The UC Davis men’s basketball team is four wins from finding its way into your March Madness bracket. With the regular season in the books,the Aggies head to the Anaheim Convention Center for their first-ever appearance in the Big West Conference Tournament.If they can win the conference crown,they’ll punch an automatic ticket to the Big Dance:the64-team basketball palooza known as the NCAA Tournament.

TODAY Bayanihan Student Run Clinic – open meeting 6:10 to 7 p.m. 216 Wellman The mission of this clinic is to provide culturally and linguistically sensitive primary care to the uninsured population in the greater Sacramento area, including Filipino WWII Veteranos. The Clinic is looking for students from any major and background who are dedicated to helping people from diverse populations.

In the Feb.19special issue The Best of Davis,the article “Best Open Mic” had an error for the first place winner.The article states the ASUCD Coffee House was tied for first place with Bistro33.The article should have said that Memorial Union venues were tiedforfirst place with Bistro33.The Aggie regrets the error.

Now the city of Davis is offering its own economic stimulus. The Davis City Council last week passed a package of three measures designed to help local businesses and development projects survive the current economic downturn.

UC Davis needed to beat Cal State Northridge to clinch the No.5seed in this week’s Big West Conference Tournament. The Aggies did exactly that,using great work on the boards and two clutch free throws to narrowly beat Northridge at the Matadome on Wednesday night,53-50.

Coach Jon Vochatzer knew he was going to return from the season opener in Berkeley with some solid qualifying marks.Specifically,marks for conference. Sophomore Thomas Phillipsandsenior Polly Gnepa,had more in mind,as bothhurdlerssuccessfully qualified for the NCAA West Regional Championships.

Sophomore Ashley Hearn highlighted the Aggies‘ performance at an unscored,five-way meet in Berkeley,as she earned a trip to the West Regional Championships in her discus season debut. Hearn threw a huge personal best of47.48m on her very first throw of the competition.Not only did she win by over four meters,but her other legal throw would havealsoeasily netted her the win.