Torero Means Bullfighter in Spanish, to Anticipate your Attitude-filled Next Question

The USD Toreros beat the No. 20 Gonzaga Bulldogs in the Championship Game of the West Coast Conference Tournament, securing a ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. In fact, last night’s 69-62 win on their home floor was the first time that the Toreros earned a W vs. the Bulldogs since the ’03 WCC Championship Game, also played at the Jenny Craig Pavilion on the gorgeous, Spanish Renaissance-style University of San Diego campus, perched like a castle atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and all of the poor hoops serfs wallowing below who have not secured a bid to the Tourney. The Gonzaga Bulldogs, their coach Skeletor “The Evil Lord of Destruction,” and all of their disheartened fans whose whole weeks are ruined because they finally lost, must now wait for the selection committee to throw them a measly little at-large bid. Maybe.

Bubble teams like Florida and Ohio State, who are hoping to get into the Tournament based purely on name alone, are the most affected by the Toreros’ auto bid- although you could also make the case that San Diego-area Tourney brackets will feel the ill effects of this news the hardest. USD is slated to play Kansas in a No. 15 vs. No. 2 matchup in the first round, according to Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology.

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