Pending the outcome of tonight's game in Hawaii, Big West teams are 35-25 in pre-conference play. That seems pretty good considering they'e been playing some tough opponents such as Michigan and USC whom they beat and North Carolina and Oregon. I hope that it might open the door to more than one NCAA tourney invitation? Nah.

Considering that there is only one top 100 team, #71 UC irvine, in the Massey ratings, and Mid-Major teams that are ranked as high as the mid-twenties have been rejected historically, a second NCAA invitation looks like pipe dream.

https://masseyratings.com/cb2024/10695

Hawaii 77 San Diego 66

11/26 games:

Sac State 69 Aggies 63
Nebraska 85 Fullerton 72
Long Beach 75 Montana State 69
Riverside 109 Bethesda 63
Seattle 79 UC San Diego 67

11/27 game:

Santa Barbara 69 Fresno State 65

11/28 games:

Gonzaga 81 Bakersfield 65
Washington 83 UC San Diego 56

11/29 Games:

Cal Poly 81 San Jose State 77 OT
CSUN 80 Pacific 69
Santa Barbara 70 Northern Arizona 59
Duquesne 66 Irvine 62

What happened to Gonzaga that Tarleton State beat the Roadrunners by more ? The fighting Tarletons are transitioning to D-I. Perhaps the bulldogs decided to sit on their hands for a bit ?

11/30 games:

UCLA 65 Riverside 64 - UCLA hits the game winner with 3 seconds left.
Utah 79 Hawaii 66
Oregon State 71 Aggies 59

I watched the Hawai`i game against Utah and Hawai`i was simply overwhelmed by the Utes size (they have the tallest team in the country with the starters averaging over 6'7"), especially their two 7'1" post men. Hawai`i had a fighting chance but went cold from the 3-point arc. Undefeated up to last night, Hawai`i will be a tough team to beat for any school in the Big West.

12/01 games:

Fullerton 64 North Dakota 54
San Diego State 63 UC San Diego 62

12/02 scores:

Northern Colorado 75 CSUN 71
Idaho 85 Cal Poly 70
Long Beach 83 Sac State 73
Utah State 79 Irvine 69

12/03 scores:

Fullerton 102 Stanton 52
Riverside 68 North Dakota 62
Hawaii 95 Central Arkansas 76

12/04 game:

Oregon State 70 Cal Poly 63 in 2 OT

doesn’t make our loss at OSU look too good

I hear ya. I watched part of the Poly game and they look much improved. OSU had got some lucky breaks in the first OT or Poly would have beat them.

12/05 games:

Bakersfield 106 Whittier 59
San Diego 98 Occidental 57

12/06 games:

Long Beach State 88, Life Pacific (Calif.) 66
Nevada 80, UC Davis 68
New Mexico 84, UC Santa Barbara 61
Washington State 86, UC Riverside 49
Cal State Fullerton 60, Pepperdine 55

12/07 game:

CSUN 88 Bethesda 51

12/09 scores:

Santa Barbara 126 Bethesda 76
Fullerton 62 Sac State 60
South Dakota 78 Bakersfield 73
Pepperdine 68 San Diego 62
Weber State 78 Cal Poly 50
#25 San Diego State 63 Irvine 62

12/10 scores:

Long Beach 84 USC 79 OT - The Beach gets another signature win for the Big West. They beat Michigan 94-88 earlier this season
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Hawaii 78 Hawaii Pacific 53

12/11 game:

CSUN 80 Utah Tech 75

12/15 game:

Fresno State 61 Bakersfield 58

12/16 games:

Irvine 121 South Dakota 78 - Irvine scored 72 points in the paint!
Santa Barbara 68 Loyola Marymount 59
Cal Baptist 70 Riverside 69

UCI has six players 6'9" or above.

Irvine will certainly be competing for the Big West title this season. They are solid throughout their lineup and they are smart and disciplined. Long Beach is very long and athletic and has wins over Michigan and USC but they are chaotic and unfocused too often. Santa Barbara has a lot of talent also but they've played a pretty weak pre-conference schedule and haven't been as consistent as Irvine. Hawaii could figure into the front runners also but they're always a bit of an unknown since they generally play well on the island but not so well on the road.

12/17 scores:

Nevada 72 Hawaii 66
Boise State 88 Fullerton 65

12/18 games:

San Diego 83 Sac State 52
EWU 62 Cal Poly 53

Sac 2-8, one DI victory was over the Ags.

Right now Sac State couldn't beat the University of Phoenix in basketball but it doesn't mean the Aggies are bad for losing to them or that they will have a tough time with UCSD.

All bets are off and records mean nothing during Causeway match-ups in any sport. In 2001 I believe it was UCD destroyed the hornets in baseball. The next season, facing a Sac State team that was terrible they were shut out by the exact same pitcher they torched the year before.