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The only West Coast team to make the nit was St. Mary's (I assume this is the St. Mary's in Moraga).

Merc story on the decline of Bay Area men's college basketball:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/13/k...asketball/

I'm Bay Area born, raised and educated and followed the AAWU, Pac8, Pac12...and I've never seen it this barren. Things move in cycles, of course, and the pendulum may swing back. Still, the macro and micro trends don't bode well for the future of revenue sports and the teams they support...which has particularly gloomy prospects for Stanford but that's a whole other topic. Generally speaking, the sporting interest of people who now populate the Bay Area begin and end with the Niners, Giants and Warriors for the most part. The only time they think about schools is when they're trying to get their kids into college.

[gailtate]

The only West Coast team to make the nit was St. Mary's (I assume this is the St. Mary's in Moraga).

Merc story on the decline of Bay Area men's college basketball:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/03/13/k...asketball/

I'm Bay Area born, raised and educated and followed the AAWU, Pac8, Pac12...and I've never seen it this barren. Things move in cycles, of course, and the pendulum may swing back. Still, the macro and micro trends don't bode well for the future of revenue sports and the teams they support...which has particularly gloomy prospects for Stanford but that's a whole other topic. Generally speaking, the sporting interest of people who now populate the Bay Area begin and end with the Niners, Giants and Warriors for the most part. The only time they think about schools is when they're trying to get their kids into college.