As I've said on the broadcasts about previous seasons and this one is no different:

"The schedule is like eating a bowl of ice cream - eat it too quickly and you're going to get a huge headache! You must take it one game at a time."

The season starts with a bang in the 2k College Sports Classic benefiting Coaches Versus Cancer, (Region & opponent to be announced but rumor has it UC Davis will be heading to Lexington, KY or Storrs, CT, with the Wildcats of Kentucky or the Huskies of UConn awaiting the Aggies).

UC Davis faces two Pac 10 teams - hosting the Beavers of Oregon State on December 7th (Get your tickets now as The Pavilion is certain to sell out & be rocking on a Friday night!) and visiting venerable Pauley Pavilion and the UCLA Bruins on December 29th.

The Aggies will also participate in ESPNU's Bracket Busters on February 23rd. Of course, the opponent will be determined but this certainly will be a road game for UC Davis.

After the foliage has faded, UC Davis also will spend a long weekend in New England hooking up with Ivy League foes, Brown & Dartmouth, December 1st & 3rd, respectively. The Brown Bears will want to avenge Vince Oliver's buzzer beater that propelled UC Davis to victory last season.

The Aggies return the favor & visit SWAC member Jackson State sans Trey Johnson on December 20th. The Aggies defeated the Tigers last season in Davis, CA.

A late season get together on March 1st is on tap at the Pavilion with local bragging rights at stake as the Aggies host the Hornets of Sacramento State of The Big Sky.

The crescendo or "creme de la creme" of the season & please do not wait until the last minute - make your reservations now, is the Big West Tourney in Anaheim, CA, March 12-15, as UC Davis will be eyeing participating with a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the survivor! Can you wait for Billy Packer & Jim Nantz's take on the nascent Division I Aggies?

Here is a link to the official UC Davis press release on the 2007-08 campaign:
http://ucdavisaggies.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/080207aaa.html

Here are a few of the highlights:

Signing of Adam Malik, an all state product out of La Canada High School.

Announced transfer of Todd Lowenthal out of the WAC from Hawaii.

We all know that Horace Greeley adopted John B.L. Soule's quote, "Go west young man!" And Notre Dame transfer Joe Harden took heed of this advice and is heading to the Big West from the Big East where he'll be "reunited" with high school teammate, Mark Payne. Of course, as is the case with Lowenthal as well, we'll have to wait a year before the Peaches & Herb version of "Reunited" will permeate the Pavilion!

Former assistant Ron DuBois was added to Mark Iavaroni's staff of the Memphis Grizzlies.

And finally the NCAA has certified UC Davis as a full fledged DI institution and eligible for the post season! Hard to recall a summer where UC Davis basketball has made more noise!

A la Larry Brown turned things around at Elgin CC last season and is poised to get Cabrini back on track in the tough PCA conference.

Here's a nice article on the hiring from the Daily Times:

By TERRY TOOHEY
ttoohey@delcotimes.com
As Greg Herenda drove onto the Cabrini College campus Monday to interview for the vacant men’s basketball coaching position, the first building he saw was Grace Hall, which houses the faculty and administrative offices.
Any nervousness the 46-year-old basketball lifer from Jersey City, N.J. had about the interview quickly disappeared.
“My mother’s name was Grace Herenda,” Herenda said. “She died last week and the interview came two days after we buried her. It was like she was talking to me.”
That drive and subsequent interview proved fruitful Thursday when Herenda was selected as the fourth men’s basketball coach in Cabrini history.
Herenda replaces Matt Macciocca, who was dismissed as the Cavaliers coach following the 2006-07 season after two years as the Cavaliers coach.
“You think I would have cried when I saw that name on the building, but I laughed,” Herenda said of his emotional drive onto the campus. “My mother had a great sense of humor and she would have enjoyed the irony of it. Here she was, telling me what to do from heaven. I knew immediately that I was in the right place. Sometimes, you just have to follow your gut and that’s what I did. I knew that my mom was looking down on me.”
Herenda, a graduate of Merrimack College, brings more than 20 years of college coaching experience with him to Cabrini. He spent the 2006-07 season as the head coach at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Ill., where he guided the Spartans to an 18-11 record and the first appearance in the Region IV District B championship game in school history.
Prior to Elgin, Herenda served as the associate head coach at East Carolina (2000-2005), where he was the right-hand man of former Drexel coach Bill Herrion. Herenda also was an assistant at Yale (1997-99), Seton Hall (1994-97), Holy Cross (1989-94), Merrimack (1985-89) and Massachusetts-Lowell (1983-85).
At Lowell, Herenda helped recruit the core of a team that went on to win the 1988 NCAA Division II championship.
“I’m excited,” Herenda said. “I know of Cabrini’s tradition and I was even more impressed when I got on campus. It’s a gorgeous campus, the facilities are unbelievable and the people are even better. I’m very excited and honored to be the next basketball coach at Cabrini College.”
Herenda takes over a team that struggled the past two seasons. The Cavaliers went 11-14 in 2005-06 and 5-20 last season and failed to qualify for the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference tournament both years. The good news is that there were no seniors on the roster.
The top returnees are forward Randy Reid from Monsignor Bonner, who averaged 17 points and eight rebounds a game, guard Greg Clifton (11.0 ppg.) and center Bruce MacLelland (8.6 ppg., 10.3 rpg.). Reid was a second-team All-PAC selection and was the team’s sportsmanship winner in the league.
“Everything we do will be taken from a defensive standpoint,” Herenda said. “We’re going to play extremely hard and get up and defend you. I’m not a 94-foot kind of guy. We’ll press three-quarter court, but I’m a firm believer that offense starts with good defense. We’re going to rebound and run and get the best shots available.”
Terry Toohey is the assistant sports editor of the Daily Times.