While St. Mary's pointedly does not include the "students" birthdays on their roster page - probably because they carry five players that make a mockery of amateurism rules, meaning they carry 21 year old "freshmen" and "sophomores" like G Matthew Dellavedova (Australia) and F Eividas Petrulis (Lithuania) - folks around the Moraga, California campus have to be wondering what happened. Somehow, the Gaels are preparing for an NIT bid, while USC - whose 17-13 resume includes a 20-point loss to Rider - yes, those Rider Broncos - is going to be playing on Wednesday in an NCAA Tournament Play-In game. It makes me laugh while people like Jay Bilas are moaning about the plight of poor, poor Virginia Tech and Colorado being "snubbed" from NCAA tournament bids that - once again - the big conferences seemed to get the benefit of the doubt a lot more in terms of number of teams and - especially - seeding. (more)
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