One final curtain call for Gonzaga as the representative for the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs have dominated the conference over the last 25 years, and it seems fitting that they earn the West Coast Conference automatic bid in their last season in the conference. Gonzaga leaves the conference to join the new Pac-12 conference at the beginning of next season.
This next part is all elementary at this point. Head coach Mark Few is a living legend and has built the Gonzaga Bulldogs into one of the premier programs in the entire country. Gonzaga has made the NCAA Tournament since 1999 and will likely make the second weekend again this year. The Bulldogs are going to get a 3 seed, and some unfortunate 14 seed is going to have to try to keep a game close with them. Here is how Gonzaga can assure they make the second weekend again.
Graham Ike
There will not be a time when Ike is not the best player on the floor the entire first weekend of the tournament. The big man is a typical Mark Few big man who can run the floor, pass, shoot from the outside, and convert at a very high rate inside the paint.
Ike flat-out dominates games; the Bulldogs will look for him every time down the floor, and the senior usually converts. If he is making shots and impacting the game on the defensive end of the floor, the Bulldogs are going to be impossible to beat in the first round…