Ouch. Wonder when we’ve lost this badly in a game where we should have been at least competitive.

This is the worst half of basketball from the Ags I’ve seen in, well, over a year. The team looks foot-slow and unfocused. Poor passing. Careless ball handling. This is not looking like a team that deserves to be ranked in any way. They just aren’t aggressive. Hope Jen fires ‘em up for the 2nd half.

We'll have to see a much better rebounding performance by the Ags in this game. St Marys creamed the Ags on the boards 42-27. Often there were no Aggie bodies near the hoop after a shot, they were all retreating down the court. I've seen this in the past. I'm still concerned. Not sure if it's an outcome of our offense or what. But we had THREE offensive rebounds against the Gaels, they had THIRTEEN that yielded 10 points to our 2. Hard to win many games like that.

This will be an interesting gage since Pepperdine will also play the Beach, Irvine and Santa Barbara during the preseason.

ESPN was showing it as even right now.

Hoping the tendency to foul out is reduced.

I'm enjoying the replay that's now available on ESPN+

I really like the quickness the Ags showed in the first half. Good ball movement. E Wash looked sluggish.

Sure am liking McGill who looks like he had really good prep coaching. I'm hoping Anigwe doesn't continue this trend of fouling out. We had two players foul out by the end of the game and three players with four fouls. These were all starters!

I don't understand the brain-transplants that seem to affect officials. They go in at half-time and they're calling a completely different game.

I felt Sage looked rather tentative on court. Svanholm definitely showed skills - but seems to not have great hands.

Definitely like the look of Burns. She made some intensely frosh turnovers - cross court passes that might work in HS but not in college. She's had two games to gain valuable experience.

The defense didn't seem to be together. Blocking out wasn't what we've seen in the past. That will come - but it better come fast or St Mary's will have their way with the Ags.

I have enjoyed watching Jen improve as a coach. Remember her first year? Lots of foot stomping and frustration with her players. This year? Lots of positive coaching during the team huddles, the assistants giving one-on-one instruction. She and her entire staff have matured into a group that are fun to watch.

This was pushed out by NCAA giving prospective seeds in the tournament. They give the women a 13th seed.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2021-11-07/2022-ncaa-womens-basketball-bracket-preseason-bracket-predictions

I think this is a great look for UCD -- not that it happened but the University is taking steps to stop whatever is going on and be willing to take bad PR. I'm proud that UCD is behaving the way other programs should behave.

I hope the TV folks manage to actually do a professional job with the Ags' next home game. The awful color and constant error correction was - well - bush-league. I'm glad we're on real broadcast TV, I just wish we had put out a real broadcast TV signal.

There’s a killer article in The Athletic about the unequal practice facilities between the men’s and women’s tournament. NOT a good look for the NCAA. I gather Stanford is making a deal out of it: men get free weights while the women get, ahem, yoga mats. It’s Texas. They’re probably lucky they get towels and showers.

Looking at two different bracketology sources they're saying we'd be a #12 seed playing the likes of Iowa or Missouri State. I think that would be the best seed we've ever had for either men's or women's teams, yes?

Sure liked how we looked in Q4!

Watching Poly give the Anteaters more than they can handle 1/3 of the way through the 2nd quarter.

I hoping the Ags can ramp up their intensity for this game against Hawai'i. They have seemed just a little flat and cannot afford that any more. This should be a fascinating game.

A seriously depleted Long Beach team gave SB a run.

Squeeeeeeeel!!!! That was the sound in this household. Both teams on Friday!

Go Ags!

Watching the game that followed its darn good we didn’t play any of the 4

Making field goals is always a good. We simply haven’t done it.

It’s like we’re trying to play too quickly - forcing passes - losing focus a bit.

I’m a little worried with Trpcic going out so quickly early in Q1 then returning and seeming a bit out of balance.

Watching the Hawai'i series it looks like that left shoulder of Trpcic is weak. Passes made with her left didn't have the zip they have in the past. Hall struggled throughout the series. Tired? An injury? Difficult to tell. Good defense and Stobbart's ability to keep Hawai'i from scoring in the paint seems to have made the difference.

I wonder if they'll come back to Davis and then to Vegas or if they'll fly directly there. Removing a flight might be better for the team although you can't beat resting at home.

Not the greatest weekend for the women but definitely showed their grit.

Go Ags!