Here's hoping Lan makes the rest of the NFL sorry they didn't get him.

The 49ers should try to sign Lan.

Giants took Cam Skattebo early in the 4th round.

Can't believe Irvine missed 13 free throws, many of them in OT. They had this one and messed it up. I think they only lose Tillis and Leutchen from this year's team. They've got a lot of talent returning (assuming no one transfers) and with the Tritons losing their head coach and three key starters, Ihave to think the Anteaters will be in the NCAAs next year.

Overtime, but not without controversy.

Nuts, I won't be able to watch the game live, because I need to help my brother in law. Plus the Warriors-Lakers game starts onky an hour after the NIT final.

Can't disagree but it was no fun watching those guys beat the Aggies

And the Big West's season continues when only four other conferences are still playing after today. Irvine has a chance to get the leagues second NIT title ever if they can beat the winner of the Chattanooga-Loyola game tonight. The Anteaters got some great performances by Tillis and Leutchen plus two others in double figures.

North Texas State seems to be all recent transfers, but they're very good. Impressively quick. They held UCI without a field goal for the first 7 and a half minutes of the half. They also have a rebounding edge and shot out to a 15 point lead. (One thing I've noticed about Bent Leuchten, for all his size, he has weak hands and often loses rebounds to shorter, stronger players.) The Anteaters have hung on though and made some good adjustments on offense to tie the game at the half 30-30.

All UCD admits or all UCD student athlete admits?

Just our luck. Since New Mexico is in the Mountain West, the Aggies will have to face Olen's team twice a year now.

Thanks. Good to know.

I only learned on this site that UC Davis will lower its admission standards for a certain number of athletes. I'm interested in the details of such exceptions. Can someone send me a link to where this is explained? Will joining the MWC change this?

Again, just guessing, but if a player playing in 2020 got 6v years, his two years at Cal counted as one so he has one more year. Knowing how the NCAA srcutinizes these things, I'm sure it's legit, just not sure how.

Just a guess, but maybe one redshirt year, plus two covid years? I read that a school can allow a player to have six years if one of their seasons resulted in playing less than half a season.

Good point about Che. He had a poor first half but really came through in the clutch. Wev can hope he transfers, but is it the case that all of the Big West's UC schools tend to retain guys who come either as frosh or transfers? Seems that way. Has to be largely because of the coaches, no?

The game was a very dramatic overtime win for the Anteaters, 81-77, over UAB with their usual stars, Bent Leutchen and Devin Tillis leading the scoring and rebounding for UCI. Hope some of you got to see it on ESPN2. The Big West might get an NIT championship for the first time, I think, since 1983, when Fresno State won when it was in the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference. Irvine plays second seed North Texas State on Tuesday. The game will be televised on ESPN.

I'm back for another post having realized that UCI plays in the NIT quarterfinals today as the #1 overall seed. The Big West is still playing!

I've never followed college baseball very much, but my wife's cousin has a son n the Hawai`i team who transferred back from Fullerton State this year and is now starting at 3rd base. Gotta root for family, but did not want to see them play the Aggies because of my conflicted feelings. The stadium has to be one of the best college stadiums in the country and was built as a tribute to Les Murakami, an excellent manager in the 70s and 80s who took Hawai`i to the finals of the College World Series back in 1978 or so. Baseball is very big out here and Hawai`i has sent a fair share of players to the major league.

I had to watch the game after my wife and I went out to dinner. Tough loss, but UC San Diego sure put up a great fight. This will be my last post of the season. See you all in the fall.