If Hexter stays that would be great. But its very likely that he will be recruited away due to his success at UC Davis. His academic hires were great as well. I very much would like to see him stay on. What article says he will?

What effect this will have on recruiting is obviously unknown, but it may be significantly positive. Irvine sure used its long run to effectively out recruit everyone else in the Big West for years. I also think that Les might want to fly to Australia for a recruiting jaunt with Chima. Can't let st mary's have a monopoly on that talent down under. Does anyone know the story on how we landed Chima?

Is there any chance the aggies could play in sac? NCAA should try and make that happen if possible. Would bring great crowd. This is where AD Blue could in Handy. Work those phones!

Yes

Defense is the key here and les knows it. No slow starts at this point. Aggies have to put on their best defense of their lives tonight to win. I think they can and will. Go ags.

I have so much respect for coach Williams for what he did for UC Davis. I have fond memories of him coming to a meeting in Young Hall in the mid-90's with his wife and kids where the topic was: should UC Davis move to D1? All the coaches were there and staff. I forget who the moderator was, but the two most eloquent speakers were Williams and diane vorchaster in favor of such a move. Strangely Coach Sochor and the football staff were mostly silent that day. Both Williams and vorchaster were of the opinion that such a move would be good, not just for sports, but for the diversity of the university. Well, nothing happened after that meeting for years, but they were very prescient that day with their thoughts which turned out to be very true. I wish Williams the best of luck in the future. He is a great guy!

Whatever any of these other universities do, they do for the benefit of the student and the university based on their own policies Or, perhaps, if a land grant school, the general and the goal policies of land grant universities. Not because of some pressure from a local newspaper who wants to "revive the sacramento downtown" with UCD undergrads presumably shopping and going to Kings games. In the midst of the whole LK thing there was some mention that the bee felt that LK had reneged on the "World Food Center" that the bee felt she had "promised" to deliver for the rail yard project. The bee wanted sac to become a "world food center". Problem: UCD academic senate did not like this idea at all and it was basically killed. That was the final straw for the bee which felt betrayed and went on to to make sure LK did not survive. Now the bee is on to the same scheme with May: Deliver on some sac UC Downtown stuff or we will hit you with your board sitting same as LK> AND THAT WAS not a pretty thing to watch. Oh, and this just out: Sacramento wants to be named the "FOOD TO FORK CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY" AND WILL PUT SAME ON ITS GIANT WATER TOWER! Seems to be a thing sac really wants!! Watch out May. Who said keep your friends close and your enemies closer? LK never followed that rule and it cost her dearly.

My first response is that in the course of all the drama last summer fully all the academic senate signed a letter in the bee supporting LK. On the issue of the sac bee and UC Davis coverage, I live n ow in the Bay Area and read the SF Chronicle daily. The Chronicle reports all the news about UC Berkeley UCSF and Stanford's achievments on a daily basis in a very positive and friendly way. The Chron is very proud of its universities and says so. Strangely, the bee does not do so with UCD. Its reporting on UC Davis and city of davis is very negative." Yet, and this is important, the bee wants a UC campus in the downtown, why, not for the benefit of UC students, but for the "economy of their downtown" Not a real benefit for UC Davis.

Fugawe09 I disagree with almost everything in your post. When LK became chancellor she was academically the best chancellor UCD ever had. Great personal history, great academic achiever, Nat'l Academy of Engineering, woman's stem leader and on and on. And, by the way she is not in a "protected class"- where did you come up with that? She hired Hexter who in turn has hired some of the best faculty in UC Davis history. UC Davis ratings were never higher and are still highest in history. Pepper Spray: it was on her watch and so she owns it, but she had nothing to do with it. What she did afterward was right on. The police chief who DID OWN the incident was fired and wwe moved on. The whole PR/email scrubbing thing was probably not real smart, but all universities and big corporations do it. Look what berkeley did with its own Dirks. Almost $400,000 spent to clear the "great name" OF UC Berkeley lost on his watch. For what? Oh, just a $1,500,000 deficit and a horrendous sexual harassment situation over the past few years. What LK DID WAS NOT even close in the dollars spent by Berkeley. Her problem was this: the bee hated her and the bee had some very disgruntled employees at UCD that were providing info to the bee. In other words, she had enemies and that would become her downfall. Yes, the sacramento bee took LK down. Why? Funny accent? Uppity female? No, She was just not moving fast enough on what the bee really, really wants from UCD: a downtown presence in sacramento. Just look at the last editorials from the bee basically saying we will leave MAY alone on his board sitting IF WE GET UC DAVIS IN DOWNTOWN SAC! The bee wants a "satillite UC CAMPUS in the downtown"! 12 miles from Davis! Ridiculous! Never will happen. Chancellor May be very careful, you might be next to go!

This puts the sac bee in a very diffficult position. Having pushed out LK for tthe same reasons what do they do now? Admit that this is not a real problem (probably the case) or go after May/? The bee will do nothing because it knows it was wrong to go after LK and it wants a lot from May: see sac town UC DAVIs classrooms! What a joke.

Yes, I worry that LBS, Fullerton, CSUN and to some extent cal poly can use their easy transfer rules to just outpace all the UCs in this league. Monsan is just an extreme example of how these schools can manipulate the NCAA rules and get new players. Got to offer a superior education to meet this threat, but in D1 basketball will this even matter? Lack of SoCal location also an issue, but Gonzaga is an inspiration for all of us.

Yes, Hexter was doomed for his ties to katehi for no valid reasons as he was hired way after the damming pepper spray event occurred. Yet, some faculty and some strtudents would always try and shove this into his face when ever they could. He would be great to keep on as provost, but history has it that all new chancellors do hire their own. For whatever reason. Maybe Gary different? We will se, but don't keep your hopes up on that one. As to reputation? May has already helped us a lot just because of his stature and his own reputation. My bet is that he will spend a lot of time in Silicon Valley where they need all the diversity and STEM help he can give. They will loved him!!

I am sad that Hexter did not get the job. He is such a great man and talent and I hope he stays on. But, May looks like a real catch. Even a bit charismatic, but way too soon for that observation. SF Chron giving the story legs as Silicon V. folks would love to have a real STEM man in such a highly visible UC position. Look for Sac Bee to try and pounce on him early for: MUch more UCD presence in Sac downtown (yes, undergrads please)! UCD Classrooms in downtown Sac! New Schools like Pulbilc Health, downtown Sac! World Food Ctr. Downtown Sac! He needs to be well prepared for this nonsensical BS.

Why isn't ICA in control of the pavilion? Seems strange. Who else plays there?

Wish the best for the gould family. They were great friends and great at what they did. Just did not work out. Move on with pride.

Can't recall his name but Ham had a kid in his last year who was virtually unstoppable in the paint. He was physical to the max. I believe he quit the team when Ham was fired. Again, though DII is not DI.

Next regents meeting march 16. Obviously JN is in no rush, but 8 months without a chancellor? Wow! Still think Hexter is a lock for the position and may be why JN is in no rush. He is a steady hand on the wheel. He handled the speaker protest very well.

A strong best effort on defense could make the difference againstUCI

2 three stars? Have we ever had 2 three stars before? Maybe 1 Denham and he was a total bust; but never 2. Who are these guys?

Offensive boards are alittle hard to deal with. If you are inside your player with back to the basket as you should be and the opposition throws up a bad shot (as did the highlanders tonight a lot lof times) then you are not going to get that rebound because its going over your head. That said, need to get better. l loved to see how Kourtney managed the team and she's only a sophomore. Gianotti is a beast!!