Let's dump the coach? Really?

Unless something has loosened up in Mrak you're going to have trouble pulling in athletes that can get into UCD. Money? Football is going to suck that up.

Face it: We're not in Irvine or Santa Barbara or anywhere else in the Southland or the Bay Area. Sacramento isn't interested in UCD - they have Sac State. We have farmers and some alum. The new college game is about the $$$ and we don't have that. We'll get some TV money from Mountain West. But you KNOW that will go to football.

TY stayed here because he wanted to. UCD had something to offer him. I hope it was the school and the coaching staff. It sure wasn't NIL money.

Not exactly a jam packed house. Less than 1,000?

And they don't stop yacking!

Not a fan of this announcing team - seem to be pushing the Cal Poly story

Opening tip coming up shortly

The Riverside / Long Beach game was a real snoozer with 31 points total scored in the first half. The Highlanders came alive from outside in the 2nd half. Two not great games.

That was a stunning 4th quarter. 29 points?? Egad! That was just amazing to watch. Sabel just found some new level. There was excellent ball movement. I wish they'd start stronger. My heart can't take much more of this! <grin>

During the ESPN+ women's broadcast the UCSD announcers noted that "our guy" is doing the ESPN2 broadcast for the game.

I think they can't drop lower than 7th? Maybe?

I think ESPN+ only keeps the games up for maybe a day or so?

It was a GREAT crowd. You could feel the energy build as the ebb and flow of the game slowly brought the Ags first into contention and then into a narrow lead. Terrific moment for the families of the graduating seniors.

I very much liked the tribute videos they did with Greg Wong's voice over. Good work by the AV guys.

There was an announcer for the Kings who'd say "If you don't like this game you don't like basketball!" Well, that applies here.

Terrific outing by the Ags. Probably the best defensive effort I've seen in some time by our women.

But I came away liking the Hawai'i team even though it was a very physical game.

A good win with lots of time for players who don't get much. I watched part of the game after we came home from the men's game. It won't go into the pantheon of great performances. But the starters got minutes along with the subs. That could really mean something at the tournament.

Next up: Hawai'i and senior day. It'll be tough to say goodbye.

I can't figure that one out BlueGoldAg. It was definitely a foul. Cooper was hammered and he definitely went down on his wrist. His reaction was immediate. I haven't watched the TV video so I don't know what they said about it.

The long periods without a basket really hurt us. I still feel it's fatigue. The Ags play hard. They don't have a lot of depth.

Whatever it was a tough loss but a good game to watch. Adams is a fine player. He has this calm demeanor out on court. And the Ags didn't have many turnovers - again. If we don't have the depth we can't rest players when they need it. That's up to the coaching staff to recruit.

Irvine pummeled CSUN on Thursday. I think the Anteaters had 61 at the half. This should be an opportunity for lots of playing time for non-starters.

I was happy to see Harris back on court at Bakersfield.

I'm deeply disappointed in the new scoreboard though. I found it impossible to read. The really important information a baseball scoreboard should present would be the score, balls-strikes-outs, and who's at bat. All of this information is provided - but it's small. Is a photo of the player more important? I'd argue NOPE. In addition you have to view the scoreboard through the netting which further makes the small text difficult to read. I hope this format is re-evaluated because as it stands the new scoreboard is LESS USEFUL than the old one. And that's a bad thing.

I'm not a fan of the announcers who are definitely homers - but not as bad as the sports bros at Bakersfield. Whew, those guys are the worst.

They're cocky but they walk the walk.

That was a very ugly loss. You don't win a lot of games making 26 turnovers that lead to 25 points. That just doesn't work.

I believe the officiating was atrocious - but it was the same both ways. We're lucky no one was hurt.

I've never seen these guys before and hope I never will again.

But the Ags have to stop making obvious passes. Teams have figured out the passing lanes. In a game where grabbing and lots of contact is almost encouraged this is especially true.

On a different note it was great to see Tara VanDerveer at the game. Her sister, Heidi, is the UCSD head coach.