I thought he had graduated and his collegiate career was done. I wonder if we knew he would be granted a 5th year of eligibility? He was a solid player for us.

https://www.mwcconnection.com/mountain-west-basketball/90516/way-too-early-look-mountain-west-2027-ncaa-tournament-chances

A way-too-early look at each MW’s team’s NCAA Tournament chances in 2026-27
The Mountain West will be vying for multiple NCAA Tournament bids in 2026-27. But who currently has the best odds?

UC Davis:
Skinny: UC Davis has won 18-plus games in three of the last four seasons, last appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 2016-17. They were one of the seven aforementioned Big West teams who finished above .500 in conference play and retained some of their top talent, namely Connor Sevilla and Brayden Fagbemi. Still, there is an adjustment period playing in a different conference, especially since this group will be worse, which lessens its opportunity.

Matt’s unofficial, uncalculated odds: <1 percent

New roster photos - https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

How are we watching basketball this season now that we’re in the Mountain West? I thought it was free last season, but I think they are making it a paid subscription now.

https://watch.themw.com

The Mountain West conference's direct-to-consumer streaming platform, MW+, costs $79.99 annually or $10.99 monthly.

A limited-time early adopter promotion reduces the annual price to $67.99 (15% off) through September.

You can sign up directly at the MW+ Official Streaming Portal.Subscription Plans & PricingMonthly Plan: $10.99 per month.Standard Annual Plan: $79.99 per year.

Early Adopter Annual Rate: $67.99 per year (available through July, August, and September

Be sure to select UC Davis as your team when you sign up. I think some of the proceeds will benefit the Aggies then.

it was on espn + so still a subscription last year

Worth noting that nationally televised conference and home noncon games, of which there will be a lot more than in the BW, likely won't be available on MW+. Some time ago in the thread I did a back of the napkin calculation to guess that maybe one in four games would fall into this more limited category.

MWC TV partners are Fox, CBS, and The CW -- so to see every possible broadcast you'd want a cable or streaming option that has as much as possible of Fox, FS1, FS2, CBS, CBS Sports Net, and The CW. I use Hulu With Live TV which has all of them but I've seen mention of others like a Youtube TV sports plan.

So to break it down, especially in conference season, I'm guessing you're looking at 3/4 of the games on MW+, then the need for some cable TV plan (or a sports bar) for the rest.

exactly my thoughts too, thanks for all the work with the calculations

Thank you everyone!

The MW+ is also carrying the Olympic sports like soccer and volleyball etc but not every Olympic sports game. Some will be on ESPN+ as well or only on ESPN+. So it looks like it will be a mixed bag of networks in order to see everything.

Where did you see the ESPN+ inclusion by any chance? It makes sense to me but I haven't found anything from the MWC on it

I'm seeing sports like Men's and Women's Soccer listed as being on both MW+ and ESPN+ in their composite schedule. Nothing posted for basketball yet.

https://themw.com/calendar.aspx

Gotcha -- looks like those are the away games at conferences like the Big West that have ESPN partnerships. At our level I guess it still might be the norm for away noncon games.

Unless something changes, I saw this schedule (https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/302/uc-davis-aggies) on ESPN.

It seems like we are not playing Air Force, New Mexico, UNLV, and Wyoming. I was kind of hoping we'd play Air Force :lol:

how are less than half of our games conference games in this

That’s not the whole schedule. Ags host Unlv on Jan 19th per the Unlv website and we host Air Force on Feb 6

That makes more sense and what I was thinking too. Hopefully they release the full schedule soon.

It looks like the Mountain West schedule is on Tuesdays and Saturdays as opposed to Thursdays and Saturdays in the Big West.

I just saw on New Mexico’s website that we play them on Saturday, January 9 and Saturday, February 27.

Did some digging and this is our schedule so far. Please let me know if I missed anything or made an error:

