SAN FRANCISCO — There is going to be anger. Frustration, too. Some regret will be there as well. But more than anything — sadness.
In its third straight year as a No. 1 seed, the Gonzaga men's basketball team again fell short of ending its season as the nation's No. 1 team. Arkansas bounced Bulldogs by a score of 74-68 Thursday and led for the final 21 minutes of the game.
It wasn't so much a shock to the system as it was a sock to the stomach, as the Zags walked off the floor deflated after the upset loss. Fair or not, expectations for this program are of Himalayan heights, and it still hasn't climbed to the top of the mountain.
