During one of the commercial breaks yesterday, they showed footage of the Varsity Theater in downtown Davis. I'd forgotten about that place. Man, it sure brought back a lot of fond memories.

Taking nothing away from the Aggies effort, it did seem like the Gauchos were out of synch a lot: making bad passes, not going to the boards very aggressively at either end and going 15 for 23 from the charity stripe. I suspect they'll be very pumped up when we go down to Santa Barbara on Feb. 1.

Just saw my recording of the game and finished it in real time. TY did a great job in denying Ajay Mitchell the ball. Mitchell only had 12 points and 3 assists. Meanwhile, UCD got 18 assists and a solid performance from Pepper who is clearly out of his slump (maybe it helps that he has the record now). The overall defense was outstanding, plus they had 7 offensive rebounds while holding the bigger Gauchos to only 2. Did you notice that the Ags were making their free throws?

Not sure when I'll be able to see this game, so I may be absent from this site for a day or three.

I'd rather have Jim Brown.

It's nothing like the NFL where they used to play 12 game seasons and is now 17 so any single season and most career records need to have asterisks. (This is sarcasm as I think back to when Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season home run record.)

And Pepper breaks the record on a layup!!!

The brothers are even guarding each other.

I didn't realize until I heard Bob Dunning say it, but the single game scoring record of 40 by Corey Hawkins was set in Hawai`i and I was at that game. I am pretty sure it is the only win by the Ags (so far) at Hawai`i.

Looks like the CCAA is a merger of the old Far Western Conference with the southern Cal based CCAA and that's how UCD was in the CCAA for a while?

The Ags have lost this one. There must be some concern for Pepper's long range shooting. Counting today's game so far, he's shot 10 of 39 from beyond the arc since the game against Sac State. You have to wonder if the pressure to pass Audwin Thomas is in his head.

Rocak playing tough on offense to start the second half, getting some great rebounds and put-backs. I wish he would show his jump shot from the key, where he is often open.

I would like the NCAA to have the officials explain why a technical is called in addition to the player or person on whom it is called. Doesn't need to be detailed, but when it's something that a player or coach says, the ref should say "player spoke objectionaly to a referee." If an act that is not apparent then something equally descriptive.

An earlier schedule I have shows us playing UC Merced today, but now I see that the UCM game has been moved to Thursday.

I was just looking at the box score and noticed that the Ags out-rebounded Pacific 32-16. Can that be right? Milling, Lose and Tamba combined to grab 21. Looking at the Tigers roster, I note that they started 5 guards and subbed 4 more with their 6' 11" senior playing only 13 minutes. Almost like they were conceding rebounds.

A win is a win, but I don't see this as being an about face. First, Pacific is simply not very good. Second, the Ags are still turning the ball over carelessly and missing too many free throws. Third, Pepper went 2 for 9 from 3, despite making 19 points. We need him to find the range before conference play begins. I don't think we can count on T Y making 5 3s again. He just had the hot hand and Pepper is cold. (Which reminds me of the conclusion that a pair of economists made that there is no such thing as a "hot hand" based on a correlational analysis based on a weak premise. They are wrong.)

The color guy is Bob Thomason? I think he was the head coach of Pacific when they were in the Big West. He knows his basketball, but he sounds very judgmental using "should" a lot instead of simply explaining what happened.

I guess Adebayo is still out with an injury. Tamba is doing fairly well in his place after a rocky start. He has 4 boards.

TY 3 for from 3! Where has that been all year. Ags take the lead in an 18 point turn-around.

If the Ags have been working on their free throw shooting, it is not apparent so far and Pepper is still in what I think is a shooting slump.

Thanks. I was definitely never there.