Gonzaga has been one of men’s college basketball’s best teams this century. They have made every single NCAA tournament since Mark Few took the helm in 1999. And furthermore, Gonzaga has made five consecutive Sweet Sixteens, three of the last five Elite Eights and were the runner ups in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
The Wizards had two of the three most prominent Zags men’s basketball players in their history. Adam Morrison wore a Wizards uniform in the 2010-11 season at training camp but was waived pretty early on, even before the preseason began.
However, the Wizards also drafted rookie forward Rui Hachimura, who was last season’s West Coast Conference Player of the Year when he averaged 19.