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Izulde · 06-19-2023, 12:46 AM

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2027 Big West Conference Standings

 TEAM                             CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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UC Riverside Highlanders          7   2  .778  14   7  .667   47        56
 Cal State Northridge Matadors     7   2  .778  13   7  .650  218        39
 UC Irvine Anteaters               7   2  .778  11   9  .550  159        34
 UC Davis Aggies                   5   4  .556   7  13  .350  108        47
 Pacific Tigers                    5   4  .556   7  12  .368  133        22
 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos          4   5  .444   5  14  .263  318        35
 Long Beach State 49ers            3   6  .333   7  13  .350  265        28
 Cal Poly Mustangs                 3   6  .333   9  11  .450  236        33
 Cal State Fullerton Titans        2   7  .222   4  15  .211  327        36
 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors           2   7  .222   8  12  .400  193        36

Now you see why that loss to the Highlanders was so bad and why the victory over the Anteaters was so critical. What a dogfight of a year the conference is having.

Context for what an amazing first half of the season we've had - those 13 wins pre-our current run? That would rank 4th-best, behind only the 2019 squad, the 17-win Rabbithead/Angel Moore senior season, and the 2021 team.

Brian Klingensmith is back from suspension. Actually he was probably back last month, and I somehow missed it. Oops. We still did well without him. Might have cost us the win against Riverside, though. He's back in the lineup now.

All starters except Klingensmith score 12+ points in a 94-71 blowout of Cal Poly, with Robert Serra's 19 points, 7 rebounds, and a steal PotG, Major Ramirez scoring 21.

Major Ramirez is out with injury 9 minutes into the game against Pacific, but is fortunately only out 9 days and will be DTD in our next game. 79-66 win even though we were up by 22 at the half. Robert Serra scores 21, and Ned Fraser and Brian Klingensmith each score 11 in a surprisingly gritty win.

I start Major Ramirez anyway at 92%, and he scores 21 with a steal and PotG honors in a defense-first 70-53 win over Hawaii. His running mate is Robert Serra with 20 points of his own. That victory also clinches our fourth straight winning season, both overall and in terms of the Big West.

Easy-breezy 73-54 win over CSU-Fullerton keyed by Ned Fraser's 19 points and 3 steals and Major Ramirez's 13 points and 2 steals. It's fun how much better our defense is with Brian Klingensmith in the lineup.

And then UC-Riverside demolishes us to pretty much wrap up the Big West title, barring something unexpected happening. Fair play to the Highlanders - they're just continuing to demonstrate why they're the class of the conference.

Jeremiah Hardie's 22 points and a steal carry us to a 77-55 win over Long Beach State after Major Ramirez was limited to 14 points in 18 minutes due to foul trouble.

34% shooting translates into a bad blowout loss to UC-Santa Barbara that murders whatever faint title hopes we had and drops us from the bubble consideration we were building.

Fuck. 82-85 OT loss to UC-Irvine, and our brilliant season has gone up in smoke. Another game where we shot cold - 36.1%. Teams have adapted to us.

Heading into the final game of the regular season, we could finish anywhere from 2nd to 4th. Beating UC-Davis clinches at least third - if we lose to the Aggies, things get really messy with tiebreakers. And of course we lose by 2 to make things messy.

For the third year in a row, we finish 3rd, losing to the Aggies on tiebreakers. So dumb.

Big West Conference Tournament
It's an ugly, workmanlike game, but we beat Pacific in the first round, 73-62, as Jeremiah Hardie scores 21, Major Ramirez 19. Cal Poly upset UC-Irvine and, in the biggest scalp, UC-Santa Barbara stuns UC-Davis.

If we can beat Cal Poly, we'll have our second straight 20-win season. Lose, and we're probably out of the postseason, Major Ramirez's career ending on a sad note. Our defense takes over in the second half, gritting out a 78-62 victory that was closer than it appeared. Every starter except Robert Serra (who had a big fat 0) scores 12+ points, Rene Abbott making up for Serra with 10 points and a block off the bench. PotG was again Jeremiah Hardie with 16 points and 3 steals. Last year's Big West Freshman of the Year is slowly building a following and living up to his ranking hype before Larrabee crushed his record.

