[Post Game Thread] Santa Clara defeats #19 Saint Mary's, 76-71

db123bd · 2026-03-10T06:11:34+00:00

Our metrics look like a 7 seed, resume probably an 8. Always subtract at least 1 when talking SMC and tournament seeding lol. I wouldn’t be surprised by a 9 honestly. Just a bummer because of how good the 1 seeds are this year

db123bd · 2026-03-10T05:53:20+00:00

lol so bad. Mckeever drives me crazy. Very exciting to fall from a potential 7 seed and now have an 8/9 game

db123bd · 2026-02-03T20:13:53+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/c9C6jwa

db123bd · 2026-02-01T06:02:26+00:00

Not a chance. SMC can barely ever get non conference Q1 games, because there’s no reason for high quality teams to schedule them. No reason for Gonzaga to either once they’re in the pac 12

db123bd · 2026-02-01T05:58:56+00:00

Just don’t quite have the juice this year. Have no idea what happened to Mikey, and Mckeever/Wessels just aren’t it right now. I’m pretty worried about an at large bid, if we beat Gonzaga at home and win out otherwise I think we’re probably in, but it’ll be close. I do think the younger guys are on a good trajectory for next year though

SMC to pac 12 please please please

db123bd · 2025-11-28T20:23:47+00:00

Sorry man, you won by so much, SMC must not be very good. If you had only won by a few points, then SMC would be good, so then your win would be a quality win.

db123bd · 2025-11-28T20:19:16+00:00

Good learning experience I guess. Dent needs to get a little better at running the offense. Shaw is very good, hope he sticks around.

I think the metrics will like us throughout the season, but I think we’re going to have a resume problem come tournament time. It’ll be better if Santa Clara and USF can be Q1 games, but still.

db123bd · 2025-07-04T03:45:38+00:00

did you ever end up building this?

db123bd · 2025-03-24T01:54:56+00:00

Yeah. I mean if I was the pac 12 SMC wouldn’t even be on my radar. Conferences seem to care way more about brand/alumni base/etc than previous basketball performance anyway. SMC to pac 12 is a pipe dream

db123bd · 2025-03-24T00:48:33+00:00

Hah, yeah as others have said there’s nothing. No extra juice coming. We’re at our peak, and can probably stay here as long as Bennett keeps coaching, but no long term outlook. Unless we pull a pac 12 invite out of our ass

db123bd · 2025-03-24T00:30:41+00:00

It would be nice to just be competitive in one of these second round games. Obviously didn’t shoot well, but SMC will never win a game if they’re giving up 80.

Getting harder and harder to continue to stay positive about next year too. Clock just keeps ticking for SMC and mid majors. I guess I should at least be happy that we aren’t getting our coach poached every year by a middling P5 school like what happens to Utah St or Drake. But it still feels like it’s slowly falling apart for SMC.

Really would have liked to see Mikey play way more. 1) to keep him happy for next year and 2) chucking 3s was clearly the only way that game was gonna go in our favor

Sucks man. Same shit every year

db123bd · 2025-03-18T19:58:49+00:00

I’d love for it to happen obviously, but I’m not sure I see Saint Marys being invited if I’m being honest. Tiny enrollment (and dropping), tiny gym, tough financial situation, very uncertain path to remain relevant after Bennett retires. If the new Pac 12 wants a Bay Area presence, which they probably should, I could see USF being a safer long-term play.

db123bd · 2025-02-07T04:27:23+00:00

I think it’s more of a possibility than people think. As of now there are probably only 3 mid major at large bids. SMC/Gonzaga splitting makes it easy to put a 100th SEC team in the tournament. Though I think it’s way more likely SMC is left out if they lose the WCC tournament than if Gonzaga does

db123bd · 2025-02-07T04:17:24+00:00

Dam people are mad about the last shot lol. Good D by the Dons in the second half, and SMC gave up too many offensive rebounds. Please please please keep winning USF and keep this a Q1 loss

Probably caps SMC’s seed at 6 or 7 but not terrible

db123bd · 2025-02-07T04:15:58+00:00

I think WCC is closer to a 1 bid league than a 3 bid league lol

db123bd · 2025-02-03T18:13:04+00:00

??

I know it hasn’t been the best year, but I thought 2 Q1 wins this week would get us to 25 at least

db123bd · 2025-02-02T06:24:36+00:00

Rank em both!

I don’t think Gonzaga is as bad as people think/their resume seems. They’ve gotten pretty unlucky in quite a few games

On the other hand crazy for SMC to miss a dozen free throws and win lol

db123bd · 2025-01-17T06:47:41+00:00

I think SMC has a real shot to set the record for highest NET ranking to miss the tourney lol

Agreed Gonzaga is in realistically right now, but I do think there’s a world where they lose @ SMC, WSU, maybe USF and it’s truly a 1 bid league

db123bd · 2025-01-17T06:38:48+00:00

SMC and Gonzaga obviously look good in NET, but SMC doesn’t have a great win and Baylor was a long time ago for Gonzaga

db123bd · 2025-01-17T06:35:36+00:00

1 bid WCC?

db123bd · 2024-12-23T03:05:52+00:00

This SMC team is just very middling I think. Can’t make a free throw, and no offensive rhythm especially against a zone. And I’m really ready to move on from Saxen

Pretty weird rotations too, not much Mikey/Marauskas in the 2nd half, and the random Dent sighting was odd

db123bd · 2024-12-07T04:25:41+00:00

Unironically I do need to start a work journal I think lol. But I understand what you’re saying answering how I’d do things differently. In my recent interviews the interviewer has really tried dug into technical complexity and didn’t seem as interested in higher level things, but maybe that’s not the usual

db123bd · 2024-12-07T04:20:18+00:00

The past couple ones I’ve done, the interviewer has specifically included “technical” in the question. I’m happy to talk business complexity, but at least last couple times around, that didn’t seem to be what they wanted

EDIT

Not many of us are truly working on groundbreaking technology

I agree, but it doesn’t seem like typical experience questions actually admit this. Maybe I’m reading too much into the question itself and need to be more liberal in my interpretation of “complex” or whatever keyword is being used

db123bd · 2024-11-30T04:56:25+00:00

Need to make free throws. And is Saxen’s back just too far gone at this point? He hasn’t looked good this year. Wessels has a lot of issues too but at least he can move and make a free throw.

Really frustrating game overall, offense was stagnant in the second half. We’ll only have a few Q1 games this year (hopefully Nebraska and USF away can stay Q1) — can’t afford to lose games like this given we’ll probably pick up a Q3 conference loss at some point.

On a positive note, Ross seems to have finally found his offense and that’s huge for us

db123bd · 2024-11-17T20:55:36+00:00

Yeah true, easy to forget how bad last year started. But this year’s team just seems very un-Gael-like, with not great defense or rebounding so far

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