And he points to three major factors. First, and most obvious, is that fewer players were doing then what everyone is doing now: training specifically for what's essentially a track meet. Second, Mamula came out as a fourth-year junior, and he didn't run for scouts the previous spring, so his measurables were new. "If they had the data," Boyle said, "they wouldn't have been surprised." Third, Mamula underachieved as a player at BC, where he had a reputation as a party guy.