This Tourney Championship Could Defy All Expectations—Here’s Why No Blowout Is Coming

Gonzaga comes into the game with a 7-0 record and opened the game as an underdog. They have since flipped to a favorite, but you could also make a minor case that this game has gone from a pick’em in slight favor of Michigan, to a pick’em in slight favor of the Bulldogs. Either way, it should be fun to see how this plays out. For the season, Gonzaga has beaten Creighton, and took down Arizona State in Arizona. During this tournament, the Bulldogs opened with an easy win over Alabama. They then beat Maryland yesterday in what was a pathetic game. This was an opportunity for Gonzaga to assert their dominance, and that’s precisely what they did. For the season, it is no surprise, but Graham Ike, a senior forward, is leading the team in scoring and rebounding. This is a surprisingly balanced team considering they only have four forwards listed on their roster and no true center. The rest of the team are classified as guards. Braden Huff, a junior forward, is part of the Gonzaga twin towers, which seems like a calling card of their roster construction over the past few years. He is averaging 16 points, just one shy of Ike.