I just saw this. Wow!

no doubt. I see a lot of quotes from players saying that the reason they came to Davis, and/or stayed here, is because Les knows what it takes to play in the NBA and they want learn from him. As for Sevilla, he’s starting to remind me of Stephan Gonzalez. Gonzo had a little more size, and developed a better interior game (not just a spot up shooter), and was a higher recruit, going to St Mary’s before transferring, but Connor’s game has taken huge steps in such a short amount of time. It’ll be really interesting to see how his game continues to develop.

Good point. I guess it takes a certain type of player to not go somewhere that is solely one on one or screen and rolls all day long, but rather ball movement, cutting, sharing. And you’re going to find a bunch of time on the bench if you miss your defensive assignment.

Les runs a very complex offense and defense, and it usually takes months for the players to all learn the schemes and become comfortable. Last year the out of conference games were rough, then the Big West games were like a different team. Not sure we’ve seen the best yet from this team, but it’s clear they are starting to put it all together. Go Ags!

I’m doing the general admission thing too. The rest of the family has prior obligations.

Take a few minutes to listen to our newest defensive lineman's recruiting journey.
Sounds like a lot of his offers (Notre Dame, Miami, others) dried up because he's only 6'0"
instead of 6'3". Came down to UCD and New Mexico State.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt03TBqTnVk

my understanding is that with byes and the number of teams in the conference and when the BW tournament has to start by, the regular season would have started the week before new years, when no students would be around. Instead, they schedule those two games before winter break so more people could attend.

frustrating to watch

Those were the day!

Coach Nosek was not at the game. The PA announcer before the game said he was MIA.

Really rough second half. As with a lot of Aggie teams from the past, the difference between a great game (vs GCU) and a terrible one (last night) is razor thin. Give Norfolk credit, they moved the ball on offense, hit open shots, and played with a very controlled energy. The ags looked very tentative on both sides of the ball.

I'm wondering if it's time to alter the starting lineup a bit. Lose is a decent defender and plays hard, but he's limited on offense, to the point where it almost feels like it's 4 on 5. I know we've had defensive "stoppers" in the past that don't look to score much (Adebayo and Michael Onyebalu come to mind), but both could contribute on offense when left open (Ade could finish around the rim when he had his confidence going, and Michael developed a pretty solid 3 point shot). Teams have sloughed off Sione so much (basically begging him to shoot), which allows them to get into our passing lanes, resulting in not just steals but in keeping us out of a nice offensive flow. Daugherty seems to be getting his shot back a bit and is also a pretty tough on ball defender, or maybe Cooper (though he seems to be needed to replace Tomba on the front court). Not saying that Lose needs to score 10 a game, but just hit the occasional open 3, or even consistently get fouled on drives to the basic. Anything that would force the defense to take him seriously.

We may be planning to tailgate before the game, and I'm definitely heading to the basketball game afterwards.

Good win by the Ags in Ot 74-70. Norris lead the way with 30, 28 came after halftime

I think there was some overlooking initially, but the Ags kept the pressure on. Certainly by the second half, the ‘yotes knew they were in for a fight. Just judging by the commentary, the issues that we saw with GCU, stagnant offense, lazy defense, have been a trend so far this year. Ags were able to hold and make enough plays down the stretch.

FWIW, GCU easily took care of the Aggies next opponent, Norfolk ST, 91-73.

Go Ags!!!

they are all part of the Acrisure Holiday Classic tournament.

Great win tonight. GCU played poorly but this is certainly a glimpse of how good the Ags can be this year

he was definitely introduced with the other graduating seniors last Saturday.

Chappel is keeping us in the game. Yeah the freshman has two nice threes. Going to be nice to watch him progress

well that’s. Tough start to the season. Hopefully Cooper and Mani can be effective upon their returns, but I was looking forward to what Robinson could do.

Go Ags! Can’t wait for next week?