Weekly Zag Briefing

March is herrreeeeeeee!! At long last, we’ve finally arrived at the best part of the college basketball season. Conference tournaments are gearing up, and Selection Sunday is just over a week away. Here’s what we have on tap for the week in all things Gonzaga:

• Over at the mothership, Mike Rutherford highlights the five best potential conference title games we could see over the next week, and coming in at #1 is a rematch between Gonzaga and BYU. I think both fan bases will agree that a tiebreaker for season supremacy is very necessary.
• Gonzaga remains at #2 in both the AP Poll and Mid-Major Madness’s top 25 rankings, a spot below Dayton and national player of the year candidate Obi Toppin.
• Jackson Frank captures the sights and sounds from a very special Senior Night in The Kennel. The warm-up to Senior Night was Adam Morrison night, and Frank put together a great write-up of that event as well, highlighting the bond between Morrison and the Spokane community.
• Despite the loss at Gonzaga on Saturday night, it looks like Saint Mary’s is on the right side of the bubble which will make the WCC a three-bid conference this year. Lunardi has Gonzaga and BYU as 1 and 6 seeds in the West region, respectively, while SMC is on the 8-line in the East. SB Nation’s Chris Dobbertean has Gonzaga at 1, BYU at 5, and SMC as a 9.
• ESPN’s college basketball writers discuss what this season’s dominance from Dayton, SDSU, and Gonzaga says about the college basketball landscape.