The Gonzaga Bulldogs and Saint Mary's Gaels are both in the west region, although a matchup between the two is unlikely barring a big upset by the Gaels over Kansas, or perhaps a gift from Arkansas in an early win over the Jayhawks.

Today is a delayed mailbag episode and we discuss who the biggest key for a deep Zags run in March is, Malachi Smith's status for next year, the epicness of Las Vegas as a college basketball conference tournament destination, which team in the west could pull off a major upset, if Marquette deserved a two seed, and whether auto-bid winners should have to participate in the play-in games or not.

We close out the show discussing Saint Mary's with Zack Farmer of the unofficial WCC hoops podcast, including if a rematch is plausible, their draw against VCU, and having to travel across the country to Albany.

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