No way can any large events be scheduled in early summer because they would stand a very good chance of being cancelled again even if the rate of infection curve gets dramatically leveled The number of cases are expected to fall and rise sharply until there is an effective vaccine widely available to the world community. This is going to be a roller-coaster ride in all likelihood for a long while.

Absolutely agree. An effective vaccine with an immune population base will be the key once the infection rate curves down. These darn viruses can be shifty, so hopefully this one will not mutate. Scary stuff.

BTW, this came out from Kevin Blue a few days ago. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be shared. This is a good time to renew your season tickets. The department needs the support.

Dear Aggie Family,

I hope this note finds you and your family safe during this challenging time. I want to send you another brief update about UC Davis Athletics; these will continue throughout the spring as information becomes available to share.

Spring quarter classes are underway this week with all instruction for students transitioning online. Student-athletes are engaged in their academic work remotely and our coaches and staff are practicing social distancing by working from home.

The safety of our community remains the top priority.

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting economic activity around the world, and our athletics program is no exception. The cancellation of the NCAA’s winter and spring championships – including the NCAA basketball tournaments – led to an unfortunate early ending to competitive seasons and unexpected shortfall in revenue. All athletics departments around the country, including UC Davis, use a portion of the overall proceeds generated from these NCAA events to help fund team travel, scholarships and other important department operations.

Cancellation of the NCAA’s basketball tournaments means we will receive a lower-than-anticipated NCAA revenue distribution this year, this is why we are focused on operating as efficiently as possible and filling revenue gaps from other sources as best we can.

While we work through the academic, athletic, and welfare adjustments caused by COVID-19, we are continuing to raise financial support for our teams. The annual UC Davis Give Day event, scheduled for April 17 and 18, will remain a focal point of our springtime efforts to generate support for our student-athletes and programs.

In addition to directly supporting our teams, Give Day donors can contribute to a newly established Student-Athlete Emergency Relief Fund that will directly help our athletics department manage the challenges caused by COVID-19. Emergency travel and costs related to remote learning are a couple examples of how the department will support student-athletes. These funds, along with those gifted directly to our teams on Give Day, will make a very important and positive impact on next year’s budgets.

In closing, we would like to acknowledge the extraordinary work done by healthcare professionals, in the Aggie family, who are directly impacting the current crisis. You might have seen recent news reports that UC Davis Health developed an internal test for COVID-19 and is on track to scale up to 1,000 tests per day. Awesome work by our colleagues!

Last week UC Davis Athletics also donated 220 extra N95 masks to assist UCDH with its COVID-19 efforts.

I would also like to recognize Dr. Jeremiah Ray, our head team physician, whose emergency medicine training is playing a critical role in the COVID-19 response at the Sacramento Medical Center.

We recognize that COVID-19 is impacting everyone in different ways and are extremely grateful for your continued support. Please stay safe, and Go Ags.
-Kevin

Yes it really is lousy news. But finally our beloved campus is getting proactive on this issue. I personally have been very disappointed in what I’ve seen coming out of the chancellor’s office. With our UCDMC playing a leading role worldwide on this pandemic our chancellor’s office has been a day late and a dollar short repeatedly.

Well, I guess we anticipated this. With the NBA games suspended, surely the dance will be as well.

We anticipated the avian flu was going to be the big pandemic and it fizzled out (but will be back). Give this a few months. Exposed folks recover and create a resistant population. Warmer weather will decrease the longevity of the virus on fomites and incidence will decrease. The biggest question in my mind is how much antigenic shift we will see with this virus. Moving forward, i suspect we will be getting a flu vaccine and a corona vaccine annually.

Campus announced today no gathering greater than 150 with the exception of intercollegiate athletics.

Was ready to put on a movie when we were 20 down. But the guys fought back. I think we got burned by two turnovers that should have gone our way. Close, but no enchilada.

Ags drop this one 57-66. Beach was the better team tonight.

40-39 beach at end of the third.

Im just using safari on my ipad and airplay to apple tv. Working great, other than having to refresh once.

While we are tied up at the half, the Ags were fighting from behind most of the first half. Beach very physical.

Working for me. Try this:
https://bigwest.org/watch/default.aspx?Live=2868&path=long_beach

I’m sure coach will go with the best talent, but i like the idea of a freshman or sophomore getting the starter role.

Caught the second half of the ladies game. Wow, exciting bball!

Beach was tough in the paint early on but the Ags kept a decent lead. Give Beach credit in the second half. Their D was better and they took the lead with a few minutes to go. But the Ags dug deep and did enough to win to finish out a nail biter at the end. While Beach has been down this year, they always scare me when they come into the Pavillion. As one Aggie told me at the Team Aggie event, “Beach always wins the warm up drills!”

I guess the Gauchos didn't see their #11 shove Mooney in the back then subsequently shove him to the ground? If you’re going to dish out penalties for shoving, let both teams feel the pain.

Sloppy down the road, but Ags win. Homer poly announcers whinning about partisan Pro Aggie officiating!

Might be able to add Trent Tomkins to that list. I heard he was looking good.

Proud of the fellas tonight, but dont forget csun dropped 98 on us. We kept them inthe 60s last game.

80-66 Ags, 9 left

47-41 Ags at the half

Mooney hitting nba 3s