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Why This Year’s March Madness Might Finally See This Tiny College Win the Whole Thing

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Gonzaga has made every tournament since 1999 and fallen short every time, only ever reaching the championship game twice.

This year ’s Gonzaga team has been iffy all year , losing an unusual eight regular season games.

The Bulldogs enter March Madness as by far the most underseeded team in the tournament relative to their true ability.

Gonzaga hasn’t lost to a non-Gaels outfit since Jan. 18 .

The Zags have a full nine -man rotation, and who would I be to tell you which players will become the faces of this championship run? The other No. 1 seed is Houston , the defensive monsters that they are under coach Kelvin Sampson .

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