Aggies win 56-48.

0-2
54-57 @ Cal Poly
47-57 @ Home

My the way, there is free parking for the women's games today. I don't know if that would be true in any future games.

Pepper wins Big West Player of the Year.

https://bigwest.org/news/2024/3/12/mens-basketball-2023-24-all-big-west-teams-and-award-winners-revealed.aspx

I agree. I went one year, and I had no idea if a play was good or bad.

I thought the big men kept on replacing Pepper only defensively because Pepper had four fouls. Pepper immediately came back in during the offensive plays.

It looked like Les didn't really play any big men against UCSD so that UCD can guard the 3 point line, and Les used big men against Long Beach since they're good at scoring in the paint.

However, I admit I have a low basketball IQ.

I'm too lazy to look it up, but is Long Beach State the only team we haven't beaten this year in the Big West Conference?

So how would you coach the next game since the next game is meaningless for seeding purposes?

Well... That's 38 consecutive regular Big West season games. I think they won one playoff game.

It looks like there's a decent chance Long Beach will play against UC Davis in the semi finals regardless on who gets the #2 seed.

Who was that other guy about five years ago that initially committed to UC Davis but switched to a powerhouse basketball team after his summer basketball team won the "peaches" tournament?

I guess next year is a rebuilding year?

Hawaii historically performs badly in away games. I hope that trend continues.

Tamba shoved a UC Irvine player when both were out-of-bounds.

It's probably faster asking this message board instead of googling it. Who wins the tiebreaker if UC Irvine and UC Davis tie at the end of the season?

I just finished watching this game.

I generally don't get too bothered by fouls, but this is probably the first game I can recall of any sports where the technical fouls really bothered me primarily because there was no explanation, and the sports commentators didn't talk about the reason.

I thought UCD had to play against Nevada and the referees in this game.

Considering that there is only one top 100 team, #71 UC irvine, in the Massey ratings, and Mid-Major teams that are ranked as high as the mid-twenties have been rejected historically, a second NCAA invitation looks like pipe dream.

https://masseyratings.com/cb2024/10695

This has been brought up in one of the Big West discussion threads, and it's known here too, but why can't Coach Les consistently recruit decent front men to compete against the top teams in the Big West?

I'm confused in the meaning of "walk-on" in NCAAB. Connor Sevilla committed to the UC Davis basketball team, but he's a "walk-on" according to the Verbal Commits webpage. I guess this means that "committed" is not necessarily a scholarship player? I did not know one has to announce "committed" for being a "walk-on."