The only two Bay Area schools in March Madness start their tournaments runs today. How far can each team go?
Looking for a local rooting interest in March Madness? The only two Bay Area schools in the Men's and Women's NCAA Basketball Tournaments each tip off their postseason runs on Friday.First up is the Bay Area's, and all of Northern California's, lone representative in the men’s bracket, St Mary’s, which begins the tournament facing Virginia Commonwealth at 11 a.m. in Albany, N.Y.
Despite regularly making it into the field of 68 teams, St. Mary’s has seldom had as mad of a March as they’ve hoped for. The Gaels have only advanced as far as the Sweet 16 twice in school history, in 1959 and 2010. Could this finally be the year the school makes another deep run?The school is a program-record five seed in the tournament and was ranked as high as 15th in the AP poll this year.
The Cardinal women's basketball team — one of the most dominant and successful programs, in any sport, men’s or women’s, in the country — is the only Bay Area team to qualify in the women’s bracket. They open up their tournament by hosting Sacred Heart at Maples Pavilion at 4:30 p.m. The good news is, according to FiveThirtyEight’s metrics, Stanford has the third-best odds of any school to win the championship this season. The bad news? It’s only a 7% chance.
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