• Goodbye Freeborn Hall
    Can't recall seeing it; probably no
  • WBB: How far can the Aggie women go?
    The tape must be harrowing. Double team Morgan inside? Well now the best PG in the conference is going to start firing away from three. Somehow shut Kourtney down? Good luck with that, because there's a genetically identical copy of her on the floor too.
  • Goodbye Freeborn Hall
    Remodel doesn't feel like a terribly big change tbh, based on the few times I've gone through it. The obvious change is just a new lounge area on the bus terminal-facing side, with a new entrance to the bookstore. All positive changes, but nothing that felt earth-shattering.

    I went into the new games area over a year ago but don't remember much of it.
  • Aggie Women BW All League Awards
    Not in a high-profile spectator sport, to be sure. I think Water Polo, Golf etc would argue that they've had similar levels of success.

    But WBB is at least on the soccer/baseball tier of exposure -- if not closer to the MBB/football tier -- and this probably is a first.
  • Foreign Tennis Player Issues
    I suppose there's an argument that a court could rule that the intent of Title IX (in regards to athletics) was to protect women in America by effectively reserving sports on US collegiate sports teams for them; therefore, international players taking those slots is a violation of legislative intent.

    I doubt anybody's ever going to put limits based on citizenship status or birthplace -- because those are politically charged and have the potential to limit folks who've been in the US a long time -- but I could see some sort of NCAA rules about limiting nonresident students (like how public schools already calculate tuition) or requiring some percentage of teams to attend US high schools.

    But since I'm not in touch with what the national data is like, I have no idea if this is a good idea or not.
  • WBB 3/9 2:30 pm DH Senior Game: Santa Barbara (8-20 & 5-10) @ UCD (22-6 & 14-1)
    Not too worried about the fourth. Trying to avoid injuries while burning down the clock and playing with the lineups isn't really conducive to keeping up the scoring.

    Surprised to see that Morgan's stat line was that bad though. She didn't look "off" today, maybe that was because she kept getting to the line
  • MBB 3/7 7 PM: Hawai'i (16-12 & 7-7) @ UCD (11-17 & 7-7)
    Does it seem like every single team we play just shoots way better at the line than the Ags?
  • MBB 3/7 7 PM: Hawai'i (16-12 & 7-7) @ UCD (11-17 & 7-7)
    Some bad turnovers by the Aggies and lights-out shooting by Hawaii
  • The Fate of the Grad
    I want to believe that everything will work out but I'm skeptical that the new UMall will better serve the customers that currently frequent it.

    The Grad is the highlight but the donut shop also has a fair amount of history, and Ohana Hawaiian BBQ and Old Teahouse both have a dedicated customer base. I can't see any of the "bang-for-the-buck" food places surviving with the same business model in what appears to be a luxury development.
  • MBB 2/21 7 pm: Aggies (10-15 & 6-5) @ CSUN (10-17 & 4-7)
    I think it's fair to make some excuses because of how extenuating the circumstances are. We arguably lost the best player in the conference at a critical stretch of games two seasons in a row. It's astounding bad luck.
  • WBB 2/23 2 pm) Hawai'i (11-14 & 7-5) @ UCD (18-6 & 10-1)
    Karley coming into her own as a force on the court feels so huge for the depth on this team. Morgan and the twins all having great seasons at the same time must be the stuff of nightmares for Big West coaches trying to prep for our games.

    A big unrelated, but I was very encouraged by an alumni mixer I went to on Saturday, where the CAA staff present told everyone in no uncertain terms how amazing the women's team has been and how we all needed to get to a game to see Morgan play before she graduates.
  • MBB 2/21 7:30 pm: UCD (10-14 & 6-4) @ Fullerton ( 12-13 & 8-3)
    According to gauchodan on the Big West forums, we're somehow one of the last three teams who can still mathematically win the title, along with Fullerton and Irvine. Not that it's going to happen though, because Irvine just has to win two more to clinch.
  • MBB 2/21 7:30 pm: UCD (10-14 & 6-4) @ Fullerton ( 12-13 & 8-3)
    Ags lose 62-58. They could keep up, but Fullerton played well enough in the last few minutes to keep a two-possession lead.

    Ugh. I wish we had TJ.
  • WBB no feed
    I like to make note of when a MBB/WBB/FB team clinches a winning season -- because it happened so rarely when I was a student -- but completely failed to notice for this year's team because they've been racking up wins so fast.

    As of the Aggie women getting past 16 wins, there have now been 6 winning seasons for MBB/WBB/FB -- including 5 postseason appearances so far -- since I graduated, whereas there were only 2 in my entire time as a student. This department has gone from 0 to 100 fast
  • MBB 2/13 7 pm: CSUN (10-14 & 4-4) @ UCD (8-14 & 4-4)
    Makes sense, I'd probably get a house in Davis if I was retiring off a coaching salary
  • MBB 2/13 7 pm: CSUN (10-14 & 4-4) @ UCD (8-14 & 4-4)
    Wait, is that Bob Williams on color commentary? Marsh just made a reference to him knowing Alan Williams
  • Alliance of American Football
    Schmidt just dropped a beautiful punt straight down at about the 5, giving it a nice bounce for the coverage team to grab.