the last time gonzaga made it to the final four was 2017.
the last time gonzaga made it to the final four was 2017.
when was the last time gonzaga made it to the final four?
2017
the last time the final four was composed, as of 2019, of at least 75% of mid-major teams (3/4), i.e. excluding all present-day major conferences or their predecessors, was 1979, where indiana state, then as now of the missouri valley conference (which had lost several of its most prominent programs, among them cincinnati, earlier in the decade); penn, then as now in the ivy league; and depaul, then an independent, participated in the final four, only to see indiana state lose to michigan state. the last time, as of 2019, the final four has been composed of at least 50% of mid-major teams (2/4) was 2011, when vcu, then of the colonial athletic association, and butler, then of the horizon league, participated in the final four, only to see butler lose to connecticut. the two most recent final fours have involved a single "mid-major" team by the definition used here—the 2017 and 2018 tournaments, in which gonzaga and loyola–chicago were respectively involved (although by 2017 gonzaga, which has appeared in every ncaa tournament in the 21st century, was generally considered a major program despite its membership in the mid-major wcc). to date, as of 2019, no final four has been composed of 100% mid-major teams (4/4), therefore guaranteeing a mid-major team winning the national championship.
ncaa division i men's basketball tournament
the 2003–04 season marked the first time that the team participated in the annual battle in seattle game. gonzaga faced third-ranked missouri, who was the highest-ranked regular season opponent that the zags had played against up to that point; they would go on to win the game in an 87–80 overtime victory. this season marked the last time gonzaga would play home games in the charlotte y. martin centre; their last game in the building took place february 28, 2004, where they beat santa clara 80–64. the win gave the bulldogs their first undefeated run through the wcc in school history with a 14–0 conference record. gonzaga would go on to receive an automatic bid into the 2004 ncaa tournament with a two-seed, which was the highest seed they had received in school history in seven tournament appearances. the bulldogs would go on to beat 15th-seeded valparaiso 76–49 before being upset in the second round by tenth-seeded nevada 91–72, where they finished the season 28–3.
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