Not even a game-high 22 points from Japan's Rui Hachimura could save No. 1-ranked Gonzaga's season as it was eliminated from the NCAA tournament at the elite-eight stage by Texas Tech on Saturday.The 75-69 loss means Hachimura, who was recently named a finalist for the Naismith Player of the Year Award and already anointed the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, has likely played his last game of college basketball.He is tipped to declare for the NBA draft and if, as is widely predicted, he is selected in the mid-first round, he will become the first Japanese player to be drafted to t…READ FULL ARTICLE
