No. 1 Gonzaga fully reloaded after run to championship game
FILE - Gonzaga head coach Mark Few calls a play for his team as they play against Oklahoma in the first half of a second-round game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, in this Monday, March 22, 2021, file photo. Gonzaga carried a No. 1 ranking all last season before falling a win short of becoming college basketball’s first unbeaten national champion in 45 years. Mark Few’s Bulldogs start this season in the same position, hoping to complete that final step this time around. The Zags were the runaway top choice in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll released Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - Gonzaga head coach Mark Few calls a play for his team as they play against Oklahoma in the first half of a second-round game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, in this Monday, March 22, 2021, file photo. Gonzaga carried a No. 1 ranking all last season before falling a win short of becoming college basketball’s first unbeaten national champion in 45 years. Mark Few’s Bulldogs start this season in the same position, hoping to complete that final step this time around. The Zags were the runaway top choice in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll released Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Oct. 18, 2021 12:00 PM EDT
FILE - Gonzaga guard Andrew Nembhard, center, drives to the basket between UCLA forward Cody Riley, left, and guard Johnny Juzang, right, during the first half of a men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game in Indianapolis, in this Saturday, April 3, 2021, file photo. The Zags lost major pieces from the that team that reached the final undefeated before losing to Baylor. But Gonzaga has reloaded with a group of talented freshmen that combined with holdovers like Drew Timme and Andrew Nembhard might make the Zags even better than a season ago. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

FILE - Gonzaga guard Andrew Nembhard, center, drives to the basket between UCLA forward Cody Riley, left, and guard Johnny Juzang, right, during the first half of a men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game in Indianapolis, in this Saturday, April 3, 2021, file photo. The Zags lost major pieces from the that team that reached the final undefeated before losing to Baylor. But Gonzaga has reloaded with a group of talented freshmen that combined with holdovers like Drew Timme and Andrew Nembhard might make the Zags even better than a season ago. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Oct. 22, 2021 02:54 PM EDT
FILE - Minnehaha Academy's Chet Holmgren gestures during a press conference where he announced he will be attending Gonzaga University to play basketball, in Minneapolis, in this Monday, April 19, 2021, file photo. Chet is flanked by his father, David Holmgren, left, and mother, Sarah Harris, right. Gonzaga begins the season as the No. 1 team in the country even if it's a significant different group from the one that lost in the national championship game last season. They add the No. 1 recruit in the country in 7-foot-1 Chet Holmgren. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP, File)

FILE - Minnehaha Academy's Chet Holmgren gestures during a press conference where he announced he will be attending Gonzaga University to play basketball, in Minneapolis, in this Monday, April 19, 2021, file photo. Chet is flanked by his father, David Holmgren, left, and mother, Sarah Harris, right. Gonzaga begins the season as the No. 1 team in the country even if it's a significant different group from the one that lost in the national championship game last season. They add the No. 1 recruit in the country in 7-foot-1 Chet Holmgren. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Oct. 22, 2021 02:59 PM EDT
FILE - Gonzaga forward Drew Timme (2) blocks a shot by Baylor guard Davion Mitchell (45) during the first half of the championship game in the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament in Indianapolis, in this Monday, April 5, 2021, file photo. The Zags lost major pieces from the that team that reached the final undefeated before losing to Baylor. But Gonzaga has reloaded with a group of talented freshmen that combined with holdovers like Drew Timme and Andrew Nembhard might make the Zags even better than a season ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - Gonzaga forward Drew Timme (2) blocks a shot by Baylor guard Davion Mitchell (45) during the first half of the championship game in the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament in Indianapolis, in this Monday, April 5, 2021, file photo. The Zags lost major pieces from the that team that reached the final undefeated before losing to Baylor. But Gonzaga has reloaded with a group of talented freshmen that combined with holdovers like Drew Timme and Andrew Nembhard might make the Zags even better than a season ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Oct. 22, 2021 02:52 PM EDT