Men's Basketball

Aggies enter the season looking to silence the doubters This November marks the beginning of a new season for the UC Davis men’s basketball team, which started off the 2019-20 campaign on Nov. 5 in the Windy City. Senior center Matt Neufeld led the Aggies with 15 points on 7-11 shooting, but UC Davis couldn’t […]

Scoring 15 points in the last two minutes, the Aggies couldn’t finish defensively In their last game of the 2018-19 season, the UC Davis Aggies were defeated by the UC Riverside Highlanders 71-70 at home on Saturday night. Prior to the game, the Aggies sported an 11-18 overall and a 7-8 conference record, compared to […]

Aggies remain optimistic after difficult 4-10 non-conference run The UC Davis men’s basketball team has enjoyed a journey of unprecedented success over the last two seasons. The team made history with a run to the NCAA Tournament in the winter of 2017 and came within two victories of doing it again last season. As a […]

After rough road trip, men’s basketball triumphs over Northern Arizona With just one win in its first seven tries, the UC Davis men’s basketball team came back home with hopes of getting things back on track as the season approached conference play. With three straight losses and a 1-4 record on the five-game road trip, […]

Top NBA prospect Darius Bazley signs shoe deal with a guaranteed $1 million payout With the decision to increase player salaries in the NBA minor league, also known as the G League, next season, increasing numbers of prospective players are putting off college in hopes of entering the G League straight out of high school. […]

Despite late lead, Aggies unable to put Sac State away Since opening in 2015, the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento has been home to the men’s basketball’s version of the Causeway Classic. It’s a rivalry which, on paper, offers regional bragging rights and the satisfaction of owning the loser until the following year. As UC […]

Men’s basketball left searching for answers after opening homestand The UC Davis men’s basketball team fell in its second straight game, losing 76-57 to visiting University of San Diego Toreros on Friday night at the Pavilion. A lot went wrong for the Aggies, with the team holding on in the first half before being […]

Men’s, women’s basketball motivated to build on previous sens of success Men’s Basketball UC Davis men’s basketball started off its 2018-19 season with an exhibition game victory, 87-59, against Dominican University at The Pavilion last Thursday. Although the Aggies ended the 2017-18 season as back to back Big West conference champions, Cal State Fullerton dashed […]

Men’s basketball goes 79-66 in win against Portland Pilots After Friday’s loss that broke the 14-game winning streak of last years team, UC Davis men’s basketball bounced back to get their first win of the season in the second of a three-game homestead on Nov. 15. The Portland Pilots were left in the dust as […]

The Aggies first taste of postseason play came and went faster than sophomore guard Darius Graham can break a full-court press. After a strong first half performance, UC Davis’ lack of rebounding and porous defense finally caught up with them as they fell to Stanford in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). […]

29 games into the season and the UC Davis men’s basketball team found themselves in the winner’s circle as they capture the Big West regular season title.  With an outstanding 24-5 overall record and a near perfect 14-2 conference record, basketball is the California Aggie’s Male Team of the Quarter. A basketball temple of perfection, […]

There is a saying in basketball: you cannot teach size. Some people are just born tall. While size is not everything in basketball, it is important. A tall player with long arms has the ability to contest jump shots, rebound the ball and shoot over defenders easily. This is the type of player that UC […]