"This is a resilient group, and we've been able to battle through adversity all season long," senior guard Eric McClellan said. "People were saying the guards weren't good enough, that we weren't a tournament team. We just focused on what was going on in this locker room. When we do that, we put ourselves in position to win."
Gonzaga has now won six straight games, and it looked solid stopping one of the streaking teams in the tournament field.
Seton Hall only shot 32 percent from the field, stunted by a 4 for 24 night for star guard Isaiah Whitehead who couldn't hit from anywhere.