Movie Lover it might be that the Big West and UCD administrators like having a paid trip to Anaheim or Las Vegas. They do very little work and get to enjoy the amniotes of the area as the tournament happens. They consider it a perk or a right of their job.

Compare that scenario with games at home sites. Games at home at home sites require more work and less time down. I think their actions speak for themselves.

Games at home sites will grow the sport in the Big West and give the players a much better experience.

Jenn and her staff are great. Look for this year's team to surprise the conference in the tournament. I hope they play with purpose, Aggie Pride, in a joyful manner. A great ending would be very nice for this group of seniors.

For the NIT on the women's side the school is on the hook for travel until the finals. When we competed in the NIT a few years ago all the travel was picked up by Davis The trips were way harder than any Big West travel. . ( Not sure how the men's bb funding for the NIT is)


If we had the conference games at home sites, we give the players and fans a great experience. In that scenario even travel to Hawaii may not be super cheap but tickets can be had. Additionally, a school can purchase tickets in case of and then have them credited for later conference travel if they are not needed. The conference games at neutral sites are dismal. Give the players and fans a great experience and grow the sport in the Big West

The travel problems are not that hard. The NIT bb tourney has a much greater challenge as our women saw a few years ago.

As the season ends all the schools will know all possible travel outcomes and plan for that. Host sites can block off rooms for the visiting team. Departments can make reservations for flights and buses. If the team doesn't make the trip the department still gets the credit.

Having games on campus will grow the interest in the sport and enhance the game experience for the players.

Yea it is more work;but worth it for the players and the fans. How cool is it to win a play off game on your own hard wood?

Before COVID the Big West conference tourney was mostly soulless. The difference of having home games versus games at soulless Anaheim convention center or Las Vegas is tremendous. None of the conference teams have rabid bb fans. Having games on campus will generate enthusiasm. You don’t have to play games back-to-back. Spread the tourney out for 8 days going Fr-Sat then Weds then Saturday. Even 1st round wins on campus sights will help foster a base of fanes It’s basketball not a field sport. With basketball you have no weather issues, field issues or large teams to travel. Home tourney games are FUN for the campus and players and better for the sport.

I have always enjoyed the mid-major conference championship games that are held on the higher seeds campus. The look of joy of the players and the fans as a ticket is punched to the NCAA dance is great to watch! What a great way to build energy for college sports than to have that on your campus rather than watching or streaming a game.

For undergrads they still get into the student sections for free. If those seats are all taken the students have the chance to pay for a ticket. But demand from the students is never that high.

Tyler is great young man. I always thought it was a huge challenge to play for your father. They both handled it very well. How is he doing as the color announcer?

Hi--Thanks for such details. The press releases on-line don't do the team justice. I thank you for your thoughts and time. best regards

Paul is wonderful person and coach. Wish him the best on this next chapter. I can see him thriving in the high school stage.

Movie lover, One can hope next year co-vid becomes a version of the flu. However, our country has been hurt bad. According to the CDC, in 2019-2020 the USA’s life expectancy declined by 1.5 years. A way to look at this is with our population we lost 500,000,000 years of life. That is a lot of birthdays, holidays, and joyous events. I do hope that next year is better.

Softball is blowing up at the NCAA levels. This is an article about how the TV ratings are for the NCAA softball vs the baseball at the World Series level. Softball is a great sport and has a large rabid fan base. https://justinsworldsb.com/tv-numbers-wcws-championship-crush-mcws-in-ratings/

How did we lose Mark Johnson from the football staff? He has such great energy, passion and enthusiasm.

LA times article on the change:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-28/humboldt-state-gets-a-name-and-mission-makeover-as-a-polytechnic-university

This is great news for the state. You could always get a great science degree from HSU. The funding will help the STEM programs grow and the new naming will attract more students. This will help the communities of Northern CA! It has always been hard to make a living off scenery for the local towns.

Administrative cost at UCD for ICA. Using the 19 data with Blue at the Helm the ICA program budget was around 32,700,00 with non-sports cost being 10,970,00 or 33% of the budget being administrative cost. For the UCD students paying a majority of ICA budget, is that too high?

In comparison SLO’s budget numbers are as follows, Total budget 25,500,000 with non sports cost at 6,610,00 for a 26% of the budget going to administrative cost.

UCSB in comparison Total budget 21,800,000 with non sports cost at 5,858,000 for a 27% of budget going to administrative cost.