2015 Big West Men's Basketball Tournament

UC Davis Tournament Central

Quarterfinal Round
No. 1 UC Davis Aggies (24-5)
vs.
CSUN Matadors (9-23)

Thursday, March 12 - 12 p.m.
Honda Center - Anaheim, Calif.

TV: Fox College Sports (Northern and Central California) / Fox Prime Ticket (Southern California) - Kevin Barnett (PBP), Corey Maggette (Analyst), Rahshaun Haylock (Sideline)
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Printer-Friendly Tournament Bracket Game Notes DAVIS, Calif. - For the first time in school history, UC Davis will enter the Big West Men's Basketball Tournament as a No. 1 seed after capturing the program's first ever league championship. CSUN is the first team that UC Davis will face as the two will compete in the inaugural game of this year's event on Thursday, at 12 p.m.

By sweeping the Matadors this season - the Aggies defeated CSUN by 10 in Davis and 13 in Northridge - UC Davis has earned wins in six of the last seven head-to-head contests.

Thursday's quarterfinal pits two Sacramento Kings against one another in head coaches Jim Les and Reggie Theus. Of the four meetings involving their respective teams, Les has emerged victorious three times. Coach Les also earned his 200th career victory when UC Davis visited the Matadome in February.

Series Record: CSUN leads 19-13
Last UC Davis Win: 68-55; 2/7/15 in Northridge
Last CSUN Win: 89-77; 1/9/14 in Northridge
Series Streak: UC Davis +3

MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW
The schedule of events, at the upcoming Big West Men's Basketball Tournament, is as follows.

Thursday, March 12 - Honda Center, Anaheim
Session #3: Men's Quarterfinals - Fox College Sports (Pacific) / Fox Prime Ticket

No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 8 CSUN - 12 p.m.
No. 4 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 Hawai'i - 30 minutes after first game ends
No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC Riverside - 6 p.m.
No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 7 Cal Poly - 30 minutes after third game ends

Friday, March 13 - Honda Center, Anaheim
Session #5: Men's Semifinals - ESPNU and ESPN3

Highest remaining seeded team vs. lowest remaining seeded team - 6:30 p.m. (live on ESPN3, delayed until after second game ends on ESPNU)
Second highest remaining seed vs. second lowest remaining seed - 30 minutes after the previous game ends (aired live on ESPN3 and ESPNU)


Saturday, March 14 - Honda Center, Anaheim
Session #7: Men's Championship Game - 8:30 p.m. (live on ESPN2 and ESPN3)

TOP TURNAROUNDS
UC Davis leads the nation with its +15 win differential.

AND THEN THERE WERE THREE
The Aggies are the third Big West program to go from single-digit wins one season to 20 the next. Utah State went 4-23 in 1981-82 and 20-9 in 1982-83, while Fresno State was 7-20 in 1976-77 and 21-6 in 1977-78.

UC DAVIS WON THE RACE TO NOTHING
By winning their final two home games of the season last week, the Aggies posted the school's first undefeated home record (14-0) as a Division I program and the team's first since the 1997-98 season - one that ended with UC Davis winning a Division II NCAA title.

The 1997-98 team won all 17 home games, a total that includes four postseason contests.

UC Davis is the first league team to run the table at home since Long Beach State finished 12-0 in 2011-12.

THERE'S A NEW NO. 1
UC Davis' 24 wins this season are the most in the Division I era and the biggest total since the 1999-2000 season.

WE LIKE THE VIEW MUCH BETTER FROM HERE
The Aggies are the third team in conference history to jump from last place, to first place, in a span of two seasons. The other two teams are:

•Fresno State (1-11, last) in 1976-77, tied for first in 1977-78 at 11-3 with San Diego State
• UC Santa Barbara finished last in 1997-98 (4-12) and first in 1998-99 at 12-4

However, the Aggies are the first to do so outright in a single division setup. The switch from two divisions, to one, took place prior to the start of the 2000-01 season.

AGGIES DOMINATE BIG WEST AWARDS LIST
UC Davis men's basketball received a league-high six awards when the Big West announced its all-conference teams and specialty award winners on Monday. In addition to senior guard Corey Hawkins, who was selected to the conference's first team for the second time in his career, senior guard/forward Josh Ritchart earned second team recognition and junior forward Josh Fox received honorable mention.

