I think what was frustrating about this season is that there were 5 BWC games that could/should have been wins : 2 v Bako, home v LB, home vs CSUN and road v UCR. Win 3 of those and 12-10 looks pretty decent.

Of course, I’m ignoring possible losses like home v Hawaii!

actually Les was fired at Bradley in 2011. I think we got him on the cheap because they still owed him money (there were lawsuits about how much they owed him). But I agree that this is where he wants to be.

I do think he is going to need help from the administration NOW to be competitive next year and moving ahead to the MWC.

oh I agree 100%

I would imagine many students of both sexes would feel more comfortable being able to dress in private.

My wife did okay. We planned our trip around the men, and I figured we would probably get to Thursday and lose a close one. I did have a plan to stick around if they won Friday (the Slot Queen was heading back).

I never made it to the Honda center, but i like the environment in Henderson. That's a perfect size arena for mid-major basketball, and the design seems to amplify the noise well.

that’s her husband, correct?

that’s a great point. Adding one or more that can focus a great deal of time/effort on the recruiting front would be big.

Might have to work with Mrak on foreign recruits. I’m not sure how scholarships for basketball get charged for out of state or foreign; for football, scholarship cost for out of state players reflects the difference in tutition.

Besides Irvine and, to a lesser extent, UCSB, we’ve been a bit above the average in the BWC over time. The UCR and CSUN hires have turned things around there, and Poly had a big jump (albeit only to the 7th spot) with a grad transfer/senior heavy team. The first two seem to be in good position to sustain it; jury is out on Poly.

Can we get back to a near 20-win, top 4 BWC level consistently?

Remember, we were about 3 minutes from another NCAA appearance last season so things aren’t desperate.

We don’t seem to be able to get quality players from SoCal; maybe that changes when we get out of a SOCal-centric league? We haven’t had a quality foreign player which seem so common in our league (Anyone see Caleb Fuller representing on Senior night). That seems to be the Irvine model for consistent high level play.

Les finds diamonds in the rough but we don’t seem to get guys on those ‘top 40 recruits’ list (Stokes is a top 5 NorCal but not on a state wide list). I think there were hopes that Roberson was a plug in impact player - that remains to be seen.

I don’t think so; from what I’ve heard, if we get a special admit they go to football. Some of our UC competitors (SB) can get guys in with help.

That’s just based on conservations where I’d asked ‘how’d the gauchos seem to be able to get so many P5 Transfers compared to us?’

I headed home today

15-0 Tritons run. Up 46-32

very surprised at the low score!

UCSD IS 10-17 from the line. That’s crazy.

Whew!

I think we could use a fresh face on the staff somewhere to help with recruiting. Young assistant who can work SOCal and find some long, athletic wings!

I can’t root for poly in anything but this group is very cocky. And the abundance of man buns is hard to handle.

Cmon Russ ‘Serenity Now’ Turner - stop the Mustang scoring machine!

that’s part of it. They can also use their special admits on basketball where we use our very limited amount on football.

I left after the UCSB game. I really dislike Poly.

CSUN had chances but allowed a couple offensive rebounds after good stops (sound familiar) and (I thought) got screwed on a moving screen call on a potential tying 3 with about 30 seconds remaining.

Let’s hope UCR regroups and pulls this off.

CSUN just got screwed on a ‘moving screen’ foul on potential tying 3. Ref that called it is not a favorite of mine. Seems to take things a bit too personal.

USCB moves on

CSUN just can t close the gap. Got two stops….and gave up the offensive rebound! 74-67 with 2:20. Decent crowd. Loud. That’s one nice thing about this arena. It’s 5500 capacity and small - sounds loud.

I can’t stand UCSB. If they and Poly win, I’ll be depressed.

Much more respect for CSUN and UCR

the UCSB number is an eye-opener. Our is split football/basketball with football getting a bigger share. From what I hear, UCSD is poised to increase their spending ALOT

Poly changed coaches and improved to 7th in the league (a big jump from their past). Bust that was helped considerably by 4 transfers from Colorado Mesa who followed the coach. Can they continue their upward swing after the lose a bunch after this season?

We have to make a big investment in basketball so we can get foreign players, transfers and get players out of SOCal. Can we get a collective to help with that or is our donor based stretched thin with football.

Les seems to get more out of his players than the competition. When we’ve had talent and depth (but usually less than opponents), we’re at the top of the league. Beside Fullerton, our talent was never obviously better than our league competition.