No, Gonzaga just toys with teams and Iowa is not aggressive enough to beat them. Who knows with Baylor, haven’t seen them on tv yet this season. After that, pretty wide open.
Hard to make that kind of general statement when we don't know how they would have stepped up if pressed. But...do you really think the defense was that good? They benefited from NW's inability to hit an open shot for long stretches. The top teams in the conference/country won't be so accommodating. Real good game and team effort but they've got a ways to go before you can make those kind of statements with any degree of credibility.