madness, but maybe they

01:19 attack it a little bit differently here because they don't have that pressure where everybody's

01:23 just waiting to say, "Oh, well, look, Ben.

01:25 They're playing the WCC.

01:26 Yes, they went 15-1 in conference play, but they always come up a little bit short here."

01:32 I'm interested to see how they play on it.

01:34 Will they chip on their shoulder?

01:35 Because some people even think that if they slip up early in the WCC tournament or the

01:39 rest of the conference way, that they might not be included in the field of 60 here, which

01:44 I do think is madness here.

01:45 But I'd like to chip on the shoulder angle for Gonzaga to see how they enter into the

01:49 conference tournament this year and also the March Madness.

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