Now THAT'S what I'm talkin ABOUT!

Now this was the Gaels team that was supposed to be tourney bound.

SMC held off Stephan Curry and Davidson for an 80-68 victory.

On the way home, I remarked that it seemed like one of Wayne Hunter's best games at Saint Mary's. Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought so:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/24/SPU416LTIM.DTL

The game story is here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/23/SP4E16LHR4.DTL

It was exciting seeing ole SMC like that - the house was packed and rocking, with most seats filled an hour before tip off. Driving around looking for parking, it was a refreshing site to see people BBQing and tailgating for a Saint Mary's event.

If they ever do get around to building a new gym, they better put a huge parking structure right next to it.

Its a shame - these were the Gaels that were supposed to be playing in the big tournament. A big helping of Patty Mills, and him making all the other players just a little bit better. If they were playing as well as they are playing in the NIT, they would have been dancing.

Oh Well - I'd be pretty happy with an NIT banner - and hopefully a trophy.

P.S. Someone in my office just pointed out – if the Gaels got Arizona’s seed, we would have played Utah and Cleveland State - just the type of seeding that could have had us in the Sweet 16 – damn.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/threedotblog/detail?entry_id=37384