ESPN.com · Dec 1, 2018
Can Virginia compete with the nation's best?
There was no Maui hangover for Gonzaga.
And, if you believe sophomore wing Zach Norvell Jr., the players didn't seem all that impressed by the team's new perch atop the national polls.
"If you walk around this locker room, I don't think too many guys are hyped about it," Norvell told the (Spokane, Wash.) Spokesman-Review. "You still have to play your best every night. It brings a bigger target on our backs, but it's dope, just seeing all the hard work we put in."
The Zags (7-0), coming off a 102-60 rout of North Dakota State on their first day at the top, take their No. 1 ranking on the road to face Creighton on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.