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The Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represents Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California, competing in the West Coast Conference of the NCAA.The team plays home games in the University Credit Union Pavilion, capacity 3,500; it is one of the smaller gyms in the WCC.
The 2024–25 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represents Saint Mary's College of California during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The team is led by head coach Randy Bennett in his 24th season at Saint Mary's.
In 2012, Saint Mary's claimed both the regular season WCC title and the tournament title and received a seven seed in the NCAA tournament but lost to #10 seed Purdue in the first round. The Gaels finished second in the WCC in the 2012–13 season and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, defeating Middle Tennessee in a "First Four ...
No. 5 seed St. Mary's routed Indiana in its NCAA tournament opener and will bring an impressive resume into Saturday's game against No. 4 seed UCLA.
Saint Mary's has also made marks for the conference as the Gaels appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2021 (making the "Sweet Sixteen" in 2010). Eventually, with the 2010 realignment opening up new avenues for expansion, the WCC decided to revisit expansion plans.
Randall William Bennett (born June 9, 1962) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California.He has led the team to several second-place finishes and nine NCAA tournament appearances, culminating in regular season conference championships in 2011, 2012, 2016, 2023 and 2024 as well as WCC tournament championships in 2010 ...
University Credit Union Pavilion (formerly McKeon Pavilion) is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California. Home men's and women's basketball and volleyball games are held in the gymnasium, the team nickname being the Gaels. Many athletic camps for youths also use the gym, primarily in the summer ...
The St. Mary's College Men's basketball team has been a notable team since the 2007–08 season, winning the Capitol Athletic Conference title 5 times, and making 5 NCAA Division III tournament appearances, including reaching the Sweet 16 in 2008 and 2010, and the Elite 8 in 2011 and 2013.