Nice. It looks like BU is stopping off in Davis before the play Cal.

It's rough to build any type of student excitement when 2 of the 4 OOC home games are against lower levels schools no one has heard of, a third is against a mid-west school hardly anyone out here cares about, and the only reasonably interesting home game (LMU) is during break. But this seems to be the norm.

Well, not much of a home schedule. With all the new guys, it feels like 8-8 would be a pretty good record going into conference play.

Not sure it qualifies as "Iconic" but Woodstock's, which has been around since the early '80s, is still going strong. The downtown Baskin-Robins has been around a long time, as has the Varsity Theater, though it has undergone several renovations throughout the years.

It's going to eventually be an imposing front line.

Yeah, you would think there would be plenty of mid-major teams willing to come on out to CA for a couple of games. I do wonder what the financials are like in this type of tournament.

Interesting place for the ags to travel to. Looks like some winnable games (without doing any digging whatsoever).

NAU game is on Dec 4 at Flagstaff per the N.AZ. website.

Yeah, and so is Shaw, so the enterprise had some of the details wrong.

I would guess that at least 2 players red-shirt, maybe 3. Adebayo seems the most likely. Not sure about the rest. Big guys are sometimes red-shirted not because they don't have the talent but you'd rather have the player at age 23 after his body has fully developed than at 18. I think I also read that Murphy is on the younger side for a freshman so it wouldn't surprise me if he sits and works out a year. Of course, we need size, so who knows.

Men's roster is updated HERE

That's interesting. We hosted NA last year so I would have thought we owe them a trip to their place.

It wouldn't surprise me if Lily and/or Jones (6-3 from Scottland) sit next year. We'd still have Stobbart, Gibbs (also coming back from injuries if I remember correctly) and Konrad up front. Now that I write that out, maybe we need either Lilly or Jones to play for depth. Then the following year we add in whoever redshirted plus 6-6 Svanholm. Now that is the depth of size that we need to compete outside of the BW.

We'll definitely be going!

This is very cool!!! My wife's family is all big USC fans/alumni (including both her sisters being in the Trojan band). Can't wait.

Some players will definitely have to grow into new roles, and new players will need to step up, but I'd be shocked if weren't at the top of the BW again next year.

New Enterprise article HERE. Some highlights:

• "Gone are first-string, back-court mates T.J. Shorts and Siler Schneider, frontline reliables A.J. John and Garrison Goode and reserves Jonah Underwood and Colin Russell." ***Not sure this is accurate about Underwood. I haven't seen anything about him leaving.
• "UCD has men like fourth-year bombardier Rogers Printup, second-season swingman Caleb Fuller plus guards Damion Squire, Gio Nelson, Stefan Gonzalez and Cameron Ba back in the fold." ***He lists Nelson as returning, which we know isn't correct as he's already transferred to a JC, but he doesn't list Shaw as returning.
• "sharpshooter Joe Mooney and paint prowler Matt Neufeld figure to be two big pieces of the Aggie puzzle."
• Loyala-Chicago game will be in Chicago, and we welcome Loyola Marymount and Northern Illinois to Davis (good home games for the Ags!). Add @Utah and @USF. Shaping up to be a good OOC.

We might get return trips from UT Arlington and Texas A&M CC as part of the classic. Maybe.

Per http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/current/transfer-terms:

One-time transfer exception: If you transfer from a four-year school, you may be immediately eligible to compete at your new school if you meet ALL the following conditions:

You are transferring to a Division II or III school, or you are transferring to a Division I school in any sport other than baseball, men's or women's basketball, football (Football Bowl Subdivision) or men’s ice hockey.

That's a really strange development (MBB not having a banquet). I would hope that it wasn't done because of a lack of on-court success last year. These seniors have given it all for this program and deserve to be congratulated by the fans/supporters, regardless of last years record.

As for the Berkeley WBB job, that might be too good to pass up. I'd love to think that Jen and her family are lifetime Aggies, but as you said, it'll be a lot more $$$ and still close to home. But, I was nervous when Simpson retired and that turned out well. so if (or when) we lose Jen, hopefully they have next great Aggie coach in waiting.

I loved the versatility of the Grad. When I was in school, 8 for 1 Friday night was a staple. When we moved back to town, the Grad hosted a lot of little league/soccer/volleyball/softball get togethers. Than as the kids grew up, we'd always go to the Grad for big Aggie games, either pre-game or to watch away games. The kids got a little emotional when I told them it was closing. Fortunately, they are both back in town for a few weeks so I'm sure we'll have one last hurrah.