I hope this is a suspension and they’ll get back to it at some point soon. I wonder if they practice?

Feel bad that the players don’t get a final shot, but not surprised based on the recent NBA actions.

this is the guy i heard about at the football banquet. not sure what the transfer rules are, but he is a mid-season transfer (played in 13 games) so he might be eligible in the second half of next year.

i can't remember our RPI that season, but i'm pretty sure we were below 100. the NET seems to be the one that the committee follows these days. according to Jon Wilner in his Pac12 Hotline in the SJ Mercury, he thinks the Pac will get 5-6 teams depending on how tournaments go. Their NET is 77 (RPI is 61), and last season the lowest at-large was 73. So, Irvine is far below that.

They will probably practice there again today. Didn’t realize NBA teams used the ARC. This is a little unusual that they have a 3-day gap between games, so getting in a little extra work.

i doubt it. their NET ranking is 111. UCLA is 76 and they are considered an unlikely bubble team (assuming they don't win the Pac12 tourney)

we need upsets on the other side of the (original) bracket to avoid Irvine on Friday.

what was frustrating to me (from the boxscore since i wasn't able to watch) was that we 'let' UCR shoot lights out again in the first half and build a big lead -> just like we did at home. Gallant effort down the stretch to make it a game, but they shot 58% from 3 in the first half (compared to our 30%) to get to that 7-point lead.

need to get Manjon a few buckets early. seems like he gets a little frantic at the end in games he has struggled shooting. Gonzalez has been icy from the 3 line, and we need to get him going. Hawaii, followed by Irvine, followed by.....that's a tough stretch for a bid!

If CSUN wins (10 wins and second seed)and SB loses, we lose tiebreaker to SB cuz they beat Irvine. We’d be 4. We need a four way tie apparently and we somehow get the second tiebreaker. That’s based on the guy in big west boards who tracks this stuff.

Had we won Thursday and finished in 3way with CSUN and SB, we’d win that tiebreaker. We were 3-1 vs them

I forgot we lost at home to Riverside . They were lights out in first half and built a big lead. Late surge by us got us close. Need to defend much better than last matchup with them

Still options for us to finish 3-5. Win and we are 3-4. 3 would require a CSUN win over Hawai’i and UCSB loss at Poly. Could happen. Else we’re at 4/5 with opponent TBD by other two games. 3 seed and we would see Irvine until final.

4 point underdogs tonight which surprised me

I think putting the outcome on 2 extra FTs midway through the first half is a bit of a stretch. Maybe we got some calls out of his complaints that netted us a few points. Seemed like a non-issue

Today’s the last session. Talked to Hawk at the basketball game last night and he was really excited about the progress they made. Health of team is good. Very excited about what the defense is doing.

As an aside, he’s talking a trip next week for spring break. Destination? India to volunteer at one of Mother Teresa’s orphanage. I’m guessing not many football coach would make this type of selfless journeys!

I was sitting on the court last night and you could feel the change with the second and third 3 that guy made. I think those were the only 4 we made all game. We got tight on offense, tried to force things late in the shot clock and missed a couple decent looks. I like Koehler’s effort but he really struggles under the hoop. That was painful after we looked so good for the first 15 minutes of the second half.

As for the T? Boy, I didn’t see or hear anything that led me to sense a T coming on. Les gets pretty demonstrative at times but that wasn’t one of them

I’ll be there. Grabbing my free pizza guy pizza from Saturday, then heading over. I’m 5-1 this year (Fullerton loss), hoping to see another win!

if i can find a bookie that takes action on mid-major women's basketball, i think i have a good investment plan moving forward!

tough day in the cup; softball and women's golf both lost.

nice pics, as usual. i love the last one of Koehler's intention miss. that thing has ZERO arc on it. looks like a free throw of mine from my old high school days!

I didn’t like our break alignment with Koehler at the ‘point’ at their free throw line. They let him catch it and he’d pass back to a guard and tended to stand in place. They’d either trap at the baseline or force a double team at the Koehler logjam. If he could handle the bell, he could have spun and brought the ball up the middle and opened up lanes. We were a little limited then since Squire fouled out. You’d think a small lineup gives us a quickness advantage to break the press, but length and quickness eliminated space in a hurry

I was sitting in the north end with AgAlum and we were dumbfounded. I went to the bathroom and missed about 30 seconds of play.......3 turnovers and 6 points off the lead!