Gonzaga has played in every NCAA March Madness tournament since 1999. Dominant in their own league of small schools despite losing a 60-47 shocker in the West Coast Conference final to St. Mary’s on March 12, the “Zags” are certain to secure a top seed in this year’s tournament.

For a private Catholic college in Spokane, Wash., with only 5,000 undergraduate students and without a football team, Gonzaga’s national prominence, especially come March, is astounding.