I can see Cal Baptist to make it a 10-team all SOCal conference, but Utah Valley? That will create the same schedule issues we have now with Hawaii.

just think how good they’d be if Bryce Pope stuck around instead of languishing on the bench at USC

I don’t know that there was a choice - I’ve never heard the the PAC showed any interest in Davis. If there was a choice, i think the MWC would be offering us a more equitable slice of the money based on what I’ve read from schools that turned down the PAC

this is kinda the same spot as last year, except Niko was a surprise return.

the question with Borra is will he be able to stick around like Niko did (he is in the business management after graduating last year).

I think they felt Roberson was going to be a real contributor. I was talking to one of the dads about the team and how the Borra and Roberson injuries really hurt. He said his son referred to Roberson as ‘a game changer.’

You never know, but had he been a 25-minute a game solid scorer AND we had Borra to give us a solid 15 minutes (he got buffed!), this would have been a more rounded team. Can’t recruit into two late injuries.

I think we’re clinched also since we swept Poly, but maybe multi-team ties mess things up? We did lose twice to Bako who’s behind us.

I was being recruited by UOP and invited by them to the game. My coach contact wasn’t in the mood to talk to me after the game!

We were up 11 with 7 to go when Rocek got his fourth foul (WEAK!). When he got in with 3 to go, it was a 1 point game. Not having a backup killed us.

That one hurt. Kid played their asses off against a superior team and probably should have won.

That long scoreless drought hurt but up 3. Decent crowd. Frat group is bringing some energy and Darius Livingston is always great in Saturday

Line has remained at 3.5 which is a bit of a surprise based on recent play of both teams. This is a tall order today at home. Not to be a downer but we’re looking at closing the season on a 6-game losing streak, with 4 straight hind losses. I hope we can find a way to get a couple wins to get to 11-9 instead of 9-11). I believe slots 1-4 are realistically locked up, so we’re just jockeying for position 5-6 (we’re pretty much in unless CP wins 5 while we lose 5).


Matchups today should help keep us in the top 6 regardless of our outcome.

Been over a month since our last Saturday game - hope for a decent turnout AND turnaround on the court.

EDIT : i do believe we are in. Poly can end up tied with us if we both go on streaks, albeit in the opposite directions, but we would beat them out on the tiebreaker (swept the series). Probably the 6 seed.

Bako would have to go 3 out of 4 to tie (again, in the Davis doomsday scenario) to tie us, but owns the tiebreaker. they finsh with Irvine, at LBSU, at Poly and vs Hawaii.

Hawaii would need at least 3 of 5 (no sweep possible, so i don't know the tiebreaker) at UCSD, vs UCR, vs UCD, at Bako and at CSUN. that's tough.

I understand the reason we went with Sevilla, I just can’t understand how he gets ZERO minutes especially in a game we’re getting killed on the boards.

And CSUN leads the league in rebounding

One thing that puzzles me: Lose went from a solid off the bench contributor last year, to a starter early this year to ….never getting on the court in meaningful minutes. Seems like we could get a good 6-8 minutes from him to give the starters a break

agree; I hope I don’t come across as a ‘they just didn’t want it enough’ type of fan. Basketball season is a grind, especially when we are as thin as we are. It can’t help them when they come off the road and see a small, quiet crowd….especially after getting beat up last Saturday in front of a raucous crowd.

Unfortunately I doubt we’ll be playing in front of big crowds down the stretch.

they weren’t good

That one hurt. I was listening to Les driving home and he was down on the lack of effort. I felt the same way. The rebounding and second chance points were due to then out working us most the time; their length did help to tip loose balls away from our shorter defenders.

I mentioned to AgAlum that we just looked slow and sluggish several times during the game. Except for Leo - he was diving for balls, getting physical down low, making that crazy hustle blocked shot. It seemed fitting that we get it down to one point….play great defense forcing them to throw up a lousy shot…..and they get the offensive board. Gut punch.

This felt like another doomed game like LBSU where they shot lights out for the only time all year. Runners had a guy score almost 20 who averaged 5 all year. Big dude make 3 3’s to make it four for the season. How many times did they score on a wild shot with 1 on the shot clock? And our free throws…when TY missed his first two, I was hoping that wasn’t an omen. When Sevilla misses the front end? Gonna be a long night.

That leaves us 9-6…..with 9-11 a real possibility. Ending on a 6-game lousy steak would be bad.

I was not aware of that. Makes little sense. I’m guessing Roberson could apply for a medical redshirt

How so? I thought it was similar to football and medical redshirts seem to be common.

I’m wondering if we might see Roberson down the stretch. He seemed to be moving well in the one cameo (vs Hawaii, I think). They might be holding him back for a (another) redshirt, or maybe the knee wasn’t as sound as they hoped. He could be a small jolt here

Montana 2018 was a big deal - we could okay with the big boys and could be a champion/playoff team. And, the stunning turnaround was something to behold!

Stanford was a blessing and a curse. Gave us incredible notoriety BUT left the program in a place where we couldn’t be a FCS contender -> I think the administration thought that game showed we could win at that level with brains and spunk and never funded the program like teams we needed to compete with. Took a decade and changes at Mrak and Hickey to put us on the right path.