Really liked this half of Aggie basketball. Didn't have to play great the whole time, just kept it close when we were struggling for points and then kept the momentum going once a few things started going the Ags' way. Brings me back to some of the gutty ESPN wins from back in the day

"24 to 2 run; not a typo" -- Cal Poly announcer

Up 6 at the half. Ags started really slow but got into rhythm and held onto the lead for much of the second quarter.

Cal Poly won't go away though

I can't remember the last time I felt so comfortable about an Aggie team's path to a conference title, regardless of sport. A lot of hoops left to play but this team is killing it

Aaandd today I learned Siler's name is actually Joe

9-0 start for the Ags with a TJ-less and Siler-less lineup. This is some of the best I've seen the Ags play in almost a year

This was the first time I was able to get to the game since the championships started rolling in. The women play some very entertaining basketball when they have momentum. Third quarter was hard to watch, though I agree that seemed to be an anomaly born from picky officiating and a physical opponent

Been a while since I turned off a UCD sports game because I felt terrible for the other team.

Anything other than a conference championship for this team would now definitely be a surprise

I'm thinking the entertainment competition argument holds less weight than it used to. All three teams have Netflix as their biggest competitor for eyeballs on a saturday night these days

Thanks for stopping by and the quality writeup. UCSB looks to be for real this year. I almost went to the game tonight; if I was feeling better and the weather was nicer it would have been cool to see.

Wouldn't be surprised to see y'all turn heads in March...

We had one great year, but we have tons working in our favor.

I looked up some comparisons between the Ags and EWU and NDSU a while ago; the amount of people and money the UCD community has compared to those to schools, and especially EWU, is insane. We could compete with EWU dollar for dollar with only a fraction of the donor, sponsor, and admin interest because of how many more resources we have kicking around.

But I'll parrot others on here that I'd love to see us become an FCS power first. We can do that with pretty much the current level of interest and investment. Davis could potentially be one of the highest-profile MWC schools too, but it would require much more buy-in than the school's teams currently have.

Hawaii's in-house stream had more features than this.

Ags up at the half. ESPN crew is pretty confident in their prediction that UCD will be contenders

Ags lose a tough trip to the island.

The deliberate missed FT-> kickout for the 3 was a thing of beauty though

Nice run by UCD to tie it at the half!

Aggies struggling to make shots. Hawaii isn't playing terrifically on offense either, but still is making way more plays than the Ags

Aggie basketball is back in the most Aggie basketball way possible

It looks like it, with the feasibility study and all. Student body size isn't a tremendous factor if they have the money.

Of course, for football there's always a chance of independent, or Big Sky associate membership. Doesn't necessarily imply a conference realignment like discussed in this thread.

So.... Dixie State has a big Athletics Announcement scheduled for Friday
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FCSFansNation/

Incidentally, the WAC is having a press conference the same afternoon:
https://www.wacdigitalnetwork.com/

Credit to someone on the FCS Fans Nation facebook page for discovering these; thought I'd share

Showed a (sound-less) clip of Coach Hawk giving his acceptance speech for Coach of the Year, and then as they transitioned back to the game they talked about how Hawkins took the team to the playoffs and came so close to upsetting EWU

Huh today I learned the CFL once had teams in the US