- Mon., Nov 2 - North Alabama (HOME)
- Thurs., Nov 5 - Menlo (HOME)
- Wed., Nov 11 - Incarnate Word (HOME)
- Sat., Nov 14 - Sac St (AWAY)
- Tues., Nov 17 - Alabama St (HOME)
- Wed, Nov 25 - Omaha (Resort World Classic) (NEUTRAL)
- Thurs., Nov 26 - Jacksonville St (Resort World Classic) (NEUTRAL)
- Fri., Nov 27 - University of the Pacific (Resort World Classic) (NEUTRAL)
- Tues., Dec 1 - Portland (HOME)
- Thurs., Dec 3 - North Dakota St (AWAY)
- Mon., Dec 14 - Cal Baptist (HOME)
- Thurs., Dec 17 - Idaho St (HOME)
- Tues., Dec 22 - Seattle University (AWAY)
- Mon., Dec 28 - Pacific Union College (HOME)
- Sat., Jan 2 - Grand Canyon (HOME)
- Tues., Jan 5 - Hawai'i (HOME)
- Sat., Jan 9 - New Mexico (AWAY)
- Tues., Jan 12 - Wyoming (AWAY)
- Sat., Jan 16 - San Jose St (HOME)
- Tues., Jan 19 - UNLV (HOME)
- Sat., Jan 23 - UTEP (AWAY)
- Tues., Jan 26 - *Not playing*
- Sat., Jan 30 - Hawai'i (AWAY)
- Tues., Feb 2 - Nevada (HOME)
- Sat., Feb 6 - Air Force (HOME)
- Tues., Feb 9 - San Jose St (AWAY)
- Sat., Feb 13 - UTEP (HOME)
- Tues., Feb 16 - Nevada (AWAY)
- Sat., Feb 20 - Air Force (AWAY)
- Tues., Feb 23 - Wyoming (HOME)
- Sat., Feb 27 - New Mexico (HOME)
- Tues., Mar 2 - UNLV (AWAY)
- Sat., Mar 6 - Grand Canyon (AWAY)

Can you indicate which are the home and the away games?

Nice work!

Done!

This is the first time I see more home games than away games for out of conference play.

Irvine has a 7'9" project from Canada, he was a walk on at Florida. He gas a good attitude.

Great stuff!

I'm guessing the New Mexico, Grand Canyon, and UNLV games both home and away will all be televised at least, wondering what else will get picked up. Hopefully we can pack the house (or at least fill the lower bowl) for some of the big MWC matchups to put on a good showing.

DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis men's basketball will open its first Mountain West Conference schedule at home against Grand Canyon on Jan. 2, beginning an 18-game slate that brings nine league contests to University Credit Union Center.
The Aggies will play home-and-away series against each of the Mountain West's other nine members: Air Force, Grand Canyon, Hawai'i, Nevada, New Mexico, San José State, UNLV, UTEP and Wyoming. Conference play concludes March 6 at Grand Canyon.

UC Davis begins league play with consecutive home games against Grand Canyon and Hawai'i before making its first conference road trip to New Mexico on Jan. 9 and Wyoming on Jan. 12. The Aggies return home to face San José State on Jan. 16 and UNLV on Jan. 19, then close January with road games at UTEP and Hawai'i.

The February slate features home games against Nevada, Air Force, UTEP, Wyoming and New Mexico along with road contests at San José State, Nevada and Air Force. UC Davis finishes the regular season with trips to UNLV on March 2 and Grand Canyon on March 6.

The nine conference home dates, combined with eight home games on the previously announced nonconference schedule, give UC Davis 17 regular-season games at University Credit Union Center. The Aggies went 12-4 at home last season and enter 2026-27 with seven returners from a 19-14 team and eight newcomers.

The regular season leads into the 2027 Credit Union 1 Mountain West Basketball Championships at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The men's tournament runs March 10-13, with all 10 teams competing and the top six seeds receiving quarterfinal byes.

The dates listed below represent the Mountain West base schedule and remain subject to change as broadcast partners complete their selections. Tip times and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.

2026-27 UC Davis Men's Basketball Mountain West Schedule
Sat., Jan. 2: GRAND CANYON
Tue., Jan. 5: HAWAI'I
Sat., Jan. 9: at New Mexico (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Tue., Jan. 12: at Wyoming (Laramie, Wyo.)
Sat., Jan. 16: SAN JOSÉ STATE
Tue., Jan. 19: UNLV
Sat., Jan. 23: at UTEP (El Paso, Texas)
Sat., Jan. 30: at Hawai'i (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Tue., Feb. 2: NEVADA
Sat., Feb. 6: AIR FORCE
Tue., Feb. 9: at San José State (San Jose, Calif.)
Sat., Feb. 13: UTEP
Tue., Feb. 16: at Nevada (Reno, Nev.)
Sat., Feb. 20: at Air Force (U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.)
Tue., Feb. 23: WYOMING
Sat., Feb. 27: NEW MEXICO
Tue., March 2: at UNLV (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Sat., March 6: at Grand Canyon (Phoenix, Ariz.)

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2026/8/25/mens-basketball-aggies-release-inaugural-mountain-west-schedule.aspx

That better not be what the gold looks like in-person....yikes