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@sacstate ‘s Athletic Dept is about a month away from a major announcement. University President @drlukewood spoke to KFBK’s @mdemsky to preview what the announcement is surrounding…

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From the Sac Bee:

New Sacramento State coach Brennan Marion and staff are set to welcome 57 new players to the program, including 11 signed during the December early signing period and transfers prior to the spring semester.

The new Hornets include the highest-rated FCS quarterback prospect in Jamar Malone of Warren High School in Los Angeles, and the top-rated FCS incoming receiver prospect in Drey Garner of University High in San Diego.

Read more at:
https://www.sacbee.com/sports/college/article299863819.html#storylink=cpy

Aziz Altuwaijri's profile on hudl shows him as a 6'5 290 OT/OL from Corona del Mar HS in SoCal.

Wow. There is nobody there. Big change at the beach — DrMike

The official attendance was 1907 so there were more people there than it looked like.

This win was #251 for Jen Gross which tied her with Sandy Simpson for the most wins by a head coach in Aggie women's basketball history.

I didn't expect San Diego to steamroll Riverside...wow...they are a very good basketball team.

The Ags grind out a hard fought win 73-65 in OT. TY led the way with 33 points including 11 in OT.

They do mess up a lot.

The game is underway. Live Stats show the Ags up 6-2 with at the 16:19 mark.

Anybody having trouble to get the game on ESPN+? I keep getting a notice that the game has not started yet.

He also mentioned that the vultures will be out in April trying to lure Rex away and how it’s a priority of the collective to help him hold to his commitment to stay. — DrMike

It's a whole new world out there in major college football and basketball and, although I understand why athletes feel like they should get paid for their role in the big business of college athletics, it sure has introduced a dog-eat-dog environment where the deep pocketed programs prey on each other and the smaller ones.

How was the attendance? Were any of the players there also?

From The Big West Banter by Gauchodan:

The Aggies (12-10, 6-5), as expected, fell out of the top 4 with losses at UC Riverside and UC Irvine. UC Davis was in each game, losing at Riverside on a Nate Pickens 3-pointer with 5 seconds left and leading the Anteaters into the 2nd half. The back half of the 4-game road trip looks to be easier vs. 9th-place Long Beach State and 11th-place Cal State Fullerton. The Aggies force 15.7 turnovers per game.

The Beach (7-16, 3-8) had a weird week. LBSU led UC Irvine by 7 with 3 minutes to go and ended up losing in a valiant OT effort. Two nights later, the Beach were buried 85-54 at middling UC Santa Barbara. Long Beach shot just .302 from the field in the Thunderdome and hasn’t reached .500 since Jan. 11. Devin Askew is averaging 25.3 points in his last 3 games.

You can read his column for all the games here:

https://bigwestbanter.substack.com/p/tritons-try-not-to-look-ahead?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3137908&post_id=156563300&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Is there anything more you can tell us about what Plough had to say at the signing party?

Hey, thanks CAF! This is always one of the most anticipated and popular topics on our forum. I'm looking forward to 2026.

I've seen a few posts noting that Sac State has the some of the highest rated recruits overall ever for an FCS program and the highest rated transfer class ever in the FCS.

Well, I grew up in Indiana so basketball is part of my DNA. I love the sport and my wife and I are long time season ticket holders. Football is the most popular sport in the USA and Aggie football has a long and storied history that Aggie basketball really doesn't have although winning the 1998 D2 National Championship was an incredible accomplishment.

It seems like we've kind of been stuck in neutral ever since the 2017 team went to the NCAA Tournament and we went to the NIT in 2015 and 2018. Athletics are not an easy sell with the students or with the Davis community at large either. So, unless there's something to really get excited about, like having a very high achieving team that is at the top of the conference and has good shot at post-season play, it's hard to build a bigger fan base. Football has had that kind of excitement the past few years and this year's team was the best of all so the fan base has really gone up. Not so much with basketball, unfortunately.

Jim Les and his assistant coaches are excellent and they'll need to really step up the recruiting in order to be competitive when we began play in the MWC in 2026. It appears as though we have "promised" the MWC that we are committed elevating basketball to a much more competitive level of play and I hope that that will help create more excitement and will bring in more fans. It's not going to be easy and the first couple years could be rough but, if we bring in a higher level of talent and begin winning in the MWC against higher profile teams, we have a chance to build something special here.