LAS VEGAS — Gonzaga had its 21-game winning streak end in the West Coast Conference tournament title game. The loss to Saint Mary’s was not enough to make the NCAA Tournament selection committee move the top-ranked Bulldogs off the No. Gonzaga (30-3) opens the NCAA Tournament on Thursday against the First Four winner between Farleigh Dickinson and Prairie View A&M. Bobby Hurley’s Sun Devils will be making consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 1979-81, despite losing in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals. St. John’s appeared to be in trouble after being stomped by Marquette in the Big East tournament, but had two previous wins over the Golden Eagles and knocked off another NCAA Tournament team in Villanova to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015.

Source: National Post March 17, 2019 23:00 UTC