California Baptist University

Gonzaga played either the best or the second best team, depending on how you feel about Cal, and obviously got themselves a W here.

And we're recording this before Oregon State opens up the season against Cal Baptist and before the first games for Fresno State and Texas State, which were on Wednesday night, but this is being recorded just before that.

It's going to wrap it up for me today here on the Locked on Zags podcast.

Folks, thank you so much for making the show your first listen or watch of the day.

What a win that was over FIU last night by 11.

And the UNF men's basketball team got off to a heck of a start late last night at Cal Baptist.

They got a win on the road against a tournament team from last year.

Nice.

It was a money game that they won.

Oh, nice.

And by the way, I was not... privy to the idea that Cal Baptist is paying teams to play.

I didn't realize.

Well, I

called last year's Cal Baptist game.

Yeah, I know.

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Yeah,

yeah, yeah.

But I'm not up to speed fully yet on Cal Baptist.

I get it.

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But the 71-63 road win over Cal Baptist last night for UNF.

snapped CBU's 19-game home win streak.

It was the fifth longest current home win streak in the nation.

Yeah.

Imagine your home totally organized.

Last night in men's basketball, UNF beat Cal Baptist 71-63.

This is the interesting part.

It snapped a 19-game unbeaten streak for Cal at home.

All right.

That goes back to the end of the 2024-2025 season.

Cal Baptist last year was a 13 seed in the NCAA tournament.

So we're talking about March Madness.

But they did hold on 6-5.

And thank God, I guess also I didn't end up, not that it mattered, I lost the best bet anyway, but I was going to take that Cal Baptist game laying the 11 and a half.

And they lose down to the Ospreys go on the road the long trip to California and get the win.

So all in all, we get back at it tonight is what we will try to do.

I lean to you on this

one.

It's almost like Cal Baptist yesterday.

I did a lot of work on this game this morning.

Ken Nierbas is assistant professor in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.

and the Director of Educational Effectiveness at California Baptist University, and is the president of the Evangelical Missional Society.

Ken served as a pastor for seven years before he and his wife, Mendy, worked with speakers of the Nivhar language in Vanu...

I'm struggling here.

Yeah.

Thanks, Eunice.

I've been in Christian work for about 30 years, first as a pastor and then as a Bible translator in the South Pacific, and now as an administrator at California Baptist University.

But I try to stay involved in Bible translation in the South Pacific as well.

The one that fits Mick Cronin the best is the one that's going to be the most exciting, playing tough, diving on the floor, poking loose balls.

And when the lights were the brightest on opening night, they came out and performed with an intensity that just wasn't fully showcased in exhibitions against CBU and San Diego.

And they came with a mission and intent to harm, to be physical, and to fight for every ball against the Arizona Wildcats.

To the point which you had Arizona getting dogged so much on at halftime that it's like, oh, they're a top five team? Nah, they're not even top 25 worthy, top 20 worthy.