Last year, we best Poly twice in the regular season…..tournament didn’t follow suit.

That damned Bakersfield home loss might have really hurt?

Don't remind me.

We've beaten Santa Barbara 6 straight times. That's a crazy streak and 7 straight won't be easy.

‘the curse of Niko’. Didn’t get to play down there; never loses to them!

I recall that against Cal Poly last year, the team's lack of depth and injuries resulted in a second half in which the guys were exhausted. While we have injuries again this year, the depth probably means they won't collapse in the second half.

we scored nearly 50 first half points shooting something like 70%; second half we cooled and they got hot and it slipped away quickly. We did look gassed in the second half.

I don’t expect we’ll see Stokes but maybe Cooper returns and Sevilla is healthier.

ESPN is giving UCD only a 34.6% chance of defeating UCSB.

that seems odd (no pun intended) unless our injury outlook is bleak. We have identical records, both in conference and overall. Over the last three weeks, we are 2-3, they are 1-5.

They are no taking the Niko revenge factor into account!

Anyone else going to Vegas?

At least the betting site I look at, UCSB is the third favorite to win the tournament, which seems weird considering they'd have to win 4 games in 4 days. For sure they'd have to beat the 3 seed and the 2 seed, and likely the 1 seed as well. Seems strange.

I think CSUN is the dark horse although they didn’t finish strong.

Not going to the tourney this year but we went a few years back.

The pros- it is a beautiful newish arena, there is a nice upscale mall across the street with many restaurant and pub choices for before or after the game, we parked for free at the mall, ate there and then walked to the game.

The cons- very few fans at the game and zero energy in the arena. That and we watched an Aggie loss to Riverside :(

Parking caveat- It seemed like other fans parked at the mall like us and I didn’t hear of or see anyone getting parking tickets but it is possible they are more strict about that this year. I didn't really worry about getting a ticket because we parked close to the restaurant, ate, wandered the mall and then walked to the game.

I’m seeing us as 5.5 point underdogs. That must be driven by injuries. Let’s price them wrong.

The Green Valley Resort is right across the way; really nice venue but at over $500/night, we’re NOT there. Parking is free at the arena.

I never went to the Honda center so can’t comment on the atmosphere between the two places.

not this year I’m afraid. We had a great time last year but an up coming wedding is keeping us close to home. Go Ags!