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One and One

By Andy Katz
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, October 6, 1999

The players arrive at The Kennel at 3:30 p.m. sharp. This is a rat ball game they don't want to miss. It's early September, classes have just started and summer's vibe still fills the air. Most of the guys are shirtless. They wear friendship bracelets and beaded necklaces and three-day-old stubble. As they gather around Gonzaga head coach Mark Few, there is little to suggest that this crew of middle-class suburban kids stormed the Elite Eight last March. Or that any of them can even hope to ...

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