The favorite to win the past two NCAA Tournaments got upset. They’re worse now, but this could be their year.
I promised in 2022 that I would continue to pick the Bulldogs in my bracket each year until they eventually cleared the hump. For weeks, I feared that by picking Gonzaga, I would be going through the motions. My heart wouldn’t really be in it. Thankfully, the Gonzaga rebound has once again made it a wholly defensible position to pick the Zags to finally win the national title. This, my fellow Gonzagites, is our time.
2023 Gonzaga looks a ton like 2022 Gonzaga, 2021 Gonzaga, or [insert any year since 2000, when Few took over] Gonzaga. The offense remains a powerful machine that runs brilliantly on a specific setting. The Zags play at lightning tempo, though they operate slightly more slowly this year than in the past handful. They work the ball inside, feeding center Drew Timme until he stops hungering for the ball, which he never does.
in a program with lots of prolific scorers. Gonzaga doesn’t build its offense around the 3-pointer, attempting about one in three field goals from outside the arc. But the Zags drill them when they take them, to a shiny 38.4 percent tune as a team. Wing Julian Strawther and a trio of guards do most of the damage in that space.It shouldn’t be a surprise that Gonzaga still looks so Gonzaga-esque.
This year’s team has the juice to remain there if it plays anywhere near its potential. Gonzaga beat eventual No. 1 seed Alabama by 10 back in December, a month after it walked past an underwhelming but talented Kentucky. The Zags also have those two Saint Mary’s wins. All together, it’s enough to spot potential, even though Gonzaga lost a 1-point decision to Baylor and lost in much less threatening fashion to Texas and Purdue .
thing Gonzaga did was lose at home by a point to Loyola Marymount . You can find blemishes on the 2023 Zags without looking nearly as hard as you’d have had to search the past few years.
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