So we're once again on to the Big West championship game, where we'll face UC-Riverside, who escaped a Gauchos scare, 71-68. I have a funny feeling we lose this one.

We're playing behind most of the game.

1:45 left - Ned Fraser is fouled on the shot and makes both free throws to put us up 66-65.

Ned Fraser gets a steal on the next possession and breaks away for a dunk! 68-65!

Turnovers happen. They make two free throws to cut the lead to 68-67. Then with 1:02 left, Major Ramirez is fouled and sinks both free throws, 70-67.

0:53 left - They make a basket. 70-69.

Brian Klingensmith is called for an illegal screen with 35 seconds, an absolutely trash call that has our fans screaming in rage.

They beat the press, but can't find an opening due to Klingensmith and Ramirez clogging up the paint. Finally, it's a UC-Riverside three attempt because we're closing them off.

Ball clangs off the rim. Fittingly, Ned Fraser gets the rebound as time expires.

70-69. CSU-Northridge, for the third straight year, finish third in the regular season and Matador march right out to claim the auto-bid, winning the conference tournament!!!!!

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Cal State Northridge 70, UC Riverside 69

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Cal State Northridge  (21-11, 12-6):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Major Ramirez     C    32  6-12   4-7   2   8   3  3  16
B. Klingensmith   PF   28   1-5   2-6   1   8   3  4   4
Jeremiah Hardie   SF   26  4-13   0-0   3   4   2  4  10
Robert Serra      SG   32   5-8   0-0   1   4   2  2  15
Ned Fraser        PG   36   4-9   4-4   1   6   2  0  14
Rene Abbott       SF   15   1-3   0-0   0   0   0  2   2
Richard McCowan   SG    8   1-4   0-0   2   3   0  0   2
Alfred Beadle     C    16   3-6   0-0   4   9   0  3   6
Conrad Magee      C     4   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  1   0
Bradford Taylor   PG    3   0-1   1-2   1   1   0  0   1

Turnovers: 20 (M.Ramirez 6, B.Klingensmith 1, J.Hardie 
 2, R.Serra 2, N.Fraser 5, R.Abbott 2, R.McCowan 1, 
 A.Beadle 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (B.Klingensmith 1, A.Beadle 1, C.Magee 
 1)
Steals: 8 (B.Klingensmith 2, J.Hardie 1, N.Fraser 3, 
 R.Abbott 2)
3P FGs: 9-21 (J.Hardie 2-6, R.Serra 5-7, N.Fraser 2-6, 
 R.McCowan 0-2)

UC Riverside  (22-11, 13-5):
Player            Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Lance Vail        C    28   2-7   2-2   2   8   0  3   6
Lincoln Deering   PF   25   3-6   1-1   1   4   2  5   7
Lucius Drury      C    23  3-10   0-2   3   5   1  4   7
Barton Caine      SF   29   4-8   5-6   3   5   2  3  13
David Abel        PG   26   2-9   0-0   0   1   2  1   5
D. Menchaca       PG   14   4-8   0-0   1   5   1  3  11
Kevin Connell     SG   24   2-4   4-4   1   2   0  0   8
Anderson Geyer    SF   18   4-9   2-2   0   3   1  1  10
Wallace Helfrich  C     9   1-2   0-0   1   3   1  1   2
Tony Stull        C     3   0-0   0-0   0   1   0  0   0
Gregory Nolan     PF    1   0-0   0-0   0   0   0  0   0

Turnovers: 19 (L.Vail 1, L.Deering 3, L.Drury 1, 
 B.Caine 7, D.Abel 2, D.Menchaca 2, K.Connell 2, 
 A.Geyer 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (L.Vail 2, L.Deering 1, B.Caine 1, 
 A.Geyer 1)
Steals: 9 (L.Deering 1, L.Drury 1, D.Abel 1, D.Menchaca 
 3, A.Geyer 3)
3P FGs: 5-20 (L.Drury 1-4, B.Caine 0-2, D.Abel 1-5, 
 D.Menchaca 3-5, K.Connell 0-2, A.Geyer 0-2)

