SALT LAKE CITY -- The NCAA tournament's odd couple resides in Spokane, Washington.
Przemek Karnowski is Gonzaga's 7-foot-1, 300-pound immovable force, a senior who traveled 5,000 miles from Poland to play for coach Mark Few. Rem Bakamus is a 6-foot, 173-pound senior walk-on who came 280 miles east (from Longview, Washington) to Spokane.
Karnowski is the healthy eater who bakes his chicken with avocado oil, and Bakamus is more likely to get his chicken at Taco Bell (specifically, one chicken quesadilla and two chicken quesaritos per trip).
Bakamus has played 98 minutes in his entire career.