• Toke69
    513
    They say it’s hard to beat a team three times in a season and the Ags downed the Gauchos twice. That never made sense to me, because if you’ve beaten a team twice, you probably are better than they are. UCD beat UCSB down in SoCal 93-86, then at Davis 85-75. In Santa Barbara, the Ags came back from a halftime deficit of 4, but at home leading by 8 at the half, they had to fend off a rally by the Gauchos who took a brief lead in the second period.
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    Last year, we best Poly twice in the regular season…..tournament didn’t follow suit.

    That damned Bakersfield home loss might have really hurt?
  • Toke69
    513
    Don't remind me.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.6k
    We've beaten Santa Barbara 6 straight times. That's a crazy streak and 7 straight won't be easy.
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    ‘the curse of Niko’. Didn’t get to play down there; never loses to them!
  • Toke69
    513
    I recall that against Cal Poly last year, the team's lack of depth and injuries resulted in a second half in which the guys were exhausted. While we have injuries again this year, the depth probably means they won't collapse in the second half.
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    we scored nearly 50 first half points shooting something like 70%; second half we cooled and they got hot and it slipped away quickly. We did look gassed in the second half.

    I don’t expect we’ll see Stokes but maybe Cooper returns and Sevilla is healthier.
  • Toke69
    513
    ESPN is giving UCD only a 34.6% chance of defeating UCSB.
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    that seems odd (no pun intended) unless our injury outlook is bleak. We have identical records, both in conference and overall. Over the last three weeks, we are 2-3, they are 1-5.

    They are no taking the Niko revenge factor into account!
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    Anyone else going to Vegas?
  • cmt
    249
    At least the betting site I look at, UCSB is the third favorite to win the tournament, which seems weird considering they'd have to win 4 games in 4 days. For sure they'd have to beat the 3 seed and the 2 seed, and likely the 1 seed as well. Seems strange.
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    I think CSUN is the dark horse although they didn’t finish strong.
  • ucdboyd
    65

    Not going to the tourney this year but we went a few years back.

    The pros- it is a beautiful newish arena, there is a nice upscale mall across the street with many restaurant and pub choices for before or after the game, we parked for free at the mall, ate there and then walked to the game.

    The cons- very few fans at the game and zero energy in the arena. That and we watched an Aggie loss to Riverside :(

    Parking caveat- It seemed like other fans parked at the mall like us and I didn’t hear of or see anyone getting parking tickets but it is possible they are more strict about that this year. I didn't really worry about getting a ticket because we parked close to the restaurant, ate, wandered the mall and then walked to the game.
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    I’m seeing us as 5.5 point underdogs. That must be driven by injuries. Let’s price them wrong.

    The Green Valley Resort is right across the way; really nice venue but at over $500/night, we’re NOT there. Parking is free at the arena.

    I never went to the Honda center so can’t comment on the atmosphere between the two places.
  • Oldbanduhalum
    667
    not this year I’m afraid. We had a great time last year but an up coming wedding is keeping us close to home. Go Ags!
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    The eagles have landed in Vegas - gonna go walk the strip before dinner and the LATE tip-off.
  • DrMike
    1.2k
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    Big money bet for me!
  • Oldbanduhalum
    667
    Extra motivation!!
  • abridge
    159
    At the half it's Poly over UCSD 35-16
  • DrMike
    1.2k
    No stokes (Wrist cast) and no Cooper
  • Toke69
    513
    UCSD managed to come from behind to eliminate Cal Poly 72-69.
  • SoCalAggie
    123
    No Nils cooper or stokes for the rest of the season
  • agalum
    559
    Will Pasternack get a T?
  • SoCalAggie
    123
    Offense needs to move the ball around a bit better. d playing well
  • poisedinpastels
    16
    We need a bucket. These turnovers are horrendous
  • Toke69
    513
    Ags have as many turnovers as shots made. Good thing the Gauchos are playing equally badly.
  • agalum
    559
    Shooting drought
  • Jdur
    444
    how’s the crowd in the arena? Seems better than first round games last year
  • SoCalAggie
    123
    If Brayden can add scoring like that… holy. He’s such a valuable player for us and it’s rarely via scoring
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