Giant-slayer Gonzaga ascends to No. 1 in AP poll
Long climb to the top
SPOKANE, Wash. — It means nothing, and yet it means everything.
Gonzaga’s men’s basketball program achieved a height Monday that once would have been deemed unimaginable, being voted No. 1 in both major-college polls for the first time in school history.
The honor won’t help the Zags win games in the NCAA tournament just ahead, and it could even be a burden, bringing with it intense media scrutiny and the inevitable loss of the underdog status that has served Gonzaga so well.
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