1999’s run wasn’t supposed to happen. A school that a few years prior considered abandoning Division I sports doesn’t just simply go on a run to the elite eight against power five schools. To say that the chances would be slim is putting it mildly. But the chances that that historic run could lead to what Gonzaga is now? That can only be quantified as a fraction of a fraction. How did a team of junior college transfers, international guys and local farming town recruits keep pace with Rip Hamilton and Jim Calhoun?
Hindsight is a peculiar thing when it comes to a story as unbelievable and preposterous as the story of Gonzaga University and its basketball program.