Final ZAGS 360 of 2020-21: Thank you Gonzaga Bulldogs for a wonderful season!
The Final Four
Final Four: Gonzaga 93 – UCLA 90
Drew Timme high scorer with 25 points; Joel Ayayi with 22 points. This will be a game I know I will never forget. I couldn’t understand it. Why isn’t Gonzaga breaking away? Overtime?!? The Gonzaga Bulldogs don’t do overtime! Johnny Juzang, one of the heroes of the Bruin postseason, had just scored in overtime and tied the game at 90. A double-overtime!!
This game had me sitting on the edge of my seat the entire time. I, and most likely all of ZagsNation, was thinking the same thing. All this way and they will not even get to the Championship? With 3.3 seconds left on the clock, Kispert took the ball out and tossed it to Suggs. Three, two, one…a three-point buzzer-beater from the tip of the NCAA Final Four logo…Bulldogs win the game.
Such an eruption! Such a celebration! Suggs jumps on top of the scorers’ table with his team jumping all around him. This was the shot that could send him to the top of the NBA draft should he decide to declare (and most likely will). Oh my, I hadn’t screamed so much since the Miracle Mets won the World Series. So much joy and laughter that, unfortunately, would soon turn to tears.
Championship: Baylor 86 – Gonzaga 70
Jalen Suggs was the high scorer with 22 points. The Zags’ next highest scorer had only 12 points. What happened? Something was different. The Baylor Bears started ferociously and finished just as fierce. The Bulldogs looked drained and didn’t have the same fight them at all.