I don't understand why, WHY, teams with 1-possession leads always give the other team a chance to take the final shot. If you're up two with 40 seconds left, go for a two-for one or -- on the opponent's final possession -- try to nab the ball and get a strip or foul with <30 seconds left.

Maybe there's advanced analytics I'm not privy to, but it honestly seems like a 50-50 game at best if you have the lead by 1 or 2 but the other team has the last shot. It's so annoying how many times I've seen "comebacks" end out of that situation.

First few rounds are hosted by one of the Socal schools, but we haven't played in those in a long time thanks to the Women's tournament bye structure.

I interpreted it as whenever he would normally say "Long Beach ball" or " 49er ball" during an inbound he said "Beach" instead

Did Squire foul out? Not that we were doing much better when he was in.

it's confusing and recent but according to wiki a person affiliated with the school is a 49er, but the team name is the Beach. Except for baseball, which are the Dirtbags. The new mascot is a shark.

Utter collapse as soon as the predatory fish hit is with the press

I think now the team name is the Beach but the mascot is a shark. Not unlike our Aggie/mustang setup

don't need offensive rebounds if you hit your shots

I knew they had a new mascot but I didn't realize they moved on from the 49er name entirely. Feels weird

Who needs the paint?

Almost ten minutes into the game and our only 2 pt FG was a jumper from a mile away. No points anywhere close to the paint.

Oh and we're up ten. What a weird half.

The magical ride continues

Telling people from the women's game to relocate to a section that doesn't exist is a bold strategy; let's see if it pays off

Maybe staff decided it was better to have her here for a tournament run?

The odds of going to postseason again massively increase by the game.

If we want a game, I'm sure we can get one. We could make an outright profit by paying much less for an FCS team to come play a one-off, and even more if it was a random DII team. Seems like it's really just a question of how much of the $725k the department wants to keep.

15 second left, Ags have the ball, down by 3. Yikes.

It's befuddling because their production quality is excellent when the video feed actually comes in.

Works fine for me now.

GREAT fourth quarter comeback brewing for the Ags. Tied at 59 right now after UCD was down 10 late in the 3rd. UCI has no answer for Stobbart.

As someone who came in after the D2 era, it's so delightfully bizarre to have a spectator-sport program just give off the vibe of being 100% on track. Yeah they're not dominant nationally yet but Coach Gross has the Ags playing good OOC schedules in addition to crushing the BWC every year. And things look really good for the next few years given the recruiting/transfer pipeline that's emerging and the quality of our freshmen and redshirts.

Also, I remember reading some years ago that Davis was leading the conference in WBB attendance; does anyone know if this is still true?

EDIT: I know we've definitely beaten everything I said in this comment to the ground over the last several years. Just feels good to revel in it.

6 points down now. Thought it would go to 4 but MN took an extra step. 3:47 left; plenty of time if you get stops.