SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Coach Mark Few wants to return No. 21 Gonzaga to the list of national title contenders, and he’s assembled a loaded team to get there.

Gonzaga went 26-9 last season, and finished 14-4 in the West Coast Conference, losing the regular-season title to archrival Saint Mary’s.

The Zags lost to top-seeded Houston in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the first time since 2012 they did not advance to the second weekend. Their nine losses were the most for a Gonzaga team since the 2010-11 squad went 25-10.

“That’s kind of my total focus,” the 62-year-old Few said of competing for a national title in his 27th season. “If we can’t do that anymore, I’m out of here. You’ll catch me on a river somewhere, fly fishing.”

It appears on paper that the fly fishing will have to

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