Team Adam Morrison

Gonzaga has always been a great basketball squad for their league under excellent coach Mark Few, but I am not sure playing in their minor conference readies them to face the best from the more powerful conferences. Baylor faced teams with relatively comparable athletes throughout their conference season, while Gonzaga went through undefeated against conference teams with decidedly inferior athletic talent. This is not Gonzaga's fault. They have always been willing to face any college team, and do in the pre-conference action, but once conference play starts, they are seldom challenged. Then, being a number one seed, they face relatively easy competition in the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, which once again, leaves them untested against the best. Gonzaga was clearly very good this season, but had not faced competition at the highest level for months until they encountered the Baylor buzz saw.