In addition to their all-conference selections, Hawkins received Big West Player of the Year, and Fox collected Sixth Man of the Year. Rounding out the Aggies' awards haul, their biggest since joining the league in 2007, was Jim Les who earned Coach of the Year accolades.

Hawkins and Les are the first Aggies to receive Player and Coach of the Year recognition.

THE CHAMP WEARS AGGIE BLUE AND GOLD
By finishing the season with a 20.6 points per game average, Corey Hawkins is the conference's scoring champion for the second time in the last three years.

TIME TO KEEP CLIMBING
Entering the tournament with a 24-5 record, UC Davis needs two wins to post the conference's highest win total since former league member Pacific finished 27-4 in 2004-05.

ALMOST THERE
Senior Josh Ritchart enters the Big West Tournament with 1,301 career points and he needs 26 points to enter the Aggies' all-time top 10.

WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE!
For the 10th straight week, UC Davis is the No. 1 team in the country (out of 345 Div. I teams) with its three-point percentage. The Aggies sport a .452 clip from long range.

ALMOST 50/50 ODDS? I'LL TAKE THAT
UC Davis is also ranked No. 4 in the nation, and No. 1 in the Big West, with its .495 field goal percentage. The Aggies are the only Division I team in the country to hold a top-five three-point and field goal percentage and have done so since its league opener vs. CSUN (1/7).

CLIMBING THE MID-MAJOR LADDER
UC Davis earned a top 25 ranking when CollegeInsider.com released its mid-major poll Monday evening. In its latest listing, the Aggies are ranked No. 9. As has been the case since Jan. 12, UC Davis is the only Big West team to receive a national ranking.

On Nov. 24, UC Davis made its inaugural Division I appearance on CollegeInsider.com's Mid-Major Top 25 poll when the Aggies received one vote. Five weeks later, UC Davis earned its first-ever, D-I national ranking when the media outlet listed the Aggies as the No. 25 mid-major team in the nation in its Dec. 22 poll.

HE'S NUMBER ONE! HE'S NUMBER ONE!
For the first time in the program's Division I history, a UC Davis player leads all players in the nation from behind the arc with his three-point percentage. Corey Hawkins is that individual, and for the sixth week in a row, holds a NCAA-high .497 figure.

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Corey Hawkins and his father, Hersey, are one of the top scoring father-son duos in the NCAA. Together, the pair are ranked No. 2 all-time with 4,631 points (and counting).

The Hawkins are sandwiched between the Currys; Dell and his son, Stephen, lead all father-son combinations with 5,020 points. Dell and his other son, Seth, are ranked No. 3 with 4,486 points. The McDermotts, Doug and Greg, are No. 4 with their total of 4,183 points. Rounding out the top five are Anthony and Antoine Mason (4,009 points).

YOU SIMPLY CANNOT STOP HIM
Senior guard Corey Hawkins is ranked No. 8 among all Division I players in the nation with his 20.6 points per game average

HAWKINS EARNS BIG WEST HAT TRICK
For the third time this season, senior guard Corey Hawkins was selected as the Big West's Men's Basketball Player of the Week as announced by the league on Monday.

Of his 21 points scored last Thursday against UC Riverside, it was the last two, recorded with three seconds remaining in the game, that turned a one-point cushion to three, and helped UC Davis win its first-ever Big West title. Two days later, the senior guard posted the eighth 30-point game of his career to help the Aggies top UC Irvine and finish their home schedule with a perfect 14-0 mark.

In his final game on Hamilton Court, Hawkins shot .563 percent overall and made all 11 of his free throw attempts to set a new season-high. His success at the line also helped him tie a school record for the most 20-plus point games in a career (38).

Hawkins has now been named Big West Player of the Week on five occasions as an Aggie - a program high.

SHOOTING TO THE TOP OF THIS LIST, LITERALLY
Ranked No. 1 in the country with its .452 mark from three, UC Davis has an opportunity to post the highest percentage from long range since the NCAA pushed the three-point line back to its current position at 20 feet, 9 inches.

Instituted before the start of the 2008-09 season, Northern Colorado shot. 444 (199-for-448) to set the current all-time high from this distance.

The previous distance of 19 feet, 9 inches was utilized by the NCAA from the 1986-87 season, when initially introduced, through the 2007-08 campaign.