Kinda Like Old Zags, Kinda Not

Maybe these Gonzaga Bulldogs aren’t so much different from their basketball forebears. Or maybe they’re completely different. Whatever. Surely there was something eerily familiar in the mere fact of the Zags carving up 18th-ranked St. John’s 86-71 on Thursday night in the NCAA tournament, the final home run in what was nearly a topsy-turvy grand slam at the Pepsi Center. Three double-digit seeds won here in this second-round pod – No. 13 Morehead State, No. 12 Richmond and finally the No. 11 Zags, though it might be suggested that whoever did the math on the last one needs to rotate the beads on their abacus. “We certainly didn’t consider ourselves an underdog,” offered Gonzaga coach Mark Few. Or play like one/ John Blanchette , SR. More here. (SR photo: John Blanchette)

Question: How would you compare the 2010-11 Gonzaga Bulldogs to their predecessors?