March Madness 2022: Reggie Miller on why Gonzaga can win NCAA championship this year

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Gonzaga is likely heading for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament after winning the West Coast Conference championship Tuesday night for the third straight year.

The Bulldogs, who were ranked No. 1 in the final regular-season Associated Press Top 25 poll to start the week, will be the favorite to win the championship. The team was also the favorite to win the tournament last season but ran into Baylor in the title game and lost to the Bears.

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Saint Mary's Matthias Tass, right, fouls Gonzaga's Drew Timme (2) during the first half of the West Coast Conference tournament Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/John Locher)

Basketball Hall of Famer Reggie Miller, who will be on the TNT broadcast for March Madness next week, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that another Final Four run for coach Mark Few’s squad should put it in the same breath as some of the other "blue bloods" in NCAA Division I men's basketball.

"They were the odds-on favorites last year until they ran into Baylor. I think they’re going to have the same expectations," Miller said. "It’s funny because when we think of college basketball, we think of Duke, UCLA, Kentucky, the blue bloods like North Carolina.

"We have to start mentioning Coach Few and Gonzaga. I know they’re a smaller market, smaller conference, but they’ve got to start being mentioned with the blue bloods. I think if they can make another Final Four run and make a push for the championship, you've got to put them in that same breath.

Gonzaga is returning to the NCAA Tournament with Drew Timme, who made the All-Tournament Team