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Before that they lost to Wichita State who went to the F4 in a game in which Wichita made 14 3s.S16 and E8 in the last two years. The E8 was a tough game against eventual champions Duke, and then lost by 3 in the S16 to Syracuse, who went to the Final Four--and they had beaten the 6 and 3 seeds by double figures.
I'm not convinced they'll win the title (the field is almost always the best best), but the last few years they've done quite well in the tournament.
Funny thing is Gonzaga has only lost to a team with a higher seed twice in the last decade, one was a 7 10 game and the other was the example above, yet people are under some assumption they choke every year. Getting to a F4 is really hard, especially when you have been seeded better than 4th only twice in the last decade.