The worst moment of the Jim Les era happened in Hawai'i a few years ago when the players and the fans acted out, the crowd along the Aggie baseline throwing stuff onto the court. (hint: don't give rowdy students free throwable items when they enter the arena.) Jim took the team off the court without shaking hands at the end of the game. The Hawai'i bench that year had choreography for plays that really pushed the boundaries of sportsmanship.

But the worst I've experienced goes waayyy back to the Bob Hamilton lead team playing in Las Vegas at the NCAA Div II regionals. It was Las Vegas, UCD, SF State and UC Irvine. We drew Las Vegas. The crowd was incredibly rowdy. They brought wood blocks to clap together. In the tense last moments of the game some of those blocks were hurled onto the court. NOT GOOD. Definitely threatening. I think it affected the last moments of the game. That was an amazing season.

We listened to Greg Wong's play-by-play while watching the game. It's a bit tricky because the streamed audio from KDVS is about 23 seconds ahead of the video stream. Fortunately there's an app for that! Wong's commentary when viewed against the video was spot on. I'm impressed and hope he lands a quality play-by-play gig for baseball this year.

the teams fly commercial to all big west venues save the coast trip where they bus. I assume they’ll fly to a San Diego and bus to Bakersfield next year. The women took a bus to Stanford for NCAA and, I assume whenever they play there.

Thanks for looking and for your kind words.

I think that’s not correct. Jen told us the fly out early on Friday. There are no afternoon flights out of Sacramento to Honolulu.

Here are some shots from the Irvine at UCD women's game

UC Irvine at UC Davis women's basketball game gallery

As always feel free to share.

Here are some photos from the game.

CSUN at UC Davis men photo gallery

This was a huge game for the Ags. It looks like Jim Les has found the style of play that match his players. The intensity is clearly at a different level.

Meanwhile Cal Poly and Fullerton are starting the third OT.

Big West might not be the highest ranked conference but we sure are entertaining!

That was, indeed, Armstead sitting in the stands near the Band.

Here are some snaps from the game

Gallery of images from UCSB vs UCD Men's game

Here are some photos from the game. The gallery is mis-identified because of a brain-freeze on my part. But it's still Cal Poly at UCD womens

Gallery of Cal Poly at UCD women's game

Heidegger single-handedly kept the Gouchos in the game. I just took it on himself and was amazing. Wide open, guarded, popping up with incredible speed off a pass - he sank 'em all. Very impressive. I'm glad he was restrained in the first half!

Physical game, increasingly so as the half progressed. Go Ags

Here's a link to shots from the CSUN v UC Davis women's basketball game. Feel free to share and download any image you might wish.

Album of Images for CSUN vs UC Davis women's basketball

I haven't seen CSUN in action. They have an excellent coach who knows how to motivate and teach. I'm thinking the Ags will have to beat them twice to win conference.

I think the conference champ will have three losses. For the Ags getting a bye will be a Big Deal this year. The tournament in Anaheim will be fascinating this year.

Here are some photos from the Fullerton v UC Davis men's game.

Photos from the CSU Fullerton at UC Davis men's basketball contest

Here are some photos from Thursday's game between the Aggie women and Long Beach

Long Beach State vs UC Davis women

There's a lot to like about Elijah Pepper. He's a terrific position rebounder and he's tough. Loose ball in his neighborhood? He'll be on the floor after it. And he's good with the ball around the hoop. So we have two really quality true freshmen.

But we really need some bigs who have hands and who can score. Somehow we can't find them.

Syncing audio and video can be tricky. On my Mac I use my web browser to capture the audio stream and then Audio Hijack to delay the stream to match the already delayed video feed. For the women, and KDVS, that is about 25 seconds when using ESPN3 or BigWest TV streams. For the men it's trickier because you're forced into using the (insert vile word here) syndication and often it's more delayed than the video (which takes effort). I may have to find a radio with a USB output and then capture that and sync that.

Here are some photos from the game.

UC Riverside v UC Davis Gallery