Wow - I hardly recognize the Ags out there. 36-30 with 2:56. Out rebounding Cal 18-11

Epps is really impressive for a first-year. I like her court awareness, how she moves without the ball. She's got lots of smarts. Beware of this one!

I want to speak strongly against "Lady Ags." Aggie women? Sure. But we're all Aggies and the men aren't "Gentlemen Aggies." It's an affectation whose time is past.

Thank you. </rant>

Enjoyed the game. The 3rd quarter showed the Ags at their best - running. Multiple fast breaks lead to layups.

Some snaps from the game:

Gators vs Aggies at Hamilton Court

And then, on the lighter side, there's this:

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1542979078566862849?s=20&t=oa5O1fojvoMIrzv7oEzC6Q

I see in the LA Times that UCLA has a $102 million dollar deficit for it's athletic programs which will go to a surplus with the move to the Big 10. I don't understand how a public institution can run a deficit like this? And, of course, Stanford wanted to axe upwards of a dozen of its programs. Clearly there's a great illness in some parts of college sports.

Perhaps the Big Ten will start its own charter airline to move students around. Only half kidding - with all the money - and an availability of aircraft - maybe they'll do it or go in concert with the SEC.

I wonder if Hawai'i would leave the Big West and move to the Pac 12. I'd think if the Arizona, Utah, CO schools bail then rebrand the conference as, oh say the Pacific Coast Conference (that has a nice ring doesn't it?) and invite Hawai'i.

No scholarships in the Ivy League, right? Very different sports traditions.

So now UCLA and USC move to the Big 10. Egad. Will we be dissed yet again?

I'm really happy to see Des moving into a head coaching job. She's had really positive coaching models. Might have to hit a Sonoma game or two if possible! And it's a good sign for the program to have our staff moving out onto their own. I hope Jen is proud. The idea of Morgan coming back as a coach is a wonderful thought. Not sure if it makes sense for her at this point but I'd love to see it happen.

I'm going to disagree. Big West isn't a well-funded conference. Dealing with the travel expense if definitely non-trivial. The NIT has it's own sources income (although I don't know how it works or how much is involved.)

The travel situation is the killer for having a decentralized tournament. Hawai'i is certainly demonstrates the difficulty. As does Davis.

If the conference winner isn't known until the last game and has to host the tournament beginning on Tuesday the teams are going to be working really hard to find rooms. I don't know if there are local motels like the one in "Survive and Advance" that had the mirrors on the ceiling but there might be some sub-optimum lodging.Or some really expensive choices in Sacramento. In the case of Hawai'i the problem is both lodging and air travel. I don't think the Big West can fork over for every team to travel on charter and the airfares for commercial would be expensive. Lodging might be rather hard to come by on short notice.

Having the conference tournament in SoCal at least put the games close to most of the schools.

And, frankly, having the tournament in the gambling center of the US reeks of problems. I'm old-fashioned about this but it's just too easy to get a player to tip the scales in subtle ways.

Thanks for looking. I enjoy sharing.

Here are a few shots from the game:

CSUN @ UCD men's basketball

I can't find the replay on ESPN+ ????

This was a terrific game to watch. My wife came away feeling that the "big calls" (or lack of them) went strongly against the Ags. I know for certain there was a no-call on Pepper toward the end of the game that was so utterly blatant...well, does not good to argue over calls.

We are over-matched consistently in the lane. Learning not to foul where there's no more to be done is a lesson the Ags haven't learned very well this season.

I'm concerned with Fuller's loss and hope he might return next week? I thought he was out during the shoot-around before the game but then he wasn't dressed.

Need to shoot free throws better - that's for sure!

Here are some shots from the game:

UC Santa Barbara vs UC Davis at Hamilton Court

Really glad to see so many of the subs get substantial playing time. They got quality minutes playing together. I think everyone scored.

It doesn't have to go that way however - the virus could have mutated into something more lethal and still very transmitted. Less likely but still a real possibility. If SARS had been as transmissible as COVID we'd be totally screwed right now.

I'm all for getting the bench as many minutes as possible right now. After scoring 2 points with 11% shooting, the Tritons are actually outshooting the Ags 28 to 26%. Looking forward to a 2nd half with better ball movement.