Player of Game: SG Robert Serra (CSNTH)

06-19-2023, 12:46 AM	#96
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Code: 2027 Big West Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UC Riverside Highlanders 7 2 .778 14 7 .667 47 56 Cal State Northridge Matadors 7 2 .778 13 7 .650 218 39 UC Irvine Anteaters 7 2 .778 11 9 .550 159 34 UC Davis Aggies 5 4 .556 7 13 .350 108 47 Pacific Tigers 5 4 .556 7 12 .368 133 22 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 4 5 .444 5 14 .263 318 35 Long Beach State 49ers 3 6 .333 7 13 .350 265 28 Cal Poly Mustangs 3 6 .333 9 11 .450 236 33 Cal State Fullerton Titans 2 7 .222 4 15 .211 327 36 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 2 7 .222 8 12 .400 193 36 Now you see why that loss to the Highlanders was so bad and why the victory over the Anteaters was so critical. What a dogfight of a year the conference is having. Context for what an amazing first half of the season we've had - those 13 wins pre-our current run? That would rank 4th-best, behind only the 2019 squad, the 17-win Rabbithead/Angel Moore senior season, and the 2021 team. Brian Klingensmith is back from suspension. Actually he was probably back last month, and I somehow missed it. Oops. We still did well without him. Might have cost us the win against Riverside, though. He's back in the lineup now. All starters except Klingensmith score 12+ points in a 94-71 blowout of Cal Poly, with Robert Serra's 19 points, 7 rebounds, and a steal PotG, Major Ramirez scoring 21. Major Ramirez is out with injury 9 minutes into the game against Pacific, but is fortunately only out 9 days and will be DTD in our next game. 79-66 win even though we were up by 22 at the half. Robert Serra scores 21, and Ned Fraser and Brian Klingensmith each score 11 in a surprisingly gritty win. I start Major Ramirez anyway at 92%, and he scores 21 with a steal and PotG honors in a defense-first 70-53 win over Hawaii. His running mate is Robert Serra with 20 points of his own. That victory also clinches our fourth straight winning season, both overall and in terms of the Big West. Easy-breezy 73-54 win over CSU-Fullerton keyed by Ned Fraser's 19 points and 3 steals and Major Ramirez's 13 points and 2 steals. It's fun how much better our defense is with Brian Klingensmith in the lineup. And then UC-Riverside demolishes us to pretty much wrap up the Big West title, barring something unexpected happening. Fair play to the Highlanders - they're just continuing to demonstrate why they're the class of the conference. Jeremiah Hardie's 22 points and a steal carry us to a 77-55 win over Long Beach State after Major Ramirez was limited to 14 points in 18 minutes due to foul trouble. 34% shooting translates into a bad blowout loss to UC-Santa Barbara that murders whatever faint title hopes we had and drops us from the bubble consideration we were building. Fuck. 82-85 OT loss to UC-Irvine, and our brilliant season has gone up in smoke. Another game where we shot cold - 36.1%. Teams have adapted to us. Heading into the final game of the regular season, we could finish anywhere from 2nd to 4th. Beating UC-Davis clinches at least third - if we lose to the Aggies, things get really messy with tiebreakers. And of course we lose by 2 to make things messy. For the third year in a row, we finish 3rd, losing to the Aggies on tiebreakers. So dumb. Big West Conference Tournament It's an ugly, workmanlike game, but we beat Pacific in the first round, 73-62, as Jeremiah Hardie scores 21, Major Ramirez 19. Cal Poly upset UC-Irvine and, in the biggest scalp, UC-Santa Barbara stuns UC-Davis. If we can beat Cal Poly, we'll have our second straight 