INDIANAPOLIS – Gonzaga coach Mark Few walked off the floor for the second time in his career as the losing coach in the national title game on Monday. He’s now officially the best active coach in college basketball to never win an NCAA title. (You could make a good bar argument for West Virginia’s Bob Huggins, but he’s never made it to Monday night.)
After Gonzaga’s heartbreak in 2017 in a foul-plagued game against UNC, these Zags weren’t in Monday night’s title game for a dribble. Baylor won 86-70, and no one would have blinked if that was 96-70 or 106-70 considering the game’s tenor.