INDIANAPOLIS – From the first Associated Press poll of the preseason, the prospect of this Gonzaga team running through men's college basketball undefeated offered the season’s most compelling tension.
It’d been 45 years since Indiana last accomplished that feat in men’s basketball, and every Zags blowout victory — 29 wins by double-digits in 31 games — ratcheted up the prospect of them capturing history.
On the cusp of a generational moment on Monday night in the NCAA title game, Gonzaga’s sprint toward history got run off the floor, 86-70.
No. 1 Baylor smothered Gonzaga’s historic offense, blitzed the Zags' overmatched defense and delivered a flogging for the ages.