SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - As No. 24 Gonzaga prepares to play Davidson in the first round of the NCAA tournament Friday, here's an alphabetical guide to the Zags' 2007-08 campaign:

A: Abdullahi Kuso, the Nigerian Nightmare, a 6-foot-9 center whose emergence off the bench helped Gonzaga (25-7) win eight of its last nine.

B: Bob Knight, who handed the Zags their first loss of the season at the Great Alaska Shootout, a few months before his abrupt retirement.

C: Connecticut, the No. 16 Huskies are the highest ranked team the Zags beat this year.

D: Downs, Micah, sharp-shooting forward with a buzzcut who shoots .388 from 3-point range.

E: Elongated Will Foster, little used 7-foot-4 giant whose entry into games is always met with a roar.

F: Fabulous freshmen seeing plenty of minutes this season, including Austin Daye, Steven Gray and Robert Sacre.

G: Grier, Bill, the longtime Gonzaga assistant who became head coach at San Diego this year and led his team to an upset of the Zags in the West Coast Conference title game.

H: Heytvelt, Josh, junior forward whose promising career has been sidetracked by a drug possession arrest, foot surgery, and sluggish play. Once considered an NBA prospect, now he's riding the bench.

I: Inspired play by Davidson (26-6) in winning its past 22 straight games, longest streak in the nation.

J: Jeremy Pargo, the WCC player of the year and a hard-nosed Chicago guard who is at his best against top opponents.

K: Kennel Club, Gonzaga's raucous student body, which provides the main spark in the perpetually sold out McCarthey Athletic Center, where the well-heeled crowd is mostly occupied with the main see-and-be-seen scene in Spokane.

L: Las Vegas, next year's site of the WCC tournament, which could lead to a sudden emptying of frozen Spokane in early March.

M: McKillop, Bob, Davidson coach who is 337-224 and making his fifth trip to the NCAAs with the Davidson, N.C., team.

N: Northridge and Northern Colorado, which both went south in consecutive games at the MAC in December.

O: Oklahoma, which beat the Zags 72-68 in Oklahoma City.

P: Pendergraft, David, dubbed the Ultimate Zag for his four years of scraped knee heroics that was finally rewarded with an All-WCC selection.

Q: Quiet, what Spokane will be at 9:25 a.m. (PDT) on Friday when the Zags and Davidson tip off in Raleigh.

R: Rice, Leon, longtime Gonzaga assistant who likely has seen his stock rise about 1,000 percent after what former colleague Bill Grier achieved at San Diego this season.

S: Sutton, Eddie, coach of San Francisco, who came into Gonzaga on Jan. 21 seeking his 800th career win, but left with his 313th career loss.

T: Ten, the years in a row Zags have made the NCAA tournament, and the number of NCAA participant teams the Zags played this season.

U: Utah, which fired Ray Giacoletti as head coach last year, and lost to the Zags on New Year's Eve in Spokane, with Giacoletti on the bench as a Gonzaga assistant.

V: Volunteers of Tennessee, the No. 5 team in the nation, who beat the Zags 82-72 this season. Zags also lost at No. 2 Memphis 81-73.

W: West Coast Conference, which is sending an unprecedented three teams to the NCAA tournament this season.

X: Xtremely large hairdo favored by guard Matt Bouldin, who leads the team with an average of 12.7 points per game.

Y: Yes, that's NBA all-star John Stockton and former NCAA scoring leader Frank Burgess, both Zags, at many home games, along with college coaching legend Jud Heathcote.

Z: ZZZZ's, what the Zags get when they crisscross the country on the charter jet their boosters started paying for this season.