San Diego lost 68-56 to Southern University in the first four in game of the Women's NCAA Tournament.

'm looking forward to the SD game tonight. My wife is a Michigan alum but we are both pulling for the Tritons.

Nationwide 58% of all college students are women and women graduate at a rate that is 6% higher than men 68% to 62%.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

Are we losingVictoria Baker? She is listed on the roster as a redshirt junior. Does she have one year of eligibility left or is she graduating?

Wow...I didn't expect to see Riverside get blown out by 39 to Santa Clara.

The snubbing of Irvine and the Aggies is egregious when compared to Pacific and St Mary's being chosen. The Aggies have beaten Pacific and St Mary's in recent years and are definitely better when you compare the Ags to them on paper. This is nothing short of favoritism to the WCC.

That sucks, in my opinion. Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of politics that go into the selection of teams for any of the post season tournaments.

So 2 WCC teams with losing records got in: Pacific 15-18 and St Mary's14-16. The Big West teams got screwed: Hawaii 22-9, Irvine 21-10 and the Aggies 21-12.

It's red meat for the conservative news media whenever the words "gender inclusive" appear on a public document.

So Tova was coming off having the flu when the tournament started. Hard to imagine how much energy 3 straight games must have zapped from her. Also, how tough was Bennett who was on the receiving end of a flagrant 1 foul in each of the last two games resulting in a broken nose from a vicious elbow and then a near concussion after getting hammered to the floor.The women's game has become as physical as the men's often are!

I think this one will go down to the wire.

Ags fall 75-66. The Ags made energetic run in the final minutes but the hill was too steep to climb. They were getting out hustled by SD the whole game until Jen finally dialed up the pressure defense which seemed to energize the team. I would have liked to see her go to the full court pressure much sooner to get the energy going for the Aggies.

Nice season for the team despite this disappointing loss. With Norris and Epps coming back and our talented freshman, Ryan Bennett, just beginning her career, we have a lot to look forward to. Loved watching our graduating seniors over the years. Aggie Pride...

The Ags are down by 18 early in the 4th. The game is all but out of reach.

Ryan Bennett is playing with a face mask today after taking a vicious elbow to her nose yesterday. The was ruled a flagrant 1. Now, she just got pushed to the floor while going up for a rebound and she whiplashed her head to the floor. The foul was upgraded to a flagrant 1 and she's out of the game. It's been a rough 2 games for her.

I think we just play too nice at times. We struggle to be as aggressive as our opponents especially on the boards and 50/50 balls. Jim Les always says that good things happen to the most aggressive team.

34-21 SD at the half. Ags are not playing with the energy that SD has especially on defense.

23-14 SD with 5 minutes to go in the 2nd Q. The Ags are shooting 21%.

Ags trail 16-9 after the 1st quarter. SD is playing much more physical and aggressive than the Ags and the Aggies already have 5 TO's. SD is doing a good job of clogging up the lane forcing the Ags to shoot 3's.

Ags start off ice cold with TO's on sloppy passes. Down 8-0 and Jen forced to take a time out.

SD is a tough match-up for the Aggies and they have played the Ags tough in both of their previous games this year. More than anything, the Ags have to take care of the ball and not turn it over like they did when SD beat them in Davis when the Aggies collapsed in the 4th quarter primarily due to TO's. The Ags had 26 TO's in that game which led to 25 points by SD and somehow we survived 20 TO's yesterday which led to 25 points by Irvine.

Aggie opponents know that we have a tendency to make lots of TO's so they have turned up the defensive pressure and physicality to try and rattle the Aggies and force TO's. We simply have to keep our composure under pressure and take care of the ball better. If we can do that and continue to play excellent defense, we can win the title.