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00:03 A top 25 tilt though. In the game last night in Las Vegas, the WCC championship on the line.
00:10 And St. Mary's takes the season series against Gonzaga.
00:14 2-1, St. Mary's wins the WCC tournament title outright as a 3.5 point underdog 69-60 the final.
00:23 Yeah, Gonzaga, who again I pointed out at the top of the show here, Ben, doesn't really rely on the 3 point shot.
00:27 They can use it effectively. Only 2 of 11 there yesterday going up against St. Mary's.
00:32 That's not going to work in your favor when you only shoot 44% as a team from the floor.
00:36 Got to the free throw line only 14 times, made 10 of those for 71%.
00:40 But the better team yesterday certainly was St. Mary's.
00:42 The better team during the regular season, it was St. Mary's.
00:45 And I again, sometimes you have to admit when you're wrong.
00:47 I thought Gonzaga, after that win to end the season, you're catching a little bit of momentum.
00:51 The better overall basketball team that's going to play with a little bit more tempo and maybe for St. Mary's hand.
00:56 That was the actual opposite here.
00:58 The dictated levels here were St. Mary's.
01:00 It wasn't Gonzaga getting up and down the court.
01:02 You take a look at St. Mary's 47% as a team, Ben, from the floor, 40% from 3 point range, only 68% from the free throw line.
01:10 69-60 stays under the total as well, which I thought Gonzaga hopefully would dictate it to force St. Mary's out of their offense.
01:16 But you're not able to do that.
01:17 The lead at the half was St. Mary's 31-27.
01:20 They were in control of that basketball game and held on at the end.
01:23 That's a great win.
01:24 Also, I've got a question here.
01:26 If you win the regular season in the WCC and then you win and cut down the nets here, do you get two rings?
01:32 Can you wear one on each hand at that point or is it just one giant ring they give you because you've got to add in,
01:38 "Hey, look, we did this in the regular season and the postseason."
01:40 How does that work?
01:42 Why not give them two rings to go through the WCC unbeaten until your regular season finale against Gonzaga to lose that game,
01:51 which was a super match yesterday in Las Vegas for the Gales to respond as they did sensational.
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