LAS VEGAS – The Zags looked like a million bucks Monday night.

Of course, they would have raked in that much just for showing up at the Players Era Championship tournament.

But their stock is certainly on the rise, and if they play the next couple days as they did in their 95-85 win over No. 8 -ranked Alabama, they might come home with another million on top of that, because another million bonus is kicked in to the winner.

Leaving Vegas with money in your pockets is a rarity, but the value of this win is going beyond the bucks.

The Zags played better than their No. 12 national ranking might have suggested. And this is a game that will likely resonate all the way until March when the NCAA honchos sit down to seed the tournament bracket.

Gonzaga had made it look so easy in the early ga

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