After losing four key pieces from last season's national championship game team, Gonzaga was supposed to take a step back this year.
Instead the Zags (30-4) reloaded, rolling to their fourth 30-win season in six years and winning yet another West Coast Conference crown.
Their quest for a second straight trip to the Final Four begins Thursday in Boise, Idaho. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs will face No. 13 UNC Greensboro (27-7) in the first round of the West Region.
"We'd talked in the past about making a Final Four," Gonzaga coach Mark Few told the (Spokane, Wash.