Blanchette: Deserving of No. 1 seed

Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski (24) has as much reason to celebrate as anyone after being a part of five WCC Tournament champions in five season. (Colin Mulvany/SR)

LAS VEGAS – Dear Mr. Committee Man:

Seed this.

You had the Gonzaga Bulldogs on the top line before they committed the unforgivable sin of, you know, losing one game . Maybe that didn’t change your mind, but suddenly the national narrative was that there was big trouble ahead, that there were three schools on the coast alone more deserving of a No. 1 seed. And we know you don’t put on a pair of socks without some Big Badass Conference commissioner telling you what color you should wear.

But it’s not an argument worth having. Not anymore, and probably not before.

It’s certainly not an argument the Zags need to make.

Not after they dismantled Saint Mary’s for a third time this season Tuesday night, 74-56 in the championship game of the West Coast Conference Tournament – for an unprecedented fifth straight postseason league title, and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament that was the evening’s afterthought/John Blanchette, SR. More here.