Which of the Big Five conferences could Gonzaga win?

[WichitaSooner]

True, just one game though. They lost 2 of their 3 other OOC games against NCAA Tourney teams (not counting NDST), and the win was a 2 point win at home against a Washington team that most don't think too highly of.

I just think if they played in a tougher conference, they'd slip up more than Duke/NC/UVA, or Michigan/MSU, or maybe even LSU/Tenn/UK (less sure about this one).

They are a good team and a good program. I'm sure they'd have won or shared a title in one or more of those leagues over the years, but they've pretty regularly underachieved come March, which makes me think they would struggle going through a full conference slate where 75% or so of the games are games they could lose if they don't play well. Their conference sometimes has a couple of decent teams, but this year it was pretty much garbage.

Gonzaga is better than most the teams mentioned here. If people picture the Gonzaga teams of 5 or 10 years ago when thinking about their current team, they are making a mistake. This team has multiple NBA players, great size, and athletes. They have much more talent on their roster than multiple teams on this list.

As someone else said, if you add them to the ACC, they might not win it. Then again, Duke also didn't win the ACC, but that doesn't mean they weren't capable of winning it. Gonzaga's talent level would put them right in the mix with the top three teams in the league. Play the season 100 times, and each of those teams would win it their fair share.

 

[oudna]

Not the Big 12

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Great effort by Texas Tech to knock out the Zags.

Once again, Gonzaga is broken-hearted.