20 turnovers is 13 LESS than they had in the December game at Davis. They were so careless with the ball the first game; same thing tonight?

They loaded up with transfers this year and will lose a boatload of players. If that doesn’t lead to at least a few BWC wins, that’s another setback to their program.

he is out; he has traveled to most games.

Poly must be happy to be done with us. Our defense just shuts them down.

Take away Leo’s FGs numbers and our FG% was pretty good.

Big win

we went small vs poly the first time, I believe. Gave poly problems handling the ball

I’m unable to watch tonight but the score indicates poor shooting on both sides?

Verner and McWilliams might be graduating, but it seems like Shamberger should still be around. No mention of him in the portal, was there?

Oddsmakers have us as 4.5 point underdogs. We’ll have to shut them down from beyond the arc again to pull off the upset.

Two lines caught my eye.

Irvine +19.5 over Fullerton (that’s a HUGE line for a league game)
UCSD +14.5 over LBSU at LB. Another huge spread especially on the road. That’s the same LBSU that just beat us at home!

I think there’s a correlation between assists and field goal percentage. When we move the ball around and get an open 3…..and miss, the lack of assist doesn’t indicate stagnant offense, just bad shooting.

There’s some kind of advanced analytics in the NBA like ‘expected assists’ that somehow assumes the shot goes in - it’s supposed to be a good metric of ball movement. I don’t think such metrics exist at our level

I don’t mean this as a insult to Sac but if the Pac12 is having to grab a FCS school to be fill out it’s football obligation, they are a bit desperate. Any FCS school.

that might be a size thing. seems like most of our opponents have length (if not height) so it can be challenging for DeBruhl or Sevilla to get off a shot near the key. Daughtery seems content to hang around the perimeter, and some of the others don't seem to confident away from the hoop.

he only shot 41.5% last year. Johnson was 44% last year. The secondary scorers like Niko, Ade, Francesco and Tamba all had very high percentages (48->57%).

Last year, Pepper .415, DeBruhl .415, Sevilla .414.

Tamba is still around 60%, but TY, Leo and Connor are all below 39%. Could be more pressure with Pepper. Could be more pressure cuz nobody respects the inside game.

he starts with the fact that UCLA already has one Bay Area rival…..somewhat ignoring that that rivalry is gone with conference breakup. Also kind of ignores Stanford as a possible rival!

Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the tournament is an 8-team format? With this stretch of road games coming up, we might be putting ourselves on the outside of tournament eligibility unless we can right the ship soon

I only caught the last 10 minutes or so after we got home last night. I was much more impressed with Irvine than UCSD. Irvine seems more well rounded, whereas the Tritons lived (and died) by the 3.

I cant my believe Tillis is still playing for the Eaters. He’s my favorite opponent. Not exactly a chiseled physique, kind of a sleepy look. But that guy just makes plays. Irvine, as a team, doesn’t impress you with their athleticism (compared to day Long Beach) but they defend like crazy and don’t make mistakes. Having a seven foot weapon helps!!

the same UCLA that has played football on the national stage for 100 years, and whose football and basketball teams play in two of the most iconic facilities in college athletes?

If pigs can fly, there’s no reason that they couldn’t go supersonic!

Another recent MIA is Lose. 2 minutes Thursday, and one defensive possession before the half. He was an energy guy last year with an occasional electrifying dunk; very quiet this year.

Mani was dressed but he moved with zero energy during warmups.

Stood with grandkids post game to get high fives from the players. Very dejected looking group.

there was a ‘merc area’ yesterday on the court level next to the band never advertised and not very visible. I was only aware cuz my grandsons have a radar for souvenirs. No kid sizes for shorts which is disappointing.

Agree with the above mentioned upgrades, especially concessions. It would be nice to block off the open spaces upstairs (curtain, accordion wall) to make it feel more intimate. Might make it louder.

I’d also wish they could improve the car traffic in and out of the arena. That light cycles through, I believe, 5 lights (including bike crossing), so you can get stuck there for awhile trying to turn in. Leaving is similar - can’t they go to flashing lights and traffic cops for 15 minutes post game? A Pavillion specific entrance would be ideal but I can’t imagine how that could work.

I haven’t seen what other MWC arenas look like (beside SJSU which is not great), so not sure where the bar is set.

It never felt like we had more than 3 legit scoring threats on the floor at any time. Both Rocek and Tamba really look shellshocked when they get the ball inside, so defenses can extend hard up through the arc, collapse quick and either get a block or turnover.

One aspect of Askew’s game that might be overlooked was his defense. It looked like he focused on Sevilla and really shut him down.

They were feeling it from beyond the arc, nailed FT’s and made big shots when we would get to within 2 possessions. Rough day

this is a big matchup with all the road games looming.

The last Saturday BWC home matinee (albeit a little later start) was UCSB which was one of our really solid games.

I wonder if if a coincidence that this rash of BIG announcements are coming with the students on break? Seemed to be some pushback back in fall when they are taking new stadium/arena

I’m hoping we get off to a fast start tomorrow. It seems like we have several turnovers and rarely more than 2 points at the first media timeout. Let’s get out of the gate fast and don’t look back.