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Newsday (N.Y.): March Madness: Gonzaga heads to its first Final Four with victory over Xavier
9:15 AMBy Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SAN JOSE, Calif. — All the years. And for Gonzaga the tears. “Tears of joy,” from Mark Few after at last making it to basketball’s promised land, the Final Four.
Gonzaga, named for a saint, Aloysius Gonzaga, nicknamed the Bulldogs but known as the “Zags,” had qualified for the NCAA basketball tournament 19 previous times and never got past the regionals. Until Saturday.
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