I wonder if we’ll see some zone tomorrow to help with the height and take away some of the pack and roll? Really hurts having only one big guy. It seems clear Les doesn’t trust Mani on the defensive end. Maybe we’ll get more Chappell even though he’s not a real low post type. This is where we miss 15 solid minutes from Borra.

Warriors are 1.5 point favorites tonight.

speaking of brutal losing streaks, out in my neighborhood Livermore High has lost 115 straight EBAL games, last winning in 2014. Across town, Granada has been a perennial playoff team even winning a NorCal title a couple years ago. Open boundaries so any decent player in town enrolls at Granada, and they’ve found ways to get good players to transfer in. Hopefully, a new coach this year ends the streak.

if we can get the starting five all clicking on a given night, we can be tough. Pablo has been, almost literally, up and down. Niko hasn’t been part of the offense most night. And Leo and Sevilla are still not shooting like we expect.

This weird scheduling makes it tough to see where we stand even after 8 games. Similar for teams that drew Irvine or UCSD twice.

Irvine beats Poly 101-71 to give Mustangs NCAA record for consecutive conference loses. If you’re gonna set the record, make a statement by losing by 30!

one end of the floor is bleachers where the band and GA fans sit. The other end is the ‘fast break lounge’ where you can buy pizza and drinks, including beer and wine, and watch the game at stools. Kinda fun to watch from there.

Cooper had a nice trip. He was solid vs Poly.

His dad, Michael Cooper, had his number retired Monday by the Lakers. Good week for the family!

Stokes won his appeal and has been playing for Daugherty Valley. He scored 32 last night in victory over DeLaSalle and had 47 last week in a loss vs Cal High. He plays this Friday at Granada (here in Livermore) - I plan to go and will pass on my views.

Ags win! Big sweep. TY was a one man wrecking crew. Niko was very good. Defense in the first half was stifling and we didn’t turn the ball over.

TY is making his way up the all time scoring list. One name ahead of him that surprised me was Silar Schneider. I hadn’t realized he had that many points.

Didn’t think we could count on them to be cold all game

I’m working in the yard listening…..have to find another hour’s worth of work. Can’t risk changing the mojo!

it seems like the problem with the Rec Hall (going way back) was that it was a multi functional space. Basketball arena, but with all that open space up top for classes, indoor running, etc. The foldout bleachers feel like they are there only for graduation (and those early ESPN Games). Even with a good crowd it never feels very full.

This is a 1:00 tip off. This is one bad thing about streaming - can’t easily switch from ESPN+ to the NFL game.

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.