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00:0017 consecutive years, either the Zags or the Gales, atop the pinnacle of the WCC.
00:07And last night, although St. Mary's had won each of the two regular season matchup against Mark Fuse Bulldogs,
00:15it was Gonzaga, booked as a favorite to win the tournament crown,
00:19it was Gonzaga that delivered on that expectation.
00:22The Zags victorious, 58-51, covering as a three-and-a-half point favorite,
00:28in a much lower-scoring game than you might expect if Gonzaga were to come out with the dub.
00:34St. Mary's known for their slow pace and elite defense.
00:38It is a staple of Randy Bennett basketball up there in Moraga,
00:42but Gonzaga comes out on top, total under 138-and-a-half.
00:46The Zags claim their fifth WCC tournament championship in the last six seasons.
00:53St. Mary's won 17-1 in conference play in the regular season.
00:57St. Mary's beat the Gonzaga Bulldogs twice in the regular season.
01:01They lined up in this game, slight favorites here to Gonzaga, at minus three-and-a-half.
01:05So if I tell you I got that crystal ball out, Ben, and I just told you those statistics here and what that line was,
01:11then I told you Gonzaga's gonna make one three-point shot in that game and only five free throws from the free throw line.
01:18You'd say, boy, St. Mary's, what's that, 70-30?
01:21They won that game by 40 points and just blistered Gonzaga again?
01:24Didn't happen.
01:25And so many times you talk about in football, win the turnover battle.
01:28How about 18 turnovers for St. Mary's, which is ungodly for them, to only four for the Gonzaga Bulldogs?
01:33That's how you make up 14 extra possessions in your back pocket that you can use to your advantage.
01:38But it's still incredible to see where so efficient are both of these offenses, so inefficient last night, which, again, included St. Mary's.
01:45They don't want to blister you from the three-point line, but they can shoot it decently 0-for-16 from the three-point line.
01:51When all the chips are on the table, which is kind of crazy, where it's like, okay, neutral court, we're both going to the dance,
01:56and you didn't get that free-flowing atmosphere, which, again, you weren't going to get up and down because St. Mary's won't allow that.
02:01But 58-51 with terrible shooting, and that's the way the game plays out, and Gonzaga still won that game.
02:07That was incredible to see.
02:08Now, the one thing is I knew I liked Gonzaga.
02:11I didn't watch that game because I was fast asleep.
02:13But congratulations to the people that watched that basketball game all the way through with that type of efficiency.
02:18It was a terrible watch.
02:19It was a rock fight, but, hey, it's got to be a winner and a loser, and Gonzaga was the winner.