really surprised Irvine with a 24-9 record is a 15 seed. Tough draw

you got the odds wrong on UCSD - they are 10 point favorites as the #2 seed.

Niko graduated but is looking for a grad program at Davis (according to Scott Marsh). Hopefully he’ll find a opportunity and be back

I think when you compare the rosters, you have to give Les huge props for being in the championship, let alone having a chance to win in the final minutes. Pepper, Johnson and some tough, smart competitors!

Not off to a great start down 6-2 14:00 to go. 1-11 from field

I actually thought the play-in for us last time was perfect. Only TV game and a chance to get a W. Better than playing a 1 seed along with 3 other televised games

2 point favorites, but ESPN likes them at 56%.

Need another hot start from Milling. Can’t get too reliant on Pepper - 23 shots I think indicates a stagnant offense. And we CANT get killed on the boards.

Scary how fast that almost went south. Up 8 with 1:30 we run a perfect inbound (saving that all year?) to Tamba with 1 on shot clock, it rolls out and we foul on the rebound. So, instead of up 10 with the clock running with less than 1:30, they sink 2 FTs with a stopped clock and 6 point deficit and can set up their press (TY turnover).

That ball rolls in and we’re spending the last minute at the FT line icing the game.

Whew

Irvine 10-19 from FT line - killer

Tip off is 8:56

I listened to much of the 2nd half. Turned it on when we were up 13 and…..sorry about turning it into a cliffhanger!

Greg Wong is good. The abrupt transition from him to KDVS broadcast (foreign language bossa nova music) was, uh, interesting!

Need solid games from Borra and Rocek because DaSilva kind of had his way with us in Davis. If they get him going and hit 3s, they’ll be a tough game

too bad they didn’t want to win enough in the regular season to save his job!

We’re 1-point underdogs but a couple of the odds/prediction sites like us.

How did we go vs Poly during the season?

He’s been so much fun to watch throughout his career. Great player, hard worker and great teammate!

UCSD had been ‘selected’ to participate in the CBI. Comes with a $27500 fee; seems worthwhile expense to reward the players who stuck around without a opportunity to play in the Big West championship (and beyond)

green valley resort is a really nice place and was cheaper than most other Henderson hotels.

Well, until they slap on the $50/day resort fee - then it evened out!

the two teams that stand out to me are:

1) Irvine - very deep, many ways to score, defend like crazy and very well coached.
2) UCR - they are coming on strong. They can score and are very well coached.

I can see Bako winning a couple - they defend very well and their physical style seems to really disrupt teams. I was hoping Fullerton snuck by them.

Plough.

don’t know - not sure what number he was!

Looked like the first backup was #2, then Harper.

Watching the scrimmage was like watching old wrestling matches where the bad guy was from ‘parts unknown’. Lots of mystery players.

I thought Miles looked sharp and more mobile. Maybe having a QB whisperer back will help.

Hard to estimate the crowd since a bunch of folks were standing along the concourse. With them, west side was close to 1/2 full.