Les was not a happy camper in the post-game interview. He said it was a very physical game but they were more physical and we were on the receiving end of it and "we say that the team that hits first wins." He did not like that we only had 5 assists and said that "our offense was awful."

We only have to play down there one more time next year.

Ags lose 75-64.

I won't miss playing Bake when we start playing in the Mountain West. This is just street ball and the refs are just adding fuel to the fire...

This game has turned into street ball game.

Blue collar, physical basketball game...refs have been very inconsistent...allowing lots of rough play and then calling touch fouls...not a pretty basketball game to say the least...

Thanks for your excellent write up about this game, TR67! The Aggie WBB team deserves a good following here on our forum. The Ags have come together nicely this year and certainly look like a team that could be a frontrunner in the Big West. Go Ags!

Bakersfield is a tough place to play on the road and the Runners are always very athletic. I hope having Mani back will help us have some better offensive consistency. However, the Aggies have been up and down so far this season so it's hard to know what to expect.

The women's 115-29 win over Cal Maritime set a couple of records:

An 86-point win marks the biggest winning scoring margin in Aggie history, beating the previous mark of 85 in a win over Santa Cruz on November 22, 1974.

115 points is the most scored by the Aggies in the Division I era, it's also the most scored at home, with the previous record being 108 in a win over Patten on December 28, 1996.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2024/12/28/womens-basketball-womens-basketball-finishes-december-unbeaten-in-86-point-win-over-cal-maritime.aspx

Ags win 109-46 and Prongos got a bucket. Nice to see the bench players get some quality minutes.

The Aggie women beat Cal Maritime today 115-29. The score at the half was 53-7 and Cal Maritime didn't score a single point in the second quarter.

Sac adds a 6'2 205 QB who had offers from Cal, Florida A&M, Iowa State, Louisville, Miami, NAU, Oregon, SDSU, TCU, Tennessee, UNLV, Utah and Virginia Tech.

Sac adds 3 star safety out of Missouri and more. It's amazing how fast Marion is moving and getting commitments:

It's hard to believe that Marion has coached at 10 different schools in the past 10 years. I'm not sure if that's a good thing but it certainly shows that he is highly ambitious. As a result, he's got a whole lot of connections nationwide and he has formed relationships with a whole lot of players as well. Some of them are in the portal and he's going after them. It's easier to recruit players who already know him and have played for him. Sac may have caught lightening in a bottle...guess we'll find our next season...

2011 - West Valley (WR)
2012 - Harker School (CA) (WR)
2013 - St. Patrick-St. Vincent HS (CA)
2014 - Waynesboro Area HS (PA)
2015 - Arizona State (OQC)
2016 - Oklahoma Baptist (RB)
2017–2018 - Howard (OC/QB)
2019 - William & Mary (OC/QB)
2020 - Hawaii (WR)
2021 - Pittsburgh (WR)
2022 - Texas (PGC/WR)
2023–2024 - UNLV (OC/QB)
2025 - Sacramento State (HC)

I expect that this will be the smallest crowd of the year. It will be a double-header though with the women taking on Cal Maritime also at 1 pm.

Is Sacramento State a realistic expansion option for the Pac-12, or are the Hornets a better fit for the Mountain West? — @MarcSheehan006

Sacramento State has done a fabulous job marketing itself as an expansion candidate for the Pac-12 or Mountain West and went so far as to set a goal of securing $50 million in NIL pledges this fall. Last we checked, the Hornets had roughly $35 million pledged.

(Note: They do not have $35 million in hand, much less the $50 million that an ESPN report suggested earlier this week.)

Sacramento State is an FCS program that resides in the nation’s No. 20 media market, is reasonably close to the Bay Area tech money and has easy access to high-level recruits. (Folsom High School is a powerhouse.)

But we have not received confirmation of serious interest by the two FBS conferences, which are taking contrasting approaches to expansion.

The Mountain West is hustling to increase membership, having added UC Davis (in all sports but football) and currently targeting Northern Illinois. Meanwhile, the Pac-12 paused expansion in order to focus on media rights negotiations.

Something else to consider: The Big Ten and SEC don’t want more FCS schools making the jump to the FBS — they believe there are too many mouths to feed already — and have made their feelings known at the highest levels.

Our hunch is that Sacramento State will remain an FCS school at least through this round of western conference realignment.

https://sports360az.com/mailbag-pac-12-assets-and-cfp-revenue-the-postseason-calendar-the-sac-state-expansion-option-and-more/

Marion continues to mine the portal: