email said $100+ K raised. Others there can back me that they raised at least $75-80k from the two auctions and the on the spot donations. There were 2-3 sponsors for the event that must have covered a good portion of the location costs.

Email says they made over $100k

Perhaps some good news?

I'm pretty sure it hasn't got to the lawsuit stage yet. It was sitting with the NCAA as of a couple weeks back, and we were awaiting their decision. I'm sure it will be discussed tomorrow at the coach's lunch

well, I did take UCR over CSUN last night!

No, no I didn’t

My guesses

UCSD : W, L. 12-8
CSUN : W, W 13-7
UCSB : W 12-8
CSF : L, L 10-10
Poly L, W. 10-10 (they play hime vs Irvine)
Us W, L. 11-9

So, I’d predict us at 6, playing either Fullerton or Poly.

For completeness, I think Irvine and Hawaii both win out with Hawaii having the easiest time of it.

Then it’s tiebreaker city!

before this year, there was no departmental NIL ( I think of it as revenue sharing). That’s the pot of money they are trying to grow; that slon

before this year, there was no departmental NIL ( I think of it as revenue sharing). That’s the pot of money they are trying to grow; that along with setting up a NIL partnership with an apartment group to help with summer housing.

One message he made: since 2018 (someone who was there correct this if Ive got the wrong year) the average D1 program has lost 200 players to the portal - we’ve lost 18. That says something about culture.

I think the message that he got out was our NIL pays for summer rent, food and parking - not sports cars! Not sure folks understand what a full scholarship covers and what the financial hardships msny of our kids face to deal with those gaps.

I’m going to look at upcoming schedules and make a guess at where everyone ends up. I’d be happy with Fullerton in the first round. Or poly.

it was good to see a lot of new faces, especially younger guys. I thought they said at one point that silent brought in $40k. Live was around $15k. And the spontaneous donations added probably close to $15k. Not sure how much net from tickets vs cost of venue, but a successful night from that angle. Getting the message out to a new group of folks was important.

Having it in the city worked well - opened it to different folks. Can’t keep heading the same folks.

I was just looking at that. Beside Irvine over USCB, I guess we’re Hawaii and Poly fans tonight?

played in golf tournament with Jeff one year and he hosted my wife and I for a barrel tasting through mutual friend (teammate/winemaker). Good guy, good wine

58 items on the silent auction. if you are a golfer, there are some great possibilites (Olympic club); wine-o's will find a ton of choices (Del Doto's cave, Satui's Castle). If you like memorabilia, there's several items with Aggie connections.

In the first half, it was 14-13 us with about 12 minutes left. Sevilla and Daugherty came out (Chappell was already out) and Les dugdeep to get Rawlins in the game - desperate to give short bench some rest. That combo didn’t go well - by the time Conner and Carl got back in at the 8 mark, we were down 27-20, and lost any momentum. No knock on Chase - he’s not not physically ready for a team like Hawaii.

Chappell has been struggling from 3; Conner was off last night. Got to get healthy before Henderson.

stokes took a nasty fall onto his head vs UCR - he wasn’t in the arena so guessing concussion. Cooper has been dealing with some type of leg injury (looks like groin based on how he was being wrapped a few weeks back and how he was walking gingerly before leaving UCR game). Then Omer hurts his ankle in the second half. Yikes!

We just couldn’t get it below 4 down the stretch. We’d get it there then give up a big bucket and get shut out in our end….back to 8. The double T was an odd call - that would have been big.

Without stokes and Cooper (and Omer late) we can’t match up with their length. Add in their deadly 3 point shooting and it’s a tough end of the home schedule.

I doubt they get an injury report. We hasn’t missed any games just not played as much. We’ll see what the starters look like!

we’re not going to get any help from the other games unless Long Beach can surprise against Poly. The beach has to win out and Poly lose out else they are missing Henderson. Not likely.

1.5 point underdogs with most sites predicting a slightly higher probability of Hawaii win. Line opened at 2.5 - maybe a sign we are healthier than we may have thought?

Hope it’s a decent crowd especially for Niko - he’s been a hell of an Aggie and a fan favorite. He deserves a nice send off. As does Daugherty who I think is the only other senior.

I think the ‘approaching 200’ may be a slight exaggeration. Less wine, less wild bidding from us!