AMA! Ask me (President Wood) anything. Lots of disinformation, let’s talk about it.

I’m Luke Wood, President of Sac State. Ask me anything. Respectful questions only. Here for two hours.

>Stingers Up! I’ll run this back again in the future.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CSUS/s/GDauvV2Ar4

I thought this was an interesting article. It's behind a paywall:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6220777/2025/03/21/ucsd-ncaa-tournament-bryce-pope-transfer-portal/

“My story is something you’ll probably see going forward,” Pope said. “It’s kind of like, is the grass greener? Kind of buyer’s remorse. That’s going to be something that happens.”

I wasn't aware that a Division III Football League existed in Southern California. Are there any lower division college football teams left in Northern California? I thought there was an Oakland football team, but I can't recall it's lower division or even if it's a college football team.

I'm curious to see how NIL will play a factor in the future, since I think the alums from UCI, UCSD, and UCSB may play a big role in funding talented basketball athletes in the future.

I think someone posted that TY Johnson got $50k(?) in NIL money. I don't know if we're just paying star athletes only in the future, (e.g. Lan Larison), or if we plan to spread the NIL wealth in the future. I also don't know if we project to spend at least $50k in NIL money for future basketball prospects.

What are the differences in NET, Massey, or other metrics?

Ags win 63-56

47-42 Aggies after three quarters

35-16 Aggies at the half

19-9 Aggies after first quarter

13-2 Aggies take early lead.

As a person who enjoys basic strategies but don't know much, what's the strategy of bringing no players at the free throw line to get offensive rebounds when we are shooting the free throws? Is it because it's more beneficial to get set defensively than to get offensive rebounds? If so, how so?

My understanding why the Mountain West added Northern Illinois was to increase the footprint and another time zone since that is what linear TV wants to see. It's also my understanding that PAC-12 wants to add Texas State and the Mountain West wants to add Tarleton State for the same reason. Therefore, I could see why the Big West is adding Utah Valley.

I think the main reasons that the Big West are adding those two schools are because they are next best two available, and the Big West needs to be proactive or be left behind. Now the WAC is screwed.

As for Saturday's game, CSUN's starting point guard PJ Fuller may or may not be out depending on his injury status.

I thought the bench played very well.

I'm interested in whether joining the Mountain West has improved our recruiting results. Any comments? I'm not good at assessing recruiting classes.

Les always seems to have a pretty strong point guard to run his team. Who is the frontrunner for next year? I don't really see one.

The commentators were saying Les' technical foul in the last game was likely intentional. What's the rationale behind that?