CLEVELAND — The tiny Bay Area school that doesn't even have a football team has already taken down one team from the conference renowned for its gridiron success. Next up for St. Mary's is another, much better, team from that same conference.
Don't expect the Gaels to be overly intimidated, however.
"Alabama is — we all know Alabama," St. Mary's coach Randy Bennett said after his team's 59-56 NCAA Tournament first-round win over Vanderbilt Friday inside Rocket Arena. "They were in the Final Four last year. … The SEC is good.