Every Top-5 Team Falls in Wild Saturday Slate
With March Madness just around the corner, teams are jostling for NCAA tournament seeding. It’s the final Saturday of February! With just 15 days to go until Selection Sunday, the 146 Division I men’s games today (and especially the four matchups between ranked teams) have extra meaning as teams look to make their cases to the NCAA’s selection committee. Sports Illustrated will keep you updated all day with the biggest takeaways from Saturday’s loaded slate and what it all means for March. Gonzaga Takes First WCC Loss in Over Two Years Until today, Gonzaga hadn’t even played a conference game decided by single digits. But the Bulldogs’ dominant reign in the WCC was stopped at least for a night by Saint Mary’s, which executed a marvelous game plan to suck the life out of one of the sport’s most explosive offenses. The Gaels limited Gonzaga to just 21 first-half points to get out to a 15-point halftime edge, then made enough shots in the second half to hold on even as Gonzaga made its pu...