2/29 Scores:

Aggies 75 Hawai'i 63
Fullerton 76 Long Beach 71
Bakersfield 70 San Diego 57
Irvine 89 CSUN 64
Santa Barbara 83 Cal Poly 75

Current standings:

Did I hear Scott Marsh say that Long Beach had two key players out tonight?

I looked at the box score and Marcus Tsohonis did not play and he's their leading scorer at 17.1 ppg. I didn't see any other key players out for them.

The Ags don't play this coming Saturday but here's the schedule for the rest of the teams:

Long Beach @ Irvine
Hawai'i @ Riverside
San Diego @ CSUN
Santa Barbara @ Fullerton
Bakersfield @ Cal Poly

So we need to root for the Anteaters on Saturday then hope that the Aggies can at least split their last two road games (or that the Beach loses to both UCI and UCSB). If Pepper is back on track, I'm optimistic.

It looks like there's a decent chance Long Beach will play against UC Davis in the semi finals regardless on who gets the #2 seed.

I just saw that a 3star recruit that had committed to cal poly reopened his recruitment. He probably knew the change in coaching was coming.

The UCI - Long Beach game will be on ESPN2 tonight at 7:00 PM

Irvine wins big. We have to lose twice and the beach win twice for them to pass us.

I think I’m going to Henderson!

3/02 Scores:

Irvine 82 Long Beach 61
Hawai'i 76 Riverside 73 in OT
San Diego 79 CSUN 69
Fullerton 79 Santa Barbara 70
Bakersfield 68 Cal Poly 56

Current standings:

Unfortunately, one Beach win and one UCD loss could happen at the same time. Meanwhile, CSULB plays a still struggling UCSB at home while the Ags have to travel to both San Diego and Long Beach. If I were a betting man, I'd say the odds are long on us getting the 2 seed. On the other hand, if the Ags bring their A game I wouldn't be surprised to see a SoCal sweep.

I agree with your points.

I think that Beach loss turned into 2 - a hangover vs. Riverside two days later. Win that one, and this road trip doesn’t matter. Oh well

Irvine has clinched the #1 seed but there's a lot of possibilities for the remaining seeding depending on the outcomes in the final two games. Here's the schedule for the final week:

Irvine (15-3):
Th - Cal Poly
Sa - @ Fullerton

San Diego (14-4):
Th - Davis
Sa - Cal Poly

Aggies (12-6):
Th - @ San Diego
Sa - @ Long Beach

Long Beach (10-8):
Th - Santa Barbara
Sa - Aggies

Hawai'i (9-9):
Wed - CSUN
Sa - Bakersfield

CSUN (9-10):
Wed - @ Hawai'i

Santa Barbara (8-10):
Th - @ Long Beach
Sa - Riverside

Riverside (8-10):
Th - Fullerton
Sa - @ Santa Barbara

Bakersfield (8-11):
Sa - @ Hawai'i

Fullerton (7-11):
Th - @ Riverside
Sa - Irvine

Cal Poly (0-18):
Th - @ Irvine
Sa - @ San Diego

Poly will almost certainly go 0-20. Ouch

Poly will have lost 38 consecutive Big West games. I wonder what the Division 1 record is for any school in any conference in that regard? I couldn't find it on the internet, only that Towson State has the longest overall losing streak: 41.

Well... That's 38 consecutive regular Big West season games. I think they won one playoff game.

I watched a bit of the Irvine game - they are really good. The are deeper than any other team, and have a variety of ways to score. Add in the fact that they play tough and smart, and it’s clear why they are at the top of the league. Still surprising that we beat them AND barely lost down there.

I can't remember if the Big West Tournament is only on ESPN+ or will be televised on something like ESPNU. Anybody know?

in the past, at least the championship game was on one of the broadcast ESPN channels. Possibly one of the semi’s also

We really need to be the biggest Gaucho fans around tomorrow night, just in case the Ags can't pull the upset in San Diego. That 3:00 tip off Saturday will coincide with my drive up to Davis for the Spring Game -> radio broadcast might be too much of a distraction when I'm driving the backroads through Antioch/Rio Vista/Dixon!

Per a Big West announcement, the two men's semifinal games will be on ESPNU, and the championship game on ESPN2.

https://bigwest.org/news/2023/10/3/mens-basketball-the-big-west-announces-espn-basketball-schedule.aspx

Thanks

The last 5 games both the Gauchos and beach are are 2-3. The Gauchos beat beach at home 85-76 in January. This time around they’ll be playing in LB. It looks to me that beach will have a slight edge.

3/06 game:

Hawai'i 72 CSUN 70

I know this isn’t a big west score but just to note, Pepperdine beat Pacific 102-43, after being ahead 56-9 at half. Tough year for the Tigers

Pepperdine is struggling also. Just fired Romar. WCC teams might hesitate to schedule us; lose and get fired!

UOP is in a horrible state right now

Pepperdine led 26-0 at the start of the game...yikes!

37-28 Gauchos at half

And the Gauchos win over beach 76-74