https://bigwest.org/documents/2021/2/12//2020_21_BWC_Manual_Section_7_Womens_Basketball_1_15_21.pdf?id=4566

It's on page 28. Inspection reveals the procedures are the same for Men and Women.

I get that this setup seems very fair in abstract, but it was written (especially on the women's side) in the context of being perfectly aware that their top-ranked team was in the middle of a required hold (these rules were dated January). So this rule section is basically just a roundabout way of formalizing how much they'd penalize Davis, the most likely team to not meet the threshold, in the event the Ags returned and started going on a rampage -- which is what happened on the Women's side and starting to look like is happening on the Men's side.

Irvine thread seems to think they're mathematically alive for the 1-seed but the title is most likely going to Davis.

There's a noticeable lack of information about chasing the five peat in the UCD website writeups and recaps I've seen. Also the KDVS commentator vaguely said "the Ags still don't know what seed they're going to get" during a discussion of the adjusted W/L system, again without mentioning title hopes. It's all a bit uncertain and weird and sounds very much in the air whether the Aggies will be called the champions this year regardless of wins.

Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful to have a season at all and that this great group of players got to play together safely for a dozen more games. But I think there should be a little bit of justified outrage if this team finishes with the best win percentage in conference (and especially if they finish undefeated) but get the streak taken away from them due to a conference formula that specifically penalizes them for following local health restrictions.

62-53 final. Cal Poly is good.

Actually getting dicey and now Hall and Trpcic are back in

57-45 with 1:10 left. Hall and Trpcic have already taken a bow.

Announcer says it's unknown if the seniors will return now but the academic logistics may play a role

Cal Poly is doing everything right to win this game except they keep leaving Turner wide open

I shouted when Gibb got her bucket off a great pass. Sorry neighbors

Great stuff.

I wonder if with the ceremony today we just got indirect confirmation that the seniors won't be back next year. We'll miss them, but it's understandable

Huge upset, did not expect NDSU to get crushed like that. Or lose at all. Or win by less than a possession...

I wonder if the local channels for say the Montanas are an impediment to ESPN deals. I imagine the ongoing TV deals might actually be worth something beyond the exposure they don't need out there

Not a margin of victory you really expect with 22 missed threes

I love letting the bench close out the game when (for a minute at least) the Mustangs were still going all-out. Bench got quality minutes vs LBSU too

Generally one would expect that one of the top 3 pt-shooting teams would be in trouble if they shoot this abysmally from the arc, but the Ags are making it work and didn't even seem that flustered.

Feels like Trpcic can get to the line or score at will once she gets withing 15 feet of the rim or so

Cal Poly feels scarier than LBSU. Which given their head to head record that doesn't seem like coincidence -- Poly might just be the better team

Turner makes a three in first 20 seconds, though Cal Poly ties it back up.

Apparently there's a new video board? Have yet to see it on stream though

Overhead on stream pregame: "It works. IT WORRRKKSSS!!!"

Sounds like the sound crew is having a bit of a Young Frankenstein moment with getting the stream set up

34-25 at the half, not bad in the end. I think announcers said Ags had a 16-0 run at one point that kinda blew the game open

So now it's... just USC and Notre Dame who have avoided FCS games? With a very close call for USC ;)

I still don't know how to really categorize the 2019 season.

On one hand, the team almost never looked like they were playing up to potential. On the other, they totally looked like they belonged on the field with NDSU.

All the losses were to Pac-12 or FCS playoff teams if I remember right. And they were a stupid false start away from beating UND and having an even record against one of the FCS' toughest schedules. Still, have to think the 2018 Aggies would have won most of those games.

I was under the impression that the seeds were a little malleable due to regionality, but even in normal years there were still seeds. For example, the Ags were officially on the 15 line that year but probably bumped a few places below where they should have been so they could face 2 seed Stanford. However, that same first-round site also had 10th-seeded Auburn playing a game in Palo Alto, so I think it's clear that at some point seeds overcome regionality.

Have to think that this year region will be irrelevant, or at least not positive, when choosing first round matchups.

Really good for the 4-peat, bad for NCAAT seeding unfortunately. I'm holding that if Long Beach won out (now academic) we could potentially have grabbed a bid and decent seed even with a loss to LBSU in the final. Now it's business as usual and the Ags' season comes down to outplaying everyone in a single week in March

Edit: 5-peat, my mistake. I'm losing count.