The WNIT always seems like a better draw than the NCAA

Cooper was in tears going into the locker room after the game - my wife says he got a huge hug from one of the coaches before entering the locker room. He certainly didn’t look like a happy person toward the end of the game both with body language and facial expression. I thought he played a good first half.

It was a very physical game with almost anything goes officiating - at least that’s how it seemed from my viewpoint.

Yep - the starters played much of the game, Norris all but a couple of minutes. There was a great moment between Norris and Joe during a time out. Norris came over and sat down, looking a bit gassed. Joe sat down beside her and they had this conversation. You could see it was coaching but it was just one-on-one while the rest of the team got Jen. Then Joe got up, Norris slid over and joined the rest of the team, and things moved on.

That was a unique moment in my watching of the team. Looked like good coaching to this oldster.

Whew - that was some game! I wasn't sure fatigue wouldn't do us in but OMG the women just kept the effort up. Norris had a horrid shooting night - except for those 3s toward the end when they were needed. She did great vacuuming up the rebounds, though. And the John Havlicek award has to go to Baker. She came in, jump started things, made some key buckets, got hands in for steals, and eventually fouled out but a huge effort. Do you think they know who John Havlicek was?

Wish there were more people there.

I salute the solitary band member who stood for the national anthem.

I thought Nils did a really good job in the 2nd half - much of his work won't show up in the stats but he was a factor on the defensive end. I watched a few of his interactions with Les as he came off - Les seemed to find positive things to say (based entirely on his body language.)

Marcus Wilson just plays such a steady game - you look up and suddenly he has 20 points.

Les was really managing Nico. His shoulder must be bugging him and maybe something else?

Sevilla made some killer 3's. He missed a few but they kept feeding him and he came through. A mentally tough kid.

Cooper walked to the locker room with his jersey pulled up over his head.

Totally agree with the "block out" coaching. Very weird officiating. We were laughing at times because they had their choice of three fouls and three people and chose traveling .

Note that Nico didn’t play down at Poly

The football guys added so much to the game. They were great.

I'll never see Pasternak again without him arguing with a line judge. You nailed it.

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Well, that was some game to watch! Very physical. Cooper had two quick fouls that limited his usefulness for most of the first half.

In the second half what I'll call the "quick hands" line-up really made a difference - forcing turnovers, getting transition buckets, and (gasp) making free throws. The defense really harried the Gouchos after they briefly took the lead.

Definitely a good win for the Ags.

At least one of the officials is a Big West regular - I've seen him for several seasons. The others I'm not so sure about.

I just shrug about officiating unless it egregious. This game wasn't that. The officiating seemed consistent over the course of the game. I hate when the officials go into the half and come out with an entirely new theory about how to call the game. THAT just does't work for me. Unless, and it's a big unless, they lost control of the game in the first half and are trying to re-establish some player boundaries. That shouldn't happen often, however.

I watched the UCSD-UCI game and the announcers were applauding the officials for "just letting them play." Which always makes me ask: "Why have rules if we're not going to enforce them?"

As I watched the game today I saw us lose the snappy passing and start dribbling more and more. That doesn't suit us. Fagbemi is especially dribble-happy and it seems to infect the rest of the team.

But it's Nico that really makes the Aggie team - when he's out there he's taking care of business - directing players but in a positive way. He contributes more than the stats show.

Great times. Remind me why we need to run away from the Big West?

The combo of Tom Woods and Gordy in the backcourt was especially nice because Woods was a terrific passer and Gordy had those lightning cuts that Tommy could pick out like no one else. Johnson and Cupps gave excellent corner support.

I'm hoping we never see home whites again - Tahoe Blue all the way!

Oh - no band this afternoon. I guess they stayed home to watch football?

Just before the National Anthem Nico suggested they were staying in them until they lose. I'd say it's a good call.

New school colors?? If only we had an in with Nike like a certain university to the north of us.

I saw the score. ICK! Double ICK. The watch later tonight will be painful.