Not since 1976 when the Indiana Hoosiers finished 32-0 has a men’s college basketball team gone undefeated.
Tonight, the Gonzaga Bulldogs aim to break that streak and end a season with a perfect record, in the process, earning their first national championship in program history. To do that, they’ll have to get past the Baylor Bears, who incidentally are also searching for their school’s first men’s basketball title.
Whatever happens tonight, history will be made. What a treat that we get to watch it.
The Zags have bulldozed their way through most of the season, winning every game but one by double digits until having to squeak out a buzzer-beating overtime victory over UCLA in the Final Four.