My gf is from Spokane and I think the team is fun to watch and a big deal for that big small town. When I have played bball with her nephew in the gyms I could tell all the kids were obsessed with the team and the players and wanted to practice bball as much as possible because of it. It was really inspiring for them. It's great when a smallish infamous town can have a good university and a big team to root for. Huskies people are just pretentious snobs from a pretentious snobby city if they can't see that Gonzaga is a good thing and represents a good community. Of course on the wet side we have had pro teams with legends like Griffey to inspire us and national championship Huskies, but smallish town university teams are a good thing for America and I think it's lame that some people have to hate on it so much.