Richard Mackson/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The sweat had not yet dried on the brows of Gonzaga’s basketball players after they dispatched Baylor last weekend, but their gaze turned quickly to what lay ahead — a chance to rewrite last season’s ending.
It was clear that they had checked carefully when the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament brackets were announced, and knew they could again be facing Florida State in the same round (a West Region semifinal) and amid the same freeway system (Greater Los Angeles) where their season ended a year ago.
“We can’t wait to get revenge,” forward Corey Kispert said, expressing a sentiment that was present up and down the roster.