# 25’-25’ WCC Game #17: @ St. Mary’s

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**Category:** Game Preview/Recap\
**Created:** [February 23, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/25-25-wcc-game-17-st-mary-s/1102 "2026-02-23T22:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![getnashty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.wakeupswig.com/getnashty/32/1253_2.png) [@getnashty](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/getnashty)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/25-25-wcc-game-17-st-mary-s/1102/61 "2026-02-26T16:04:32Z")

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At the end of the day, we move from 40 to 41 in NET, from 28th the 32nd on Torvik…

The computers think losing in Moraga is fine - they’re on a 25 game home win streak.

For the fanbase and probably for third-party watchers, we did not do well on the eyeball test last night.

Oregon State is playing their best basketball - we need to get by them, win a WCC Tourney game and get to 25-7 and see if we can’t get another crack at the Gaels in Las Vegas.

I hope the team takes this personally and does what they did after LUC - beat the brakes off of Oregon State.

Throwing our resume on the table at 25-8, 1-4 against SMC/GU would be super on-the-cusp… but its way more than I expected on Day 1 this year.

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**Author:** ![Dualthreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dualthreat](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/Dualthreat)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/25-25-wcc-game-17-st-mary-s/1102/62 "2026-02-26T17:50:41Z")

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Then that’s my main scare. You are probably right a win over Saint Mary’s in the semifinals might be enough for the Gaels to get in, but a championship loss may not be enough for us. I guess I am priming myself to not be heartbroken on Selection Sunday…will be a nailbiter and I think very difficult for the WCC to get 3 bids. So many big conference teams looming on the bubble…Ohio State, USC, Cal, Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, West Virginia. While Santa Clara might deserve there always seems to be a great mid major team left out.

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**Author:** ![Broncomusings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@Broncomusings](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/u/Broncomusings)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.wakeupswig.com/t/25-25-wcc-game-17-st-mary-s/1102/63 "2026-02-27T16:49:20Z")

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The NCAA likes to make its TV sponsors happy so we might get squeezed out in favor of bigger market programs - USC, Ohio State, Cal. Or they go with the Mid-major “Cinderella” 30 year draught Santa Clara Broncos story… Hoping for the second option.

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