DeBruhl needs to look to score. He only attempted one shot in the first half. Hardly replacing what we lost with Ty.

Somebody suggest a box and one, not on Pepper but the Ags on Wright. Between him and the sloppy passing by the Aggies, this game is a lot closer than it could be/should be. Coach Les said that he needs to "introduce" Wright to his team so they know how to find him.

You're right. I just looked it up.

I guess that Ty has yet to be suspended and will play tonight? It seems like part of his behavior recently has been due to his own frustration at not playing well in the last 2-3 games. I hope he channels that energy into playing better instead of baiting the other team.

Maybe the NCAA should change its rules.

It just occurred to me that to be really fair, the league (if it carries out both suspensions) should suspend the two for the rematch on March 2. Any suspensions prior to that penalizes both teams while benefitting any opponents they will play. I wonder if any Big West people have thought of that?

Being a Cal fan, I've seen Kelly play a lot and he is sorely missed by the Golden Bears. In all those years, I never saw a hint that would predict the way he acted toward Ty on Saturday. I really appreciated the post from Gauchofreg, whose perspective seems very objective and laudable. I hope Gaucho fans get a new color guy by next year.

Seems unfair to me because Ty was the victim and was simply defending himself, but then I am biased.

I assume that's Metzger-Johnson grabbing at Andre Kelly's head?

Yeah, the UCSB color guy and former coach was getting to me, too. He acted like he was in charge of the game, telling us what the teams should be doing instead of explaining or clarifying what he saw. Plus he was probably the most biased guy I've heard in all of the Ag's Big West away games.

I'm guessing that what Metzger-Jones is guilty of is something he said that we coudn't hear, but there's a good chance we'll never know.

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I was posting on the wrong discussion group. Getting senile. I saw most of the game that was not cut off by ESPN's technical difficulties. It's clear that the Gauchos are abetter team, but the Ags did themselves no favors by playing poor defense for a large stretch of the second half and did not have enough in the tank to come all the way back from being down by as much as 21. Mitchell and Pierre-Louis killed us after Wishart got off to a roaring start then cooled off. Andre Kelly was not much of a factor until he decided to pick on a much smaller guy. I was surprised at his lack of class, but I suspect Ty is the kind of guy who can get under your skin. The rematch in Davis could be interesting.

It's not much consolation, but I think the Ags will have two all-league guys in Pepper and Anigwe. Probably too much to assume that Christian will be on the first team, but Pepper should be a strong candidate for Big West MVP.

At this point in the season, it's looking like UCI (10-3) and UCSB (11-2) are starting to separate from the rest of the field. UCD is only a game and a half out of third place and it looks like that's the best we'll be able to do the rest of the season.

Right, I planned to change it later, although I was tempted to make us 8-5, but I didn't want to jinx the guys. I hope you're right.

Yes, we all saw that the Mustangs lost to UCI at Irvine by only a point, but the fact remains that they are 1-12.

Here's our remaining schedule with my guesses as to the outcomes:

UCSB (away) L
CSUN W
UCI (away) L
UCSD W
Fullerton (away) W
Cal Poly (away W
UCSB L
Long Beach W

That would make us 12-8. The only real stretch there is beating the Titans at their court.

He put Borra in for only a few minutes. As soon as Borra was called for a 3-second violation, Les took him out and he never got back in the game. Now, that is what makes an impression on a player. I used to watch the practices when Bob Hamilton was coaching, because my best friend was trying out for the team. I expected to see him yell at the players much as Jim Les used to do, except more and louder, but no, he was there at practice to teach. It was when players did not have their hearts in the game or made dumb plays that he would sound off so that fans could hear what he was saying. Then there was his towel...

Johnson had probably his worst game as an Aggie. More turnovers than points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2/10 from the floor. Overall lack of balance in scoring as Pepper, DeBruhl and Anigwe got all but 11 of the team's points. Rebounding didn't help either, as they let the Highlanders snatch 16 offensive boards.

He has a turnover in a couple of second half minutes. Borra also not seeing much action.