The top 4 seeds make it to the semis with Riverside's 62-52 win over Hawaii. I think the seeding is accurate from what I've seen so far. UCSB has the most talent so the Ags will need to play exceptionally well to have a chance for the upset.

Irvine 58 Poly 51 Final

He's so dangerous when the game is on the line and goes solo even when the defense knows what's coming.

What a beautiful move by Manjon to split those two big defenders and hit a difficult reverse layup! I'm getting too old for this!

Great strategy by Les to not call a time out which would have let Bake talk things over and set their defense. Blue collar basketball game at it's best...not always pretty...hard-nosed defense by both teams. This is a great win for the Ags against a very experienced and physically tough team.

Excellent Aggie defense...got to keep it up...

Blue collar basketball and the refs are letting them play...

Bake is so long and quick in their perimeter defense that open 3's will be hard to come by. We seem to be having success driving and dishing but I'm sure Bake will adjust some at the half.

It's good to see BJ Shaw back in action for the Aggies too.

Rebounds stat is surprising. Bake is so physical and athletic.

The Runners physicality had the Ags off balance in the first 10 minutes of the game but then we settled down, turned up the defensive intensity and roared back. As usual, defense will probably be the key factor in having a chance to win this game.

Ags come back after being down 21-11 to take a 32-29 lead into the half.

Smothering defense by Bake is causing a bunch of TO's by the Ags...

First impression of Bake...very tough defensively...nothing is going to come easy for the Ags today...

Gritty performance by The Beach...the awful flagrant 1 call against the 49ers in the final 30 seconds sealed the deal for UCSB 95-87...

Very questionable flagrant foul call on LB....

It was an ugly injury. A UCSB player fell heavily intro the back off his knee.

Short-handed LB hanging around...44-35 UCSB at the half...