20-win season. Lose, and we're probably out of the postseason, Major Ramirez's career ending on a sad note. Our defense takes over in the second half, gritting out a 78-62 victory that was closer than it appeared. Every starter except Robert Serra (who had a big fat 0) scores 12+ points, Rene Abbott making up for Serra with 10 points and a block off the bench. PotG was again Jeremiah Hardie with 16 points and 3 steals. Last year's Big West Freshman of the Year is slowly building a following and living up to his ranking hype before Larrabee crushed his record. So we're once again on to the Big West championship game, where we'll face UC-Riverside, who escaped a Gauchos scare, 71-68. I have a funny feeling we lose this one. We're playing behind most of the game. 1:45 left - Ned Fraser is fouled on the shot and makes both free throws to put us up 66-65. Ned Fraser gets a steal on the next possession and breaks away for a dunk! 68-65! Turnovers happen. They make two free throws to cut the lead to 68-67. Then with 1:02 left, Major Ramirez is fouled and sinks both free throws, 70-67. 0:53 left - They make a basket. 70-69. Brian Klingensmith is called for an illegal screen with 35 seconds, an absolutely trash call that has our fans screaming in rage. They beat the press, but can't find an opening due to Klingensmith and Ramirez clogging up the paint. Finally, it's a UC-Riverside three attempt because we're closing them off. Ball clangs off the rim. Fittingly, Ned Fraser gets the rebound as time expires. 70-69. CSU-Northridge, for the third straight year, finish third in the regular season and Matador march right out to claim the auto-bid, winning the conference tournament!!!!! Code: Cal State Northridge 70, UC Riverside 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal State Northridge (21-11, 12-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Major Ramirez C 32 6-12 4-7 2 8 3 3 16 B. Klingensmith PF 28 1-5 2-6 1 8 3 4 4 Jeremiah Hardie SF 26 4-13 0-0 3 4 2 4 10 Robert Serra SG 32 5-8 0-0 1 4 2 2 15 Ned Fraser PG 36 4-9 4-4 1 6 2 0 14 Rene Abbott SF 15 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 Richard McCowan SG 8 1-4 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 Alfred Beadle C 16 3-6 0-0 4 9 0 3 6 Conrad Magee C 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Bradford Taylor PG 3 0-1 1-2 1 1 0 0 1 Turnovers: 20 (M.Ramirez 6, B.Klingensmith 1, J.Hardie 2, R.Serra 2, N.Fraser 5, R.Abbott 2, R.McCowan 1, A.Beadle 1) Blocked Shots: 3 (B.Klingensmith 1, A.Beadle 1, C.Magee 1) Steals: 8 (B.Klingensmith 2, J.Hardie 1, N.Fraser 3, R.Abbott 2) 3P FGs: 9-21 (J.Hardie 2-6, R.Serra 5-7, N.Fraser 2-6, R.McCowan 0-2) UC Riverside (22-11, 13-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Lance Vail C 28 2-7 2-2 2 8 0 3 6 Lincoln Deering PF 25 3-6 1-1 1 4 2 5 7 Lucius Drury C 23 3-10 0-2 3 5 1 4 7 Barton Caine SF 29 4-8 5-6 3 5 2 3 13 David Abel PG 26 2-9 0-0 0 1 2 1 5 D. Menchaca PG 14 4-8 0-0 1 5 1 3 11 Kevin Connell SG 24 2-4 4-4 1 2 0 0 8 Anderson Geyer SF 18 4-9 2-2 0 3 1 1 10 Wallace Helfrich C 9 1-2 0-0 1 3 1 1 2 Tony Stull C 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Gregory Nolan PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 19 (L.Vail 1, L.Deering 3, L.Drury 1, B.Caine 7, D.Abel 2, D.Menchaca 2, K.Connell 2, A.Geyer 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (L.Vail 2, L.Deering 1, B.Caine 1, A.Geyer 1) Steals: 9 (L.Deering 1, L.Drury 1, D.Abel 1, D.Menchaca 3, A.Geyer 3) 3P FGs: 5-20 (L.Drury 1-4, B.Caine 0-2, D.Abel 1-5, D.Menchaca 3-5, K.Connell 0-2, A.Geyer 0-2) Player of Game: SG Robert Serra (CSNTH) __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)