Ags appear to be on their game so far. Tahoe Blues!

I just read that Sac State has joined the Mid-American Conference for football only so they can move up to the FBS. The MAC has no schools further west than Northern Illinois U. and goes as far east as UMass. So here's another Pacific coast team that will be doing a lot of traveling.

" I think it’s dealing with something physically that’s really limiting him." Since you have first hand observations of Cooper, I stand corrected about his lack of effort being due to his having mentally left the team. No disrespect intended, but these days with the NIL and transfer portal it's not an unusual case. I hope he gets better and comes back next year. The guy is super telanted.

The good news is that the Ags are only a game and a half out of first place and play two of the teams ahead of them. The bad news is that the Ags play two of the teams ahead of them and four games on the road where they are 2-4 so far in the Big West.

With the exception of the bottom three schools, things are getting tight again. With only 6 minutes left, CSUN now leads Hawaii 76-49. There is now only 3.5 games separating the 1 and 8 seeds.

I just saw the replay and was happy with the first half, but in the second half I saw signs of a reversion back to the way they played against UCSD. Too many fouls caused by lazy defense, careless turnovers and some poor shot choices. Wilson continues to impress. Chappell and Rocak had nice bounce back games, but Sevilla was 0-5 from 3 and Cooper only managed 6 points. With four road games left, they still need to find consistency.

I'll have to watch this on replay because I'm taking my wife to the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki for a Valentine's Day High Tea.

A win over the Beach would put us 5 and a half games ahead of them and clinch the 8 seed, at least. It would also keep us within a game of the 4 seed, but we'd have to play a lot better on the road with 4 more away games (including the finale at UCI) plus Hawai`i. An 11-9 final record and the 6 seed seems about right unless they really turn it on.

The way Cooper played tonight I have to disagree. No doubt that he has the ability, but he's lost his mojo, at least as an Aggie, and I think he'll be gone next season.

I can't remember ever seeing Jim Les sitting down during a game. He must have been really dispirited. Can't blame him. This was as bad as I've seen the Ags play this season. Bol Dengdit was an unlikely offensive force. The guy was shooting 27% from 3 and hit 4 of 6 tonight. Reminds me of the game that Jaden Alexander of Bakersfield had up in Davis. In this case, Dengdit didn't make the difference as the difference was UCD's perfomance or lack of performance. Nils Cooper has almost turned into a liability with no points and and 2 turnovers to go with 3 rebounds.

Some odd stats from a miserable game. Ags had 14 steals and forced 21 turnovers while shooting 1 for 7 from the free throw line. Tritons had only 4 offensive rebounds but 8 blocks. A lot of those blocks came from poor shot selection by the Aggies, surprisingly by Wilson. I don't think UCSD won as much as UCD lost it.

Glad I won't have to listen to the UCSD play by play guy again. hHe's about as lame as it gets.

No, I guess not.

Do I see a ray of hope?

I wasn't counting but the Ags missed a whole lot of point blank shots. They're also playing like UC Avis again--no D. The only thing they're doing well is on the offensive boards but that's largely because they've missed so man shots.

Q: How did we get 5 turnovers and 9 rebounds and only have 9 points?
A: 4 for 16 shooting.

Seems like he gets better every week.

Thanks. I found it on ESPNU. I wonder who said what to Pasternak to set him off? Maybe he was just feeling neglected. You can actually hear Turner yelling "For what?" Needs to be on Sports Center.

I wonder if it will show up on ESPN? Why not let the whole country see it?

I forget where I read it, but I agree that Cooper's situation might reflect his intent to enter the transfer portal at the end of the season. "Might" because if he does want to get good NIL money he should be playing better to showcase himself.

No surprises. The home teams were also the ones with better records and they all won so we're starting to see some spread now. Bakersfield, UCR, and the Beach look to be long shots to make the tournament and Cal Poly will be trying to overtake Fullerton and UCSD for the 8 seed. We're in a three school battle for the 4 seed, but at least own the tie breaker over UCSB.

The team has been consistently inconsistent this year, but this game felt like one of those they would have lost earlier in the season. I'm hoping that they've turned the corner now and have learned how to win as a team and be consistently consistent. If true, then it should show up next week against San Diego and there's a real shot at a top four finish.