Saint Mary's Gaels

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And then there were just 32. How do these teams stack up against each other after surviving the first round?

— Saint Mary's guard Jordan Ross keyed a second-half rally while star Augustas Marciulionis dealt with foul trouble, and the seventh-seeded Gaels fended off 10th-seeded Vanderbilt 59-56 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.