The Zags have made an look within the March Insanity Event for 25-straight years
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Gonzaga males’s basketball workforce has made 26 NCAA Tournaments since 1995. However, beginning in 1999, the Zags haven’t missed a single large dance, making an look every year for 25 years.
These 25-straight appearances within the match is at the moment the third-longest streak within the nation, behind Michigan State (26) and Kansas (34).
Again in 1999, the Zag squad would make their first look within the match in 4 years. Gonzaga got here into the massive dance as a ten seed. They made a deep run all the best way to the Elite Eight, the place they fell to the one seeded UConn.
Within the subsequent few years, the workforce would both lose within the Candy Sixteen or within the second spherical, however the Bulldogs didn’t hand over and saved coming again.
Lastly, in 2017, the Gonzaga Bulldogs, led by prime scorer Nigel Williams-Goss, entered the match as a one seed within the West. The 2017 squad then made a historic run all the best way to the championship sport. That is the place the Zags misplaced 71-65 to the one-seeded North Carolina.
Simply three years later, Gonzaga would once more enter the match as a one seed, led by superstars together with Drew Timme, Corey Kispert and Jalen Suggs. Followers could keep in mind this match run included the long-lasting Suggs buzzer beater within the Ultimate 4 sport towards UCLA. This nail-biter win would lead the Bulldogs to the championship sport towards Baylor, which might finish in a heartbreaking loss to Baylor 86-70.
By the numbers
- 26 years general (25 years consecutive)
- 5 primary seeds
- 7 Candy Sixteen appearances
- 4 Elite Eight appearances
- 2 championship appearances
- No nationwide titles
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