I have followed basketball less and less the last few years. I moved from the East Bay to Idaho, so obviously it's much more difficult to attend games. But I haven't even watched many games either and I'm not exactly sure why.

The last game I attended was a real bummer. I went to the Big West Tourney in Vegas 2 years ago. There were probably two hundred people in the nice 6,000 seat arena- it was a sad experience, and getting blown out by Riverside didn't help. I haven't followed the Band-uh saga as close as others, but the band in Vegas seemed to be a shell of its former self. They brought zero energy to the empty arena that was in dire need of energy.

This may be a dumb idea and full disclosure, I was a lowly Poly Sci Major not some Biomedical Engineering genius but.... Could we create a scholarship for students who can increase student attendance and involvement for all our sports programs? Award 2 half scholarships or 4 quarter scholarships for student leaders who have a vision and can prove they have improved the student involvement at sporting events.

Maybe academic elites would hate that idea but an energized student section can help in so many ways. Players and other fans at games can feed off the student energy, recruits may be more likely to chose Davis if they visit and see a wild crowd supporting the team they could join. Leading to better teams, more wins, more media exposure, higher revenues, larger crowds... and the cycle repeats.

Bummer ending, but thanks to the players and staff for all the hard work and a fun season.

Yeah- Lubbock didn't seem like the nicest place. My son probably had the right idea about wanting to get out of there- lol.

I like this idea, to let public come in and check out a stadium any time. We were in Texas recently and checked out every stadium we could. TCU's stadium was wide open- we walked around sat in seats, enjoyed the vibe and want to come back and see a game in person. Texas Tech on the other hand was locked up like a prison. We found one partial view of the field but felt like we were unwanted. My 11 year-old son was scared, thought we were going to get in trouble and wanted to leave as soon as possible. We have no desire to see a game a Texas Tech-lol.

Nice- I love the idea of rooftop bar and wine corner.

I get what you're saying. Ideally we would have won more games and had more fans in the seats the last 10 years or so. But we are making our move now so I say let the admin know what we'd like to see and try to make the best stadium we can. Give the "built it and they will come" thesis the best opportunity to succeed.

Gotcha- thanks, that makes sense with the small scoreboard in the pic. I have a vague memory of build out plans that just extended the bowl. I don't remember seeing any plans that had a second deck.

Does anyone know what is going on with the East sidelines on this stadium build out pic? It doesn't make sense to me. Are there seats? Club boxes? Or is it some kind of San Jose State deal where they put an office building on one of their sidelines?

Not sure how realistic FBS football is at Davis, but it's fun to dream...

Random questions- With the A's coming to Sacramento for a bit, do the River Cats need to play games in other stadiums? Or are they still planning to play all their games at their park? Maybe the MLB could spend some money to help the River Cats play some games at Dobbins?

I believe Grand Canyon paid for hundred of students to go to the NCAA game in Spokane. That section was going wild for both games of the session. They were fired up and taunting Alabama players in the earlier game. The money was probably well spent in terms of exposure, I had friends texting me during the St Mary's game asking me about the GC crowd. One huge sports fan said he couldn't believe how rowdy the crowd seemed on TV.

I went to Spokane with the family to watch my wife's St Mary's team take on Grand Canyon in the NCAA tourney. After they man handled St Mary's I kept asking everyone "How did Grand Canyon Basketball become a thing?" Ha

A bit late here but... we went up to the NCAAs in Spokane to see my wife's St Marys team. Sadly, the mighty Gaels lost but we still had a great time.

We were there for a true March Madness experience when Yale beat Auburn. Everyone in the arena except Auburn fans started going nuts for Yale- it was wild. Also a great story about Yale's band not being able to make the trip so the University of Idaho's band learned the Yale songs and went to support the team.

I get that college sports are changing big time, in many ways not for the better. But there are still great underdog stories and fun times out there.

Well, Dang it. Traore just took over the game in the second half and we had no answer.

Shout-out to TY- we would have got blown out without him. Bummer ending but fun season overall.

Yes, I remember looking at Green Valley Resort online last year and it looked nice. Probably worth it if you want to see all the Big West games. We ended up staying at the Orleans because my wife's St Mary's team was playing there. The Orleans is kinda "meh" but a 5 minute walk from your room to the arena is perfect when you get into town about an hour before a game starts.

Tip to consider for anyone going to the tourney. We went last year and stopped at the District at Green Valley Ranch before the game. Its a upscale mall with nice pub and restaurant options. We had a few drinks, dinner and then walked 10 minutes to the game. Just spend some money at the mall and don't walk straight to the game from the car and you should be fine.

Caveat- I'm a cheap bast#rd and often try to avoid paying for parking. Its probably smart to just pay the money and park at the arena- ha.

I don't think we are going to make it this year, but hopefully with a #2 seed more Aggie fans will show up this year. The showing last year was rather bleak.

Ugh! Just missed out again. Jr and I made it out to the game. Last 2 games we've seen in person were the best of the year. Last year at Idaho and Saturday against Sac. Oh well, we enjoyed the win over the Hornets in the downpour. No committee can take that away from us.

LOL, yep that would be bad. Just saying that we are now tied for 3rd among the UCs.

I interpreted the post as trying to form a new FCS league. But its just a random post on a message board so does it really mean anything?

And yes realignment seems ridiculous at times but talking about college sports is far more interesting than the subjects you listed- lol.

The family and I had a great time, despite most of our teams losing. 7 games in 3 and 1/2 days. Even squeezed in trips to Hover Dam and Red Rock Canyon. The Davis game and the nearly empty arena were the biggest bummers of the trip. But the Pac-12 and Mountain West games were fun. Even with my wife's St Mary's getting blown out, it was a fun atmosphere- a packed 8-9 thousand seat arena.

I'm not seeing a link to an article. A nearly empty arena is about as neutral as you can get so I guess they achieved that. But having been there it was a bummer watching 2 games, and I would imagine it was a bummer for the players. I would much rather watch a game in Irvine with a few hundred Davis fans and a few thousand opposing fans, but maybe other don't agree.