We've beaten Santa Barbara 6 straight times. That's a crazy streak and 7 straight won't be easy.

BIG WEST TOURNAMENT SEEDING

#l - UC Irvine
#2 - Hawai'i
#3 - Cal State Fullerton
#4 - CSUN
35 - UC San Diego
#6 - UC Davis
#7 - UC Santa Barbara
#8 - Cal Poly

Great effort by the Ags. Rebounds and FT's by Irvine did us in though.

We'll likely be playing short-handed without several starters which is a shame given that this is a nationally televised game. I hope we come up with a Herculean effort and keep the game within reach so we don't end up playing catch up from 10-15 down most of the game.

It's gonna be very tough especially if Sevilla, Cooper and Stokes are still out.

Shine graduated from Davis and played this year for Riverside as a 5th year grad student.

From the Big West Men's Basketball Board:

UC Davis (11-8)

4 seed with win + Northridge win + Santa Barbara win
5 seed with win + Fullerton win + Santa Barbara win (* 4 or 5 seed *) OR with win + Northridge win + San Diego win OR with loss + Northridge win + San Diego win
6 seed with win + Fullerton win + San Diego win OR with loss + Fullerton win + Santa Barbara win
7 seed with loss + Santa Barbara win

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bigwest/big-west-tournament-scenarios-t30863.html#p282176

Saturday, March 7 games:

Bakersfield @ Poly - 4 pm
Aggies @ Irvine - 5 pm on ESPNU
Fullerton @ CSUN - 5 pm
San Diego @ Santa Barbara - 6 pm
Long Beach @ Hawai'i - 9 pm

Current standings with one game to go:

I listened to Les in the radio post-game interview. He was really proud of the team grinding out a win without Sevilla, Cooper and Stokes. Wilson had 30 and he should be in the running for Big West Freshman of the Year. Les said they nominated him but the BW said he isn't eligible because he played in 4 games at Washington State last year. Les said that's ridiculous since a freshman is a freshman. Rocak had 4 blocks and I believe that made him the all-time leader in blocks in Aggie history.

I posted about this scandal sometime last year. You gotta feel for Coach Barnes. It seems like he was not aware of the sex trafficking that Mays is accused of and Barne's "resignation" was just part of the collateral damage.

I always thought that Barnes was a good fit for Bakersfield. Many of his players came from tough backgrounds and Barnes, who is a bit "old school," worked hard to teach them discipline and life skills through basketball.

Please give us a summary of the meeting.

The Aggies have announced Cody vonAppen as the new Special Teams Coordinator. He comes to Davis from Cal Poly where he was the Defensive Coordinator since 2022. Taylor Chapatte will return to his primary role of Tight Ends Coach. Chapatte held both positions last year.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2026/2/26/football-welcomes-cody-vonappen-as-special-teams-coordinator.aspx

:rofl:

2/28 final scores:

Hawai'i 87 Fullerton 85
Riverside 95 CSUN 79
Long Beach 88 Bakersfield 87
Irvine 64 Santa Barbara 60

Current Standings:

Saturday 2/28 games:

Hawai'i @ Fullerton - 4 pm
CSUN @ Riverside - 5 pm
Long Beach @ Bakersfield - 6:30 pm
Cal Poly @ San Diego - 7 pm
Santa Barbara @ Irvine 7:30 pm

Hawai'i simply manhandled, or should I say "womanhandled," the Ags last night. They were the more physical and aggressive team with superior height also. It didn't help that the Ags were ice cold shooting for most of the first half either. The Ags only scored 9 points in the first quarter and all 9 points were scored by Nya Epps...that was a bad omen from the get go...

The Big West is always very competitive and this year it is especially so. Yes, were are currently in 7th place but look at that log jam in the middle of the standings. A lot can still happen in this free-for-all.

We were within 2 points of 1st place Hawai'i last night with 24 seconds left in the game so we have shown that we can play with any team in the conference. Great effort by the Ags playing without Jalen Stokes and Nils Cooper. Omer Suljanovic, a true freshman that is improving with every game. went out with an injury last night also. We've got a week to, hopefully, heal up before our final 2 road games.

Ags get thumped 67-46.

42-33 Hawai'i at the end of the 3rd quarter.