Current standings with one game to go:

I listened to Les in the radio post-game interview. He was really proud of the team grinding out a win without Sevilla, Cooper and Stokes. Wilson had 30 and he should be in the running for Big West Freshman of the Year. Les said they nominated him but the BW said he isn't eligible because he played in 4 games at Washington State last year. Les said that's ridiculous since a freshman is a freshman. Rocak had 4 blocks and I believe that made him the all-time leader in blocks in Aggie history.

I posted about this scandal sometime last year. You gotta feel for Coach Barnes. It seems like he was not aware of the sex trafficking that Mays is accused of and Barne's "resignation" was just part of the collateral damage.

I always thought that Barnes was a good fit for Bakersfield. Many of his players came from tough backgrounds and Barnes, who is a bit "old school," worked hard to teach them discipline and life skills through basketball.

Please give us a summary of the meeting.

The Aggies have announced Cody vonAppen as the new Special Teams Coordinator. He comes to Davis from Cal Poly where he was the Defensive Coordinator since 2022. Taylor Chapatte will return to his primary role of Tight Ends Coach. Chapatte held both positions last year.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2026/2/26/football-welcomes-cody-vonappen-as-special-teams-coordinator.aspx

:rofl:

2/28 final scores:

Hawai'i 87 Fullerton 85
Riverside 95 CSUN 79
Long Beach 88 Bakersfield 87
Irvine 64 Santa Barbara 60

Current Standings:

Saturday 2/28 games:

Hawai'i @ Fullerton - 4 pm
CSUN @ Riverside - 5 pm
Long Beach @ Bakersfield - 6:30 pm
Cal Poly @ San Diego - 7 pm
Santa Barbara @ Irvine 7:30 pm

Hawai'i simply manhandled, or should I say "womanhandled," the Ags last night. They were the more physical and aggressive team with superior height also. It didn't help that the Ags were ice cold shooting for most of the first half either. The Ags only scored 9 points in the first quarter and all 9 points were scored by Nya Epps...that was a bad omen from the get go...

The Big West is always very competitive and this year it is especially so. Yes, were are currently in 7th place but look at that log jam in the middle of the standings. A lot can still happen in this free-for-all.

We were within 2 points of 1st place Hawai'i last night with 24 seconds left in the game so we have shown that we can play with any team in the conference. Great effort by the Ags playing without Jalen Stokes and Nils Cooper. Omer Suljanovic, a true freshman that is improving with every game. went out with an injury last night also. We've got a week to, hopefully, heal up before our final 2 road games.

Ags get thumped 67-46.

42-33 Hawai'i at the end of the 3rd quarter.

Ags trail 30-20 at the half plagued by cold shooting...including only 2 of 13 from 3.

Standings as of 2/26:

43-31Hawai’i at the half. We’re really missing the defense of Stokes and Cooper. Bows are shooting 59%.

The Ags lost to Cal 7-2. The Aggies had only 2 hits and are now batting .184 as a team through their first 8 games.

From Gauchodan's Big West Hoops Substack column:

6:00 PM: Hawai’i at UC Davis — The Rainbow Warriors (19-7, 11-5) begin their final Big West road trip, and it may be their toughest yet. Hawai’i, which has split each of its previous 4 forays to California in conference play, may need to sweep UC Davis and Cal State Fullerton to remain at least tied for the Big West lead heading into the final week. Dre Bullock has averaged 21.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals over the last 2 games. The Aggies (17-11, 10-7), also leaving for the Mountain West Conference at the end of the season, are playing their final home game of the 2025-26 season. UC Davis finds itself in a 3-way tie for 4th place and would win the tiebreaker for a 1st-round bye if the season ended this morning. Connor Sevilla is averaging 15.0 points over the last 3 games and has made 35 of his last 37 free throw attempts (.946).

Other games tonight:

Riverside @ Santa Barbara 6 pm
Long Beach @ Cal Poly 7 pm
Irvine @ CSUN 7 pm
Bakersfield @ San Diego 7 pm

All game summaries here:

https://bigwesthoops.substack.com/p/final-countdown?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2973109&post_id=189226039&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

[What Happened to the Group That Promised Sac State $50M in NIL?

The “Sac-12” has new leadership committed to offering financial support to Sacramento State—but not the $50 million originally dangled.

BY AMANDA CHRISTOVICH
FEB 19, 2026 | 01:50 PM

Sacramento State isn’t expecting that $50 million, given that donors promised those commitments only if they got the Pac-12 invitation, Sacramento State president Luke Wood told Front Office Sports in an interview Wednesday. But he isn’t concerned about its loss.

“Our community right now is rallying behind us,” he said, adding that “some of those commitments have already translated anyways even before we announced the MAC. So we’re starting to see those dollars come in already.”

Whole article here:

https://frontofficesports.com/what-happened-to-the-group-that-promised-sac-state-50m-in-nil/

This should really pump up the home game attendance! :yikes: