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.

I hope the slots were good to you and your wife!

I think many of us have some legitimate concerns about the current state of affairs of MBB after this disappointing season and our impending move up to stiffer competition in the MWC in 2026. So I started a new topic where we can have a conversation about everything and anything regarding MBB currently and heading into the future. I thought we might attract a wider conversation from more Aggie fans if this discussion had a topic of its own rather than here in the Poly game thread.

The discussion thread is titled: MBB Discussion: Your Thought About the Status of MBB Now and Going Forward. Post-up your thoughts there. I think there's a lot to talk about.

Are you attending the women's games, Mike? They're a very good team when the TO bug doesn't bite them too hard. Hope they can bring home the title tomorrow.

They had 25 TO's today and Irvine scored 25 points off those TO's. It's a good thing that we were on fire to start the game and Irvine was ice cold and we rolled to that big lead at halftime. Most teams don't win when they commit that many TO's.

The Ags are rattled. They need to settle down and take care of the ball. The Ags have 16 TO's now.

Irvine turned up the physicality and defensive pressure and outscored the Ags 25-12 in the 3rd quarter. Now the lead is down to 2 early in the 4th and Irvine has seized the momentum and confidence.

Irvine comes out aggressive and scores 8 straight while the Ags turn the ball over. This game is far from over. The lead is down to 11 and the Anteaters have all the momentum.

Terrific half of basketball by the Aggies. Bennett took a vicious elbow to her face and had to leave the game. The foul was upgraded to a flagrant 1 and Sabel canned both FT's. I hope we haven't lost Bennett. She been playing extremely well lately.

The Ags came out hot a jumped to a big lead before going cold including 4 straight TO's but was still able to keep a double digit lead due to good defense by the Aggies.

Poly upsets Riverside and moves on 96-83. Poly is a scoring machine. The biggest difference was Poly hitting 18 of 35 from 3 and 20-24 from the line.

I can't get the Riverside vs Poly game on ESPN. It just shows "Your event is about to start." Anyone else actually able to get the live stream?

There's a new topic that was just posted here on the forum regarding NIL in California universities and it reports that UCD gave a total of $93,000 in NIL to athletes in 2024 and that included $50,000 to TY and $25,000 to Lan Larison.

#4 San Diego 59 #8 Cal Poly 54

Post-game comments from Coach Les and Coach Price:

Les:

. "That's a tough locker room right now."

"Our guys are really emotional, but we as coaches told them how incredibly blessed we were to be able to coach them," Les added.

"They put a ton of blood, sweat and tears into this season. We had some great moments and we had some adversity, but it seems like six or seven games ago we sort of hit a wall."

"I was still worried at half.".

"We were shooting the ball well, but we don't like to give up that many points. All credit to Cal Poly. They played a great game against us."

"We lost our focus and our defensive energy just wasn't there."

"When they made that run in the second half our ball movement wasn't good. We were trying to get points back in a hurry and rushing our shots."

"They, being Aggies, know that they may have played their last game here, but that we as coaches will always be here continuing to support them as they go out into the world."

Price:

"I was really proud of our effort."

"Davis is a great team and they were really disruptive to our offensive rhythm in the first half, but we came out with a tremendous amount of toughness in the second half to change the momentum and win the game. Our guys worked really hard and we hope we can keep it going for another night or two."

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Yes and in limited minutes because of foul problems.

Ags pull away in the 4th and win 61-50. They advance to play #3 UC Irvine tomorrow.

Ags up 58-49 after a flagrant 1 foul called on Norris for swinging a high elbow.