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Villanova comes into the tournament not only as the overall No. 1 seed but as defending champion. No champion has repeated since Florida in 2007. ''I think pressure is pressure, so you want to embrace it and try to allow it to make you better,'' Villanova coach Jay Wright said. Continue to Article

March 16, 2017 3:32:am EST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- No. 1 seed Gonzaga (32-1) vs. No. 16 seed South Dakota State (18-16) Continue to Article

March 15, 2017 4:04:pm EST

It was July 1999, and Dan Monson was a wreck. Monson had every intention of remaining the coach at Gonzaga for many years when he returned home from three weeks in Spain and found a voicemail from Minnesota athletic director Mark Dienhart on his answering machine. Dienhart had fired disgraced coach Clem Haskins amid an academic fraud scandal the previous month and wanted to interview Monson as a potential replacement. Continue to Article

March 15, 2017 11:21:am EST

Things didn't work out well for Gonzaga the last time it came to Utah as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament in 2013. The Bulldogs flirted with disaster in the Round of 64 when they did not pull away from 16th seed Southern until the final minute. Then, in the next round, ninth-seeded Wichita State sent Gonzaga home with a crushing defeat and used the upset victory to fuel an unexpected run to the Final Four. Continue to Article

March 13, 2017 4:28:pm EST