You can’t blame the Gonzaga Bulldogs. They did everything they could tonight in the WCC tournament championship game, dominating the BYU Cougars, 91-75, and in the process getting revenge on one of only two teams to beat Gonzaga this season. The win, however, while impressive, does nothing to change the fact that at best, the Bulldogs are a two-seed in the upcoming NCAA tournament.

If the win provided any boost for Gonzaga, it’s that it may increase the chances of the Bulldogs (32-2, 17-1 WCC) being a two-seed in the West Regional, which for travel purposes would obviously be favorable. But even notching a 16-point, convincing victory over a very tough BYU team that regardless of this loss belongs in the Field of 68, isn’t enough to boost Gonzaga to the top line of any region.

Gonzaga’s lone losses were at home to these same Cougars and in overtime at Arizona, a potential one-seed. That and 32 wins in many seasons would be enough for the Bulldogs to be a one-seed. But in 2014-15, there’s just too much of a crowd at the top. Kentucky is a one-seed even if it somehow loses in the SEC quarterfinals. The ACC hurts Gonzaga one way or the other, unless both Duke and Virginia — projected one-seeds as of now, somehow don’t win the ACC tournament this weekend. And a Villanova team that wins the Big East tournament would be 32-2 as well, and would claim a one-seed.

You now begin to see the depth of Gonzaga’s problem. The Bulldogs not only have to somehow leap frog one or more of those four teams, but then there’s Wisconsin and aforementioned Arizona, both favorites to win their respective conference tournaments. Perhaps only Kentucky and Duke are playing better ball than the Badgers right now. And Arizona has that head-to-head win over Gonzaga.

The Bulldogs were impressive tonight. They held one of the best offenses in the nation to 40-percent shooting and nine points under their season scoring average. The Cougars (25-9, 13-5), who are among the national leaders in both assists and assist-to-turnover ratio, were pedestrian tonight with 12 assists and 10 turnovers. The Bulldogs put six players in double-figures for scoring and turned the ball over only seven times.

Those are all the kinds of things that onw-seeds do. However, this just isn’t the year for Gonzaga to be a onw-seed, no matter how big tonight’s victory had been.

Ed Morgans is an ACC Basketball Writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @writered21 and add him to your network on Google.