Good to know it isn't anything too serious. And it did give Printup a chance to contribute.

Fantastic game! WSU looked like the really expected an easy win...no energy. Ags hit some open 3's, played great defense, and is leaving Pullman with the win. Great job Ags!!!

Awesome half. My son is the only one in the arena with a UCD shirt on and he says it's absolutely dead silent. Shorts is playing a great game!!

Ags playing really well. Up by 11 and controlling the game

My sources say Mooney is not on the bench. Wonder what’s up

excellent! I especially liked the pix from previous years. A great trip down memory lane. Thanks AggiePhoto!!

That's a great pic!

Looks like the Cougs are relying on the force. Here.

Go Ags!

So I asked my wife to get the women's perspective, and I thought she had a valid point. When boys go out to play bball, there is usually several boys in the neighborhood to play with...they end up playing either a scrimmage or lowering the basket to do crazy dunks...neither very conducive to free throw shooting. Girls, on the other hand, generally don't want to play with the boys, and there are usually fewer girls who actually play bball, so they end up in the street or backyard shooting by themselves, a lot of time spent on FT's. Those habits for boys and girls then hang with them throughout their formative years.

It was definitely one of those "no, no, no...yes yes YES!" deals.

By the way, this is a pretty awesome pix: [/img]

I remember a few years ago watching this matchup...the Ags got caught up trying to match the frenetic pace of SS. I don't think this years team does that. With all the experienced leaders and the quality depth, we should be able to dictate the pace and take care of business. Of course, I'm sure I thought the exact same thing 2 years ago. Go Ags!

Just got back from the game. Late arriving crowd, but decent size for a Wed in November. Really got into it late in the game.

Ugly game throughout, but good teams learn how to win these types. Changing to a zone really slowed down UNC's offense, and we finally got some rhythm. Shorts was really big down the stretch.

I guess you could call this a trap game...facing a team you've already beaten in between two Pac-12 games, so it was good to pull out the win.

Beat the Cougs!

From ESPN Mid-Major Ranks article here

6. UC Davis (6-0)

A Thanksgiving week road swing through Pacific, Southern Utah and Seattle produced three wins by a combined 84 points. The names of those opponents won't turn heads, but that's a lot of travel and basketball in the span of seven days to manage without getting distracted. Focus doesn't seem to be a problem for this team; it opened its season with a win against Washington State, the same team that ended UC Davis' previous season in the WNIT.

As far as consistency goes, it's difficult to do better than Morgan Bertsch of late. One of five returning starters for the Aggies, she has scored at least 20 points in each of the past five games and shot 60 percent (32-of-51) on the recent road trip.

Last week: NR

The FAQ that I saw is here.

The length that UW had at the top of their zone kept us from easily getting the ball into Chima in the paint. We had to find the soft part (baseline corners) and then pass it back into the paint to Chima. It worked a couple of times, and John got a couple of 3 pt shots from the corner. It's good that we faced it now so that we may be more prepared for it if any BW team utilizes it.

Watching at the Grad. Ags playing tough.

It’s going to be big numbers if Seattle continues to single cover Bertsch.

It was earlier but it’s fine now

Totally agree with everything you wrote. Siler also takes at least one, if not several, charges each game. He is really good at reading the drive, getting his feet set, and taking the charge.

Regarding your questions:
-Mooney seemed a little tentative last night. I thought he was really getting comfortable with looking for his shot in earlier games, so maybe this was just one of those nights. We'll need his outside shooting when teams continually triple team Chima.
-Printup...honestly, I root for the kid, and he came into the program with a great shooting reputation, but the game just seems to be a little fast for him at this moment. He's going to be someone that will have to prove himself in practice before Les gives him any meaningful minutes.
-Russell is probably the next big guy off the bench. He has a little more experience playing at this level, so I'm guessing Strom red-shirts this year (barring any injuries to other "bigs").
-Good question about John. I think we won't see a starting lineup of Shorts/Siler/AJ/Chima/Goode unless we happen to be facing a very large opponent. Les likes Michael's defense (he had a couple of nice offensive plays last night, too) so we'll probably see him in the starting lineup for a while. But, we will be seeing John and Jackson coming in very early in games if the offense sputters out of the gate. And we also saw the Chima/Jackson/Shorts/Siler/Michael for a long stretch near the end of the game last night. That's a group that can really play tough defense and set up some big mismatches on the offensive side.

Looking forward to seeing how this team does against a couple of Pac-12 teams (UW and WSU) on the road. Go Ags!