ALBUQUERQUE - So much for that mammoth Gonzaga-Arizona second-round game.
Gonzaga is one and done after a 73-66 upset at the hands of Wyoming in the NCAA West Regional at the Pit.
For once, Dan Dickau didn't come to the rescue, and all Gonzaga's shooting stars fizzled.
Now the team that made the Sweet 16 the last three seasons is going home early after Wyoming used a ferocious defense and brilliant free-throw shooting down the stretch to upset the No. 6-ranked team in the nation-and the controversially sixth-seeded team in the West.
"The success this team's had the last few years, people said, `Yeah, Gonzaga's going to the Sweet 16,' " said Dickau, who scored 26 points but made only 7 of 24 shots, 4 of 14 from three-point range. "But you've got to go play the basketball game. We played well, we just didn't hit shots.
"You know, I still believe we're one of the 10 best teams in the country, after seeing everything out there. We just didn't hit shots today."
Wyoming (22-8) will play Arizona in the second round Saturday.
Wyoming played from slightly behind most of the game, but went ahead, 61-60, on two free throws by Donta Richardson with 2:52 left.
The lead was 63-62 when Wyoming's Uche Nsonwu-Amadi missed a shot inside - but a monster follow-up dunk by Josh Davis put the Cowboys ahead by three with 1:06 left, and Wyoming made its free throws down the stretch.
The Zags (29-4) shot only 31.4 percent - and made only 22 percent from three-point range, making eight of an astonishing 36 attempts. The Zags hadn't shot less than 40 percent all season.
"We had a lot of baskets popcorn in and out on us," Coach Mark Few said. "But we understand as good as anybody, it's loser-out, do-or-die."
Nsonwu-Amadi led Wyoming with 14 points.
