shoot, I can’t find the article I meant to post. This is interesting


https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/sports/2022/03/12/big-west-conference-encouraged-by-debut-of-basketball-championships-at-dollar-loan-center


I think they were/are hoping the city of Henderson would embrace it as their event and drive ticket sales.

This is an interesting article about the move. Sounds like they didn’t like the size and proximity of the Honda Center. This makes for a more nuetral true-tournament atmosphere. Not sure the attendance of the Friday-Saturday

an article I read stressed the smaller arena as a draw. I don’t think they drew that many folks to the Honda center which is twice the size of Henderson arena, so crowds looked really small.

Not to be cynical…..BUT…..I’d guess the move to Henderson was all about money for the conference (not the schools)

Irvine is in the NIT as the BW regular season champ. They play Oregon. Hopefully, for Russ Turner, the Ducks don’t have a player named King on the team again.

CBI costs a fair amount to enter ( I thought I read. something like $50k) so unless you host a game it can get costly to play in

sorry; I meant more athletic team

seriously. How many games in the Big West does it look like we have more athletes?

last year was weird. Manjon moved up. Murphy ended up at some tiny school with his brother. Not sure if McGill or Niles went back to JC. Murphy and McGill got time; maybe the academic fit wasn’t got them? Puzzling

Edit: McGill is at Metro St in Denver near his home town.

manjon and fuller out their name in the portal around march 22 last year. We’ll be holding our breath for a couple werks

Miles has done a remarkable job at San Jose. I hope they can keep him. Be nice for them to have success and stability in basketball and football

With fox fired at Cal I wonder if Pesternick and Turner are on their short list

he didn’t go through senior night like the 3 guys last year with eligibility. I hope he stays to graduate .

I was so frustrated last night I tore off my basketball shirt and threw it toward the garbage. My wife intercepted. Seemed appropriate

fuller doesnt really count. He graduated so he would have had to be able to qualify to get into a graduate program at Davis that was, more than likely, be willing to take on a single year student.

Frustration setting in. Forcing shots and looking for fouls.

Too bad we saved our worst for the tournament

12-1 run for them. We have nobody playing well tonight. Bummer. Down 15 with 10 to go. Need a few more .6 point possessions

My wife is ticked that the cheerleaders made the trip despite never showing up for home games.

But only down 28-24 at half. Defense and FTs keeping us in it. We have to protect the ball and hit some 3s

9 turnovers, 30% shooting and 0-6 from 3. Down 20-11 with about 5 to go. Lazy passing against a good defensive team won’t cut it.

We were look out of sync

Not off to a great start. 3 TOS some air balls. And lousy video. Down 8-6 after 5

I think the big sky did their tournament right by starting early. Semi and final on ESPN2. The plus hasn’t been a real plus.

I always restart the app and clear the data prior to the game. Not sure it ever helps