The Santa Barbara broadcast team of Max Kelton and Louis Reynaud is one of the better ones in the conference, I think. They're knowledgable about the game, well prepared and objective while still making it clear who they're rooting for.

Aggies ran into a Little bad luck with the return of #1 as the UCSB point guard. In my preview comments I noted that there was no timetable for his return, but... Of course, the Gauchos opened with a hot hand that reminded me too much of Jaden Alexander of Cal State Bakersfield. I was thinking "Oh no, not again." Good thing the Aggie turned up the defense and the Gauchos cooled off. You have to love the tenacity of the Aggie players.

Bad start. Gauchos shooting 87% in first 4 minutes.

I notice that the tab for members has been taken down. Is there a problem?

Seems like he's been doing that in a lot of games this year. Maybe he should go to platoons like Bob Hamilton once did.

So Jadan Alexander who has been averaging about 6 points a game and does not usually start, gets into the zone and goes off for 35. An unpredictable event, but the coach must have sensed something. Ags didn't help themselves in the second half as they had twice as many turnovers as the Runners and I already noted the free throw shooting discrepancy. All the other stats were about equal. Quiet dayu for the fans. Guess everyone is gearing up for the 49ers.

Ags down by 6 with less than 2 minutes to go. I sure didn't expect this. #25 and #10 are killing us.

The refs are calling it way too close on both ends. This favors Bakersfield so far, in the sense that they are shooting foul shots better than usual while the Aggies are shooting it worse than usual.

This is why I thought the 10.5 spread was too big. The Roadrunners are better than their record or preseason expectations. On the other hand, madcity is right. CSUB lacks depth, so the number of fouls hurts them more than the Aggies whose fouls afre more distributed due to their depth.

I've noticed that Rocak wins a lot of the opening tips, not because he jumps high, but he gets up very quickly. I think that is also a factor in the way he can block shots. Plus he has uncanny timing.

Very little: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Scott_(basketball,_born_1986)

UC Davis rates a 10.5 spread over CSUB. I'm a little skeptical of that spread. If I were a betting person, I would take the Roadrunners to lose by a single digit number. Meanwhile, watch out for Hawai`i. They beat Riverside 88-45 at UCR.

I was surprised by the margin of our victory, because I expected a much closer game. In fact, it easily could have been a double digit win, but the Ags let up on defense near the end. Hitting 50% from the 3-point line was a huge factor. CSUN missing 10 foul shots was another. I don't think either of those can be something to depend on.

38-35 Aggies at the half. The only concern is with the rebounding margin so far, but that's not a surprise given the Matadors strength in that area. If the Aggies can keep making 3s at a high rate, this game should be a W.

The arena is pretty empty.

I started watching in time to see Sevilla bury a couple of 3s to lead the Ags in pulling away. Looks good so far.

In other words, the Ags have a high level of unforced errors?

ESPN is giving us a 61.1% chance of winning. I won't be able to focus much on this one as my daughter and her family are with us from Wisconsin through Jan. 1.

100-44 Aggies have a slight lead.

Garbage time started with about 8 minutes to go. Lots of heat checks by the Ags and sloppy play in general. Pioneers at one point were hitting only 11% of their shots. Don't have much reason to keep watching except to see all if the Ags score and except for Franklin, they've already done that.

It's apparent that Coach Les is using this game to give the backups some court time. I see Rawlins and Franklin out there. 27-6 Ags.