#1-seed Gonzaga (31-3) vs. 9-seed Baylor
MARCH 23 | 4:10 P.M. PT | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | VIVINT SMART HOME ARENA
TV: TBS
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THE TIP-OFF:
- Gonzaga and Baylor meet for the fifth time on Saturday in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 4:10 p.m. Pacific. The Zags have won all four previous meetings with the Bears.
- GU is making its 21st consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearance and 22nd overall. The 21 straight berths to the field is the fourth-longest current streak in the nation (Kansas, Duke, Michigan State).
- The Zags are 32-21 all-time in 21 previous NCAA Tournament appearances with nine trips to the Sweet 16, three trips to the Elite Eight, one Final Four and an appearance in one national championship game.
- GU is 29-19 in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Mark Few with a berth in all 20 seasons of Few's head coaching career.
- The Bulldogs received a one-seed for the third time in program history. Gonzaga has been in Salt Lake City in each of those three occasions.
- GU has played more NCAA Tournament games in Salt Lake City than any other site, winning seven of the 10 games played there.
- The Zags are first in the nation in field goal percentage (53.2), scoring margin (24.2), scoring offense (88.8), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.76).
- Gonzaga advanced to the second round with an 87-49 win over Fairleigh Dickinson Thursday.
- GU is one of only two programs to win its opening-round NCAA Tournament game each of the last 11 seasons, Kansas is the other.
 
SERIES NOTES:
- This is the fifth all-time meeting between Gonzaga and Baylor. The Zags have won all four of the previous meetings against BU, with three under Mark Few.
- This will be the fourth meeting on a neutral court.
- In the latest meeting between the programs, GU knocked off the Bears, 94-87, in Spokane on Dec. 28, 2013.
- The Bulldogs are 19-8 against current Big 12 members.
- Gonzaga won its latest meeting with a member from the Big 12, 76-71, beating Texas in overtime in the PK80 Invitational third-place game in Portland, Ore.
 
SCOUTING THE BEARS: 
- Baylor beat Syracuse in Thursday's First Round, 78-69.
- The Bears made 16 of their 34 three-point attempts, including 10 in the first half.
- Makai Mason made four three-pointers and led Baylor with 22 points. Jared Butler and Mario Kegler added 14 and 13 points, while King McClure dished out five of the Bears' 20 assists.
- Baylor finished the game shooting 53.8 percent from the field, Syracuse was 41.2 percent.
- Mason averages a team-best 14.9 points per game, while Kegler and Butler chip in 10.7 and 10.2 points per outing.
 
NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES
- Gonzaga is making its 21st consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearance and 22nd overall.
- The 21 straight berths to the field is the fourth-longest current streak in the nation (Kansas, Duke, Michigan State).
- The Zags are 32-21 all-time in 21 previous NCAA Tournament appearances with nine trips to the Sweet 16, three trips to the Elite Eight, one Final Four and an appearance in one national championship game.
- GU is 29-19 in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Mark Few with a berth in all 20 seasons of Few's head coaching career.
- Gonzaga is one of only two teams to win its opening-round NCAA Tournament game each of the last 11 seasons, Kansas is the other.
- The Bulldogs are 23-15 all-time as a single-digit seed, with a 13-2 record in first round games as a single-digit seed. 
- The Bulldogs received a one-seed for the third time in program history. Gonzaga has been in Salt Lake City in each of those three occasions.
- GU has played more NCAA Tournament games in Salt Lake City than any other site, winning seven of the 10 games played there.
- The Zags began their Final Four run in Salt Lake City in 2017, beating South Dakota State in the first round and Northwestern in the second round. Gonzaga fell to Wichita State in the second round in 2013 in Salt Lake City, after defeating Southern in the first round.
- Last season, [4] GU defeated [13] UNC-Greensboro and [5] Ohio State in Boise, Idaho, advancing to the Sweet 16 where it fell to [11] Florida State.