Almost ten minutes into the game and our only 2 pt FG was a jumper from a mile away. No points anywhere close to the paint.

Oh and we're up ten. What a weird half.

The magical ride continues

Telling people from the women's game to relocate to a section that doesn't exist is a bold strategy; let's see if it pays off

Maybe staff decided it was better to have her here for a tournament run?

The odds of going to postseason again massively increase by the game.

If we want a game, I'm sure we can get one. We could make an outright profit by paying much less for an FCS team to come play a one-off, and even more if it was a random DII team. Seems like it's really just a question of how much of the $725k the department wants to keep.

15 second left, Ags have the ball, down by 3. Yikes.

It's befuddling because their production quality is excellent when the video feed actually comes in.

Works fine for me now.

GREAT fourth quarter comeback brewing for the Ags. Tied at 59 right now after UCD was down 10 late in the 3rd. UCI has no answer for Stobbart.

As someone who came in after the D2 era, it's so delightfully bizarre to have a spectator-sport program just give off the vibe of being 100% on track. Yeah they're not dominant nationally yet but Coach Gross has the Ags playing good OOC schedules in addition to crushing the BWC every year. And things look really good for the next few years given the recruiting/transfer pipeline that's emerging and the quality of our freshmen and redshirts.

Also, I remember reading some years ago that Davis was leading the conference in WBB attendance; does anyone know if this is still true?

EDIT: I know we've definitely beaten everything I said in this comment to the ground over the last several years. Just feels good to revel in it.

6 points down now. Thought it would go to 4 but MN took an extra step. 3:47 left; plenty of time if you get stops.

I think you're right about the importance of competing with Pac-12 but also there's the fact that Stanford isn't a great measuring stick because they're such a consistently good team. It's not too far off from if the men had to play Duke or Kansas every year.

I was encouraged that the Splash Sisters team could hang in the WNIT when actually matched with average (or even above average) power conference schools. As a mid major powerhouse we need to win those kinds of games, but it's more forgivable to just compete against Stanford, UConn, etc

I'm a believer now. If this team plays at this level consistently we're going to win conference. With Bessolo out and two four-year starters (one of whom was maybe the best player in program history) graduated.

Send Coach Gross her Hogwarts letter, because what she's doing with our recruiting and player development is absolute wizardry

Much better shooting in the second quarter. 24-19.

This team can just skewer opponents for brief stretches if the shooters get hot

Thought I recognized the name Hemsley. Indeed his brother was the PG at SDSU when I was there; strong basketball family

Me coming into the game thread

Happy for the win though regardless of how it looked. As far as rebuilding years go, this could be way worse

Media picked them first in conference, coaches second.

I think top half of conference is likely and top 3 is on the table. Based on nonconference this wasn't a conference-winning team, though they have improved and are getting over injuries.

Should be noted that there are some really impressive recruits and transfers redshirting this year, especially at the post. Ags could have a height advantage over the BWC for some years after this season.

UCD leading at the half 26-21. Quickest half of basketball I ever remember at the college level

Re: getting Daft back -- I'm sure he's a good guy and it looks like he's found a situation where he can excel, which is great. And I haven't been shy about my feelings that I'd be fine with a change in OC.

However, I feel like this board is quick to forget that Daft was part of the worst-performing staff this program has had in around 50 years. Not only that, but playcalling was a central -- if not the primary -- criticism on this board of the Gould era.

The argument that he could excel with a different HC is valid, but Daft had literally years to show he could put together an offense that could at least compete in the Big Sky with UCD's recruiting limitations, and he couldn't do it. Even a couple more wins per season against D1 competition would have made a huge difference in how I perceived his ability to succeed here.

And back down to 1!!

8 minute media timeout now

31-24 Titans. Fullerton looks like the dominant team and I'd say we're lucky to be down only 7, but on the other hand, just a few more of those threes go in and the narrative changes completely.