Gonzaga will head into the men's NCAA tournament exactly where it ended up in the final AP Top 25: right on top.
In fact, that's where the Bulldogs began the season, too.
It wasn't all smooth sailing for coach Mark Few's team, which dropped as low as fifth after a couple of early losses. But the Bulldogs wound up with 54 of the 61 first-place votes from a national media panel Monday after romping through the West Coast Conference tournament to land at No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 for the second straight year.
Now, it's a matter of finishing things off.