Pittsburgh’s Shavonte Zellous, left, and Gonzaga’s Janelle Bekkering vie for a loose ball during the first half in Seattle tonight in a second-round women’s NCAA college basketball tournament game. No. 15 Pittsburgh defeated Gonzaga 65-60. ESPN game story and boxscore here. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

En route to post game media interview Demetri Goodson and Head Coach Mark Few stop to watch the replay of his game winning shot in the Portland Rose Garden at the second round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday. (Christopher Anderson/Spokesman-Review)

Gonzaga’s Demetri Goodson (3) scores the winning shot while Western Kentucky’s A.J.Slaughter (4) looks on during the second-round men’s NCAA college basketball tournament game tonight in Portland, Ore. Gonzaga defeated Western Kentucky 83-81.  ESPN game story & boxscore here. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

• Meech seals the deal/Jim Meehan, Sportslink
• Gonzaga-Western Kentucky game photos/Spokesman.com
  

Akron’s Nikola Cvetinovic (13), of Serbia, and Gonzaga’s Steven Gray battle for a loose ball in the first half during a first-round men’s NCAA college basketball tournament game underway in Portland, Ore. ESPN boxscore here. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Sportslink report here.

Zips? There’s a basketball team named after our favorite hamburger stand? Zags? Do they even exist independent of Zigs? The Zips are playing the Zags? Is this March Madness or Dr. Seuss? This is it. This is the end. The NCAA tournament has reached its 71st birthday, a ripe old age. And after all the shining moments and the iconic figures– from the Tall Firs to the Wizard of Westwood to Magic versus Bird to Jimmy V – this is finally the last word in March matchups. Or at least the last letter. We have reached – wait for it – the zenith/John Blanchette, SR. More here.

DFO: The Zags will now play the winner of Illinois/Western Kentucky on Saturday. What do you think there chances of getting to the Sweet 16?

Josh Heytvelt of Gonzaga ( left in white ) stretches out to deny #20 Diamon Simpson of St. Mary’s a shot at the basket in first half action Monday at the WCC Championship game in the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.  Gonzaga won 83 to 58. Game story & boxscore here and here. (Christopher Anderson/Spokesman-Review)

Gonzaga’s Micah Downs, left, looks to pass as he is defended by Santa Clara’s Marc Trasolini and Kevin Foster, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the West Coast Conference men’s tournament in Las Vegas, Sunday. Gonzaga will play St. Mary’s at 6 o’clock Monday on ESPN to decide the WCC tournament championship. AP game story here and ESPN boxscore here. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

• Gonzaga women in WCC finals, too
• St. Mary’s 71, Portland 61
  

I think JimmyMAC was the one who pointed out last night that little-used Gonzaga senior Andrew Sorenson epitomized the type of Bulldog who wasn’t the most talented but brought much in pride and spirit to the team. Others mentioned were David Pendergraft and Errol Knight. Sorenson started his last home game, against USC-Upstate, Tuesday night and scored his personal best of 15 points. Jim Meehan Sportslink post here. (Colin Mulvany/SR)

Question: When did you last experience the type of joy that would cause you to leap like Zag Andrew Sorenson above (if you could)?

Gonzaga senior Andrew Sorenson celebrates his final 3-pointer against South Carolina-Upstate during an NCAA college basketball game in Spokane, Wash., on Senior Night Tuesday. ESPN game story & boxscore here. (AP Photo/Rajah Bose)

Gonzaga’s Matt Bouldin (15) shoots past of San Diego’s De’Jon Jackson, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday in San Diego.  Bouldin scored 15 points in Gonzaga’s 58-47 win. ESPN game story and boxscore here.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

• Idaho 71, Fresno State 68
  
• Washington State 51, Arizona State 49 (OT)
  

Santa Clara’s John Bryant, center, is defended by Gonzaga’s Josh Heytvelt, left, and Steven Gray in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday. ESPN game story & boxscore here.  (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

• San Jose State 72, Idaho 64
• Washington State 69, Arizona 53
  

Gonzaga’s Steven Gray (32) drives against Loyola Marymount’s LaRon Armstead (24) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Spokane, Wash., Thursday. Gray led the Zags with 23 points — 21 in the second half — to help Gonzaga clinch its 9th straight WCC championship with a 91-54 win over Loyola Marymount. ESPN game story & boxscore here. (AP Photo/Rajah Bose)

• USC 61, Washiington State 51
  

Gonzaga guard Demetri Goodson (3) drives to the basket in front of Saint Mary’s guard Carlin Hughes (3) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Moraga, Calif., Thursday. San Francisco Chronicle story here. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

• Gonzaga 72, St. Mary’s 70 (ESPN game story & boxscore)
• Washington State 67, Oregon 38
  
• Utah State 62, Idaho 53

Portland’s Nik Raivio, right, drives past Gonzaga’s Matt Bouldin (15) during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game in Portland, Ore., Thursday.   (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)

• Gonzaga 93, Portland 78
• Stanford 65, Washington State 54
  

Gonzaga’s Demetri Goodson slaps the ball away from San Diego’s #11 Trumaine Johnson, late in the first half in the McCarthey Athletic Center.  Dan Pelle, SR

• Gonzaga 64, San Diego 47
• Portland 84, St. Mary’s 66
• Nevada 70, Idaho 65
• Arizona 66, Washington State 56
  

Gonzaga’s Steven Gray, Saint Mary’s Diamon Simpson and Omar Samhan and GU’s Jeremy Pargo and Austin Daye battle for a rebound in the second half of the West Coast Conference matchup Thursday at the McCarthey Athletic Center at GU. Jim Meehan’s SR game story here. ESPN boxscore here. More photos. (Jesse Tinsley/SR)