Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Brigham Young Cougars forward Yoeli Childs (23) tries to grab the ball with Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Corey Kispert (24) moving in as BYU and Gonzaga play in an NCAA basketball game in the Marriott Center in Provo on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018.
PROVO — It was simple act of role-playing
No. 6 Gonzaga left the Marriott Center Saturday night King Kong of the West Coast Conference, a perch head coach Mark Few has enjoyed for what seems like forever after dispatching BYU 79-65.
BYU, however, absorbed the beating as a third-place team, ending things the way many expected.