GCU Today April Digital Issue 2018

1 6 • GCU MAGAZ I NE Grand Canyon University’s regular-season basketball finale at GCU Arena took on the usual look. Seniors were honored. Havocs were colorful. Lopes were victorious. But it sounded different. GCU students chanted, “On to Vegas!” The men’s and women’s teams were previewing their first doses of March Madness rather than reviewing a season. The Lopes were on the cusp of their first Western Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas. “We’re finally there,” men’s head coach Dan Majerle said. “Our guys are excited. You can just see it in their faces. It’s going to be tough.” Was it ever. What happened in Vegas Lopes made a lot of noise in 1st trip toWAC Basketball Tournament —here’s the inside story B Y P A U L C O R O