Games of Feb. 6

UC Santa Barbara (15-8/7-5) 81, CSU Bakersfield (home, 10-14/4-8) 75
CSUN (home, 16-7/8-4) 82, CSU Fullerton (6-18/1-11) 63
UC San Diego (home, 19-4/9-2) 91, UC Riverside (15-9/8-4) 71
Cal Poly (home, 9-15/3-9) 79, Hawai`i (13-10/5-7) 63

No real upsets here, including Cal Poly’s win over Hawai`i. Those two teams are heading in opposite directions with the Mustangs having won 3 of their last 4 and Hawai`i having lost 4 of their last 5. We’re starting to see just a bit of separation in the standings between the top 2, the next 4 and the bottom 5 with Hawai`i being the only team with a realistic shot of making it to the top 4 if they can right their ship.

Well, if you're going to pull away, overtime is a good time to do it. Looking at the stats, it's amazing how close the two teams were in rebounds, assists, fouls, with the big difference being where it counts most: shooting percentage. A good, if tough win.

I don't know what it is about CSULB, but we just can't seem to pull away from them. Based on their record, you wouldn't think it would be that hard, but...only a 1 point lead with 11:17 to go.

Sevilla is 0 for 5, but I never saw him shoot so he must have stopped looking for the basket after the early part of the half, but the team needs him to look for his shot. I notice that the Aggies had as many assists as turnovers, which would be a better sign if they didn't have so many unforced errors.

TY making a lot of mistakes here: three in a row helping the Beach make a 10-0 run.

Lost 8 minutes.

Me neither but they have a monopoly.

Finally got it.

Can't locate any help site on the ESPN+ site.

Me too. No notice of any technical problems.

Somebody's betting on the Beach. ESPN's spread has fallen to -3.5 for the Ags.

I'm dating myself but I remember the old CAAMB with fondness, although I had to admit that they did need to allow women on the band. But talk about bringing spirit to the games. In those days, all the games played when classes were in session had the old gym packed. My friends and I would show up early to get decent seats and if anyone waited until the tip-off they would be lucky to get in at all. The band was bit raunchy, but we loved it. And the other thing about the band was the quality of the music was outstanding. They had a guy who excelled at arranging the tunes. I can't remember his name, but if he didn't go into record producing he missed his calling.

Thanks. Is there any way you can get data on how many people have even accessed the Hamilton Court site since the start of basketball season?

Thanks for all of the interesting responses. My hunch that interest is down seems valid.

Guess we can't complain about the students not showing up. They likely have some of the same reasons.

Games of Feb. 1:

UC Santa Barbara (home, 14-8/6-5) 85, Long Beach State (7-16/3-8) 54
CSUN (home, 15-7/7-4) 88, CSU Bakersfield (10-13/4-7) 62
UC Riverside (home, 15/8-3) 80, Cal Poly (home, 8-15/2-9) 62
Hawai`i (home, 13-9/5-6) 82, CSU Fullerton (6-17/1-10) 57

With today’s results the Aggies fall out of the top 4 with the hardest part of their schedule looming two weeks from now.

Niko Rocak is the Ags second most valuable player for his rebounding, shot blocking and overall defense. Leucthen makes him look tiny on the court, but he still did a credible job against a guy who is likely to be in the NBA next year, blocking 2 or 3 of the big man's shots. Rocak is such a quick jumper and his timing is uncanny. I won't be sorry to see Leuchten graduate.

Refs are calling this one a bit too tight as I see it. Seems like the Ags usually draw more than their share of illegal screen calls, but in this one both teams are getting called for a lot of ticky-tack stuff.

If I were a UCI fan, I would now say that the "real" Anteaters decided to show up in the second half. Ags need to tighten their defense.

If someone told me that the Aggies would have a 7 point lead and hold to be up by 1at the half after 13 turnovers, I would have told them they were smoking something. Still, both teams have been very sloppy. TY has been egregiously careless with his passing lately, notably at the end of the UCR game, but also a few today already.