Basketball Hurts April 8, 2021 Three days after the dispiriting defeat by Baylor in the title game, our Gonzaga flag still hangs limply and listlessly above our porch.   I’ll take it down soon.   It got wet in the rain this morning; it has no flap left in it.   Down it goes. Sad Suggs Ever since the Elite Eight run in1999, the  that began this 22-year streak, The Zags have lost a game in the Big Dance  that ended the season.   I can remember every one of the losses. Every single one of those defeats—twenty-two of them—has provided a unique flavor of disappointment.   I won’t bother recapitulating the worst ones—the 2006 melt-down vs. UCLA and the 2013 loss to Wichita State [ 1 ] come immediately to mind—but this last loss against Baylor on Monday night produced a particularly bitter taste, most obviously because it spoiled the “perfect” 32-0 season, something that hadn’t been done since Indiana did it 45 years ago.   Limply it hangs. Gonzaga has the best record in college bas