Yeah I saw this article and somehow completely missed that it had to do with him. Wowza!

Pretty bad. I passed through Bako a few years ago and it seemed to have a thriving food scene - cheaper rents and homes? A local freebie newspaper said the city had over 500 streetwalkers.

I remember about 3 years ago, i was part of a BigWest 'study' where they had fans/administrators/press sit in a zoom discussion (there were several of these, each with about 15 participants). It was mostly about branding, marketing, what the BigWest brought to the schools, etc. Bako was new to the BigWest and they were just bubbly about joining and what it would do for their 'brand' moving forward. Reality hasn't quite met those expectations.

I posted about this scandal sometime last year. You gotta feel for Coach Barnes. It seems like he was not aware of the sex trafficking that Mays is accused of and Barne's "resignation" was just part of the collateral damage.

I always thought that Barnes was a good fit for Bakersfield. Many of his players came from tough backgrounds and Barnes, who is a bit "old school," worked hard to teach them discipline and life skills through basketball.

I remember about 3 years ago, i was part of a BigWest 'study' where they had fans/administrators/press sit in a zoom discussion (there were several of these, each with about 15 participants). It was mostly about branding, marketing, what the BigWest brought to the schools, etc. Bako was new to the BigWest and they were just bubbly about joining and what it would do for their 'brand' moving forward. Reality hasn't quite met those expectations.

Guess it's a good thing that UC Davis is getting out of the Big West.

my biggest concern about MW, and this is selfish of me, is game times. I think the 6:00 tipoffs might be a thing of the past - same for Thursday night. MWC seems to play lots of M, Tu 7:00 or 7:30 tipoffs for TV - that’s gonna be a pain coming and going for me. Same with the Saturday matinees - I think those will be night games.

Of course, I might be in the minority of fans who like the current home format.