Ugly half ends with us up 36-35. We screw up another last possession (I like Wilson but he’s not TY). No points from Wilson or Chappell, only a late 3 points from Cooper. I don’t like his this hand is progressing.

I feel a bit Schizophrenic texting to myself!

Bako’s approach is muck up the game as much as possible. Lots of grabbing, backcourt pressure…we really should beat these guys easy

Camera work, agsin, is terrible. I like this announcing pair from what I remember. Offense is really out of sync

Stokes and Daugherty started, I’m guessing for offense. Up 5-2 after 4:00. Sluggish on offense with that lineup

this is a 2:00 tip-off, correct?

this one is critical; can't allow Bako to have a tiebreaker over us, just in case the 2nd half of the road-heavy schedule takes us down toward the bottom of the conference. They don't have nearly the firepower of CSUN, and i can't imagine Alexander going off again.

that last sentence summed up my thoughts - we had a chance to really go up big, but let them back in with weak inside defense. And to continue my harp, the potential 5 point swing in the last 29 seconds of the half really hurt. We were on a 8-0 run with the ball and 20 seconds left. Did the clear out and were left with a very difficult driving shot by Wilson - miss, snd they hit a mid court shot at the buzzer. We don’t do a great job with getting a shot on s last possession - that sequence gave them life. Of course, when you get outscored by 20+ in the second half, it’s probably moot…but…symbolic of not being able to put them away

points in the paint : 52-26.

worse - to Bakersfield! That was our worst half since Oregon, on both ends

0-7 from the arc this half - that’s a killer. Free throws haven’t been great either

Seems like we hit a wall at the half

0-5 from 3 this half, down 69-58 12:00 to go

Lousy start to the half, outscored 11-2, down 55-50 at the 16:00 mark. That stupid sequence at the end of the half really changed things.

Nico on the bench with 3 fouls and 3 point shooting getting ice cold

the last possession was off a rebound so that wouldn’t be a turnover. But, yeah, if a guy dribbled into a tie-up, that should be a turnover on the change of possession.

We gave up too many easy buckets under the hoop, especially when they beat us down the floor. That has to stop.

48-44 at the half after we screw up the last possession and they hit desperation 3. Would feel much better at 50-41, but nothing is easy with this group.

We’re getting killed in the paint 20-10, but their FT shooting of 3-9 (several on front end on 1-and-1) have really hurt

7-10 from the arc. 36-34 at the 8:00 mark. Their FT shooting is helping us, our turnovers helping them.

It’s neck and neck which is worse - the announcers or the camera work

Hawaii vs UCI is a late (8:00) tip-off on ESPNU

the short answer is yes with regard to basketball. My conversations I’ve had UCSD is way ahead of the rest of the league with their basketball fundraising. For football, I think the donor population doesn’t crossover

I think that was a big part of the decision for St Mary’s to drop football. The return on investment in terms of public exposure is much better for basketball. Lots of eyes watching March Madness

Here is the link to the football development fund that is controlled by the program:

https://give.ucdavis.edu/ICAI/SPTDFBE

That's where i donate.