Hard to say who is flatter, the fans, the Aggies or the Mustangs. I'm going to predict that both teams will start hitting 3s in the second half at a much higher rate. Of course, even 10% would be a higher rate fore the Ags.

My mistake, I was looking at footage from Thursday and thought it was live:( Aggies playing down to the level of the opposition again. zero for 6 from 3, getting out-rebounded.

But the football team is there!

Yes and that was Coach Les' mistake by his own admission.

The one thing that I and everyone else forgot about the win over UCSB was that they were without their floor leader, Miro Little. In their 6 game winning streak, he was on the floor for every game and in the game before playing us, he scored 12 points, had 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Taking nothing away from the Aggies effort and a great win, it was a closely fought contest and I can't help but think the outcome would have been a Little different if their point guard had been there.

Pasternak is just like John McEnroe, right?

The Aggies' win today keeps them in 4th place and drops the Gauchos to 3rd, but there is s till something of a log jam in the middle with five teams still 2 games over or under .500. Here are the scores of the Feb. 5 Big West games. The only upset belongs to UC Davis. Hawai`i was idle,

BlueGold nailed it when he noted that the Ags tend to play to the level of their competition and this was a great win. With Cal Poly coming in, I just hope there is no let down to their level. Wilson had a great night but it was a real team effort. Five Aggies were in double figures and six made at least one trey. The D was solid throughout although when #20 started to hit, it was worrisome. I think they took Sevilla off of him and the other players, being taller, were more effective at guarding his 3 point shot attempts. Cooper is an odd case. I almost wonder if he has mentally quit the team and waiting to enter the transfer portal. I hope not, because he began to show up late in the second half. so maybe Scott was right in thinking he has just had a lapse of confidence. Wish I could have been there and now celebrating with my friends.

For those who are old enough to remember, doesn't Coach Pasternak remind you of John McEnroe in both his temperament and appearance?

Ags leading at the half 40-32 thanks to hitting 6 or 11 from 3 and Gauchos very cold from the outside. I think it's partly good defense by UC Davis but Santa Barbara has missed some wide open looks. They're also not playing great defense. Look for things to change in the second half.

Ags playing pretty good D so far. UCSB's Mahaney has only 2 points. UCD hitting 50% from 3 Gauchos, 25%.

Yes

No Cooper or Chapelle in the starting lineup, but only Coach Les knows why. I know that coaches tend to reward good practices by giving the player a start?

The only reason that I can see that makes sense in not starting Cooper was that Coach Les wanted to send him a message that he needs to put more effort in his game. He seemed kind of lackadaisical recently. His only good game recently was against Riverside and we won that one by no coincidence. If he steps it up, we've got a real chance against the Gauchos.

If the Aggies can only play as well as they did against Irvine, they've got a chance to win this one. A long shot, but a shot nonetheLes.

Just watched the reply and have three observations: 1. I see that Jaden Alexander, who scored 35 up in Davis, was hurt and out of this game. 2. The Aggies outscored CSUB 31-15 in the last 9:30 of the game by playin good defense and making a whole lot of free throws. 3. I take this game as a bad sign because they barely got by a team that los to Cal Poly 104-79.

"I feel a bit Schizophrenic texting to myself!" Sorry I wasn't there to engage in our usual dialogue.

Deepest apologies I totally messed up on the time and paid the price because I missed it entirely, thinking it was on at 4:30 here. Glad they won, but doesn't seem like they played very well.

Irvine and Hawai`i are pretty evenly matched no matter where they play. In Hawai`i the Rainbow Warriors won on a buzzer beater. Last night it went into overtime at UCI after Hawai`i tied it in regulation with two last second free throws but the Eaters won 87-76 to take sole possession of first place. I wouldn't want to bet on who wins the tournament between those two, but I'd bet that it comes down to those two.

This team is certainly hard to figure out. We know they can play outstanding defense because we saw it against Irvine. They say that defense travels well and can be a consistent strength. It was no surprise that the shooting cooled off in the second half simply by the law of averages after a hot opening. When the offense struggles it seems that the defense would strengthen, but ours collapsed. I don't think it had anything to do with the strategy, so I don't blame the coaching. I just saw a lack of effort. They let the Matadors inside too easily then often fouled when they were shooting from there.

I wonder how many points CSUN got in the paint, including the free throws they made after an Aggie foul on the shot? The interior defense was disgraceful. I'm guessing that it was well over 40 because of their 84 points, 30 came on long distance and they hardly shot any mid range Js. So 30 points on layups and 10 on free throws.