Bruce Gallaudet still pushing the NIT fall back theory: http://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/let-the-magic-carpet-ride-continue-for-aggie-hoopsters/

Interesting comment as he gets sidetracked on comparing his high school dating history to post season collegiate basketball. "...but I felt like a human NIT." Maybe it was intentional.

Never liked the two font logo. Looked temporary and unfinshed. I'm OK with the horse and horseshoe, but can't disagree that it is busy and probably doesn't work well on caps, helmets and team uniforms.

That being said, I am old school and not excited about the new font itself. Looks like someone took nail clippers to the upper left corner of each letter, or like the dog-eared pages of used text books and magazines. I can see that font changing every 2-3 years when uniforms need to be replaced, just because....

So there's a "UC bracket" and a "CSU bracket."

Guess we'll just have to win the conference tournament!

When you see where UCI is seeded in people's brackets, (14? 16? play-in?) it is unlikely that a team they beat by 30 points is likely to go to the NIT.

I think there may be a super-secret rule that provides for an auto-bid to the NIT for the team with the greatest time of possession.

Neither is Bruce.

One of the bracketology sites had E. Washington in the NCAA for the Big Sky and regular season champ North Dakota going to the NIT.

I don't think the NIT has auto-bids for anyone except the regular season champs who failed to win their conference post season tourney. (I read something about auto-bids to the "First Four Out" of the NCAA, but I think that's a given...) There are even "bracketology" predictions for this year's NIT. They don't have any BWC teams.

http://bracketmatrix.com/nit
http://www.dratings.com/predictor/bracketology/
http://www.nycbuckets.com/current-nit-bracketology/

One of them has NIT 'bubble teams' and 'teams given serious consideration." UCD is not listed in any of them.

Maybe CBI, CIT, Vegas 16? A tournament yet to be named?

One Hornet fan already has:

Re: Move from the Big Sky
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Post by josephpoint » Wed Mar 01, 2017 7:48 pm

And UC Davis also continues to roll in the Causeway Cup.

Other then a tie in women's soccer and one win in the two match ups in men' soccer Sac State has lost to the Aggies in

Cross Country
Football
Men's basketball
Women's basketball
Volleyball
Gymnastics
Men's tennis
Women's tennis
Softball
and perhaps another sport that I am forgetting.

in the 2016-17 competition .

Can't recall a year like this.

So the 2016-17 Causeway Cup has already been captured by Davis in a run away .

And now it has been years since Sac won the Cup and
this year was not even competitive like the past few years where we lost it as well by a game here or there.

What has happened?

Sac State has hit rock bottom in the Causeway Cup competition so there is no where to go then up from here.

And there is always next year.

http://www.bigskyfans.com/hornets/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2613

Aggies complete the sweep in gymnastics tonight to bring the running score to 55-5.

I don't feel bad for them. I recall a long, long time ago when they moved to D1 and D-1AA before the Ags did so, and got a bit of a run going in football, some Slack coach, possibly Mattos, said something like there may come a time when we can't play Davis anymore.

Running score is now 52.5 - 5. Too close for comfort.

Ags swept softball for the first time in 6 years.

Won it January 29 with a win in gymnastics. It's all sweet icing on the cake from here on out.

Next up, return games/meets in softball on Wednesday and gymnastics on Friday.

Men's tennis picks up five more points with a 5-2 win today. Running score is now 50-5.

Aggie women beat Slack this afternoon, 4-3, in the first of two softball games. Running score is now 45-5 with 30 points still out there. Men's tennis this Saturday and the return softball game next Wednesday.

ESPN website's most recent "Bracketology" has UCI in for the BIg West.

Mentioned in the Bee, too:

http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nfl/san-francisco-49ers/article132064104.html

Yeah, and you got the nod for posting the score on the day it happened.

Weird that I tried to edit the message as it was posted yesterday, just to save myself from looking any dumber than my kids already think I am, and my attempted edit was blocked as spam. To be honest, most of what I add to this website is probably spam.

Do as you wish, I am not bothered by it being there, and it has started a life of its own.

I have no idea where the above message has been lingering in the cyber-void. I hit "send" on the day of the match, 1-28-17. Maybe I should take my Commodore 64 into the shop for some repair work.