Filkins is an impressive athlete. He has speed and incredible open field running. We'd be very fortunate to land him.

Great story.

Why am I not surprised that Carolina cheated knowingly with the fake classes gets a slap on the wrist and Poly gets pounced upon for an honest, accounting error? The NCAA and the big time cheaters should be ashamed of this sham. But, hey, the rich and powerful can afford to be above the law...

This is over and done but I recently saw this tweet from Kevin Blue regarding his thoughts on why the Ags ended up a 15 seed and sent to Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament:

The battle for the Big West title is going to be a dogfight. The Ags are currently sitting in third place 2 games behind Hawai'i. The Rainbow Wahine are on a roll having won 6 straight and the Ags will face them on the island in their final series. The current 31-8 record is impressive but I hope we take care of business in the conference and bring home the Big West title.

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The Ags have had an offer out to David Skogman a 6' 10 stretch center from Wisconsin for a long time. There is virtually no chance that we will be able to sign him since he now has offers from several high majors and reportedly really liked his visit to Texas Tech who has offered him also.

Anyway, his basketball career nearly ended last summer during an AAU tournament when he collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest. He underwent heart surgery and has since recovered and is playing at a high level again. Scary event for this young man who had no history of heart problems in his family, was a fit athlete and the doctors still couldn't pinpoint the reason for his heart attack even after surgery.

https://www.prephoops.com/2018/10/high-majors-flocking-to-see-skogman/

Like movie said, "A dagger to the heart"...

A perfect game and a no hitter and the season isn't over yet. Pretty impressive!

Yes, that final drive in the last minute by EWU...we were just seconds away from advancing to the semis and then....

Damn that ending though!!

Our focus on academics first and foremost is truly what makes Aggie athletics special compared to the win at any cost programs.

BIG WEST CONFERENCE IN THE WNBA DRAFT

1997 - Anita Maxwell, New Mexico State (4th Round, 29th overall, Cleveland Rockers)
1998 - Erika Kienast, UC Santa Barbara (4th Round, 35th overall, Los Angeles Sparks)
2000 - Stacy Clinesmith, UC Santa Barbara (2nd Round, 30th overall, Sacramento Monarchs)
2001 - Jackie Moore, Long Beach State (2nd Round, 30th overall, Sacramento Monarchs)
2001 - Erin Buescher, UC Santa Barbara (2nd Round, 23rd overall, Minnesota Lynx)
2002 - Kayte Christensen, UC Santa Barbara (3rd Round, 40th overall, Phoenix Mercury)
2004 - Lindsay Taylor, UC Santa Barbara (2nd Round, 26th overall, Houston Comets)
2005 - Kristen Mann, UC Santa Barbara (1st Round, 11th overall, Minnesota Lynx)
2011 - Mekia Valentine, UC Santa Barbara (3rd Round, 34th overall, New York Liberty)
2019 - MORGAN BERTSCH, UC DAVIS (3rd Round, 29th overall, Dallas Wings)

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2019/4/10/womens-basketball-bertsch-selected-by-dallas-in-third-round-of-wnba-draft.aspx

How about this for a college basketball career!

MORGAN BERTSCH NOTABLES

Honors & Awards
• 2019 Big West Conference Player of the Year
• 2019 Big West Conference Tournament MVP
• 2017, 2018, 2019 All-Big West First Team
• 2019 Big West All-Defensive Team
• 2016 All-Big West Second Team
• 2016, 2018 Big West All-Tournament Team
• 2016 Big West All-Freshman Team
• 2016, 2017, 2018 Big West All-Academic Team (2019 team yet to be released)
• Nine-time Big West Player of the Week (12/26/16, 11/13/17, 2/12/18, 11/19/18, 12/10/18, 1/7/19, 1/21/19, 2/11/19, 3/4/19)
• Six-time Big West Player of the Week in 2018-19 (ties conference single-season record)

Single-Game Records
• Points (40 at Sacramento State in 2018-19)
• Field goals made (16 at Sacramento State in 2018-19)
• Field goals attempted (28 three times)
• Free throw percentage in a game (11-11 vs. UC Irvine)

Single-Season Records
• Points (754 as a senior)
• Scoring Average (23.6 as a senior)
• Field Goals Made (305 as a junior)
• Field Goals Attempted (554 as a senior)
• Field Goal Percentage (.582 as a sophomore)
• Free Throws Made (183 as a senior)
• Blocked Shots (57 as a sophomore)
• Most Points as a Sophomore (520)
• Most Points as a Junior (702)
• Most Points as a Senior (754)
• 20-point games in a season (23)

Career Records
• Games Played (132)
• Consecutive Games Played (132)
• Points (2,422 to lead both the men's and women's programs)
• Scoring Average (18.3)
• Field Goals Made (963)
• Field Goals Attempted (1,813)
• Free Throws Made (469)
• Free Throws Attempted (616)
• Blocked Shots (193)
• Blocks Per Game (1.46)
• Career 20-point games (61)

• Ranks tied for 6th on the career rebounds list (682)
• Ranks 4th in career field goal percentage (.531)
• Ranks 8th in career free throw percentage (.761)

• Became the 8th player in the history of the Big West Conference to reach 2,000 career points against UC Riverside (Jan. 5), finishing with 31 points
• Ranks third in Big West Conference history in career scoring (2,422)
• Finished her career scoring in double figures in 67 consecutive games dating back to 2017-18 season
• Led the team in scoring all four years (joining Carol Rische as the only two players in school history to do so)
• Nine career player of the week awards rank tied for seventh on the Big West all-time list
• Her six player of the week awards in 2018-19 ties a conference single-season record
• Became the first Aggie to lead the Big West in scoring as a senior, posting the highest single-season average for a conference leader since Idaho's Emily Faurholt (25.4) in 2003-04

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2019/4/10/womens-basketball-bertsch-selected-by-dallas-in-third-round-of-wnba-draft.aspx

Winning is contagious and, unfortunately, losing is as well. Women's basketball is a great example of this when you look at how the Aggies have dominated lately.

On the other hand, UCSB's women's basketball is an example of how badly things can go once you start losing. In a 21 year span from 1992 to 2012 the Gauchos won 14 Big West Tournament Titles and dominated the conference overall. In the past 5 years they have not had a winning season. They have won only 50 games total including only 2 games in the 2014-15 season.

Thanks, 72Aggie. I remember Neumayr but had no idea he was drafted in 1983. I think Morgan will make the cut. She has great quickness inside and has the ability to stretch the floor and knock down perimeter jumpers as well. We were lucky to have her here throughout her basketball career.

I'd love to see him in a Niner uniform!

Outstanding! If I'not mistaken, she's the first UCD basketball player ever to be drafted by a pro team men or women.