So I was 3 points off…  (See prediction in my previous post).

UCR — picked last in the preseason coaches poll — handled the UC Davis Aggies from beginning to end to pick up its fourth conference win, 75-66, and finish the regular season in 7th place in the Big West, ahead of UC Davis and Long Beach State. A loss would’ve dropped them to 9th and out of the Big West Tournament.

Sean “No Relation” Cunningham went off the richter for 22 points on 8-of-9 from the field.

So the Highlanders extend their season and earn the chance to see if they can turn their increased competitiveness into a four-game run in the neutral (creepy?) confines of the Anaheim Convention Center. As I said before, weirder things have happened.

First up, sixth-seeded Cal Poly  – a team UCR has beaten before this season — in the late game on Wednesday night. See you in Anaheim. Sorry, not you, Aggies…