MORAGA, Calif. (AP) -Omar Samhan walked into freshman orientation at Saint Mary’s in 2005 as an overweight teenager who was unwanted by almost every other school and boldly proclaimed that he would play in the NBA one day.
Samhan says everyone else in the room laughed.
Samhan got a similar reaction earlier this month when he predicted his Gaels would win the national championship.
After leading the tournament in scoring and one-liners the first weekend to help Saint Mary’s make it to the regional semifinal for the first time in more than 50 years, it might be time to stop doubting Samhan.
Samhan has scored 61 points and shot 75 percent in victories over Richmond and Villanova that sent the 10th-seeded Gaels to a regional semifinal matchup with Baylor on Friday night in Houston.
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