After the first round, every team is faced with winning five consecutive games against tournament quality teams, each with their own style and experience against similar teams. Gonzaga doesn't play two months worth of those teams like many of its opponents. Even the second division teams in most P6 conferences require focused quality of play to win. You can't take a night off. Gonzaga isn't as battle tested. The West Coast conference offers Gonzaga the luxury of staying #1. It doesn't afford them the depth of quality opposition needed to win against five straight top quality teams.
I honestly enjoy the cinderellas less and less every year due to our ineptitude. Add St freaking Peters to the list of schools that have done more than Wake Forest this millennium.
Guards, guards, guards, guards..... oh, and guards. You will never go far in this sport without..... guards!
St. Peters might have the four best defensive guards in college basketball. Certainly the best defensive guards I've seen this season. God, every shot is contested. They're like annoying flies at a July picnic.
I see UNC fans on social media are already calling St. Peters "thuggish" and "classless". The same university that conducted systemic academic fraud for decades and found a legal loophole.
I see UNC fans on social media are already calling St. Peters "thuggish" and "classless". The same university that conducted systemic academic fraud for decades and found a legal loophole.
Just an exceptional game plan by St. Peters
What an absolute implosion by the Big 10 ... again. Zero teams to the Elite 8.