Will Gonzaga Go Down as the Worst No. 1 Seed in NCAA Tournament History?

The Bulldogs entered this year's March Madness as a No. 1 seed and were placed in what arguably is the easiest of the four regions.

Gonzaga's storybook season and tournament run came to a screeching halt Saturday as it was upset by No. 9-seed Wichita State.

In terms of this near catastrophe against the SWAC tourney champs, ESPN Stats and Information provided the following perspective:

Gonzaga's 6-point win over Southern is tied for the 6th-closest margin of victory in a 1 vs 16 game since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Southern's 6-point loss is the closest by a 16-seed against a 1-seed since 1996, when Western Carolina lost by 2 against Purdue. Southern is only the 5th 16-seed in the last 20 years to come within single digits of a 1-seed.

Even the most devoted Bulldog fan has to be at least puzzled, if not fuming, over the Zags' disappointing postseason performance.

In thinking about the implications of this underachievement, should we at least consider whether Gonzaga should go down as the worst No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament history?

However, the figures surely point to this being a total fail for a team that had a nice path carved out to the 2013 Final Four, but came up sadly short of Atlanta.

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