Anyone know the actual attendance at the game? I a mystified why the students are not showing up for a team that is a proven winner. Most times, when a team has made school history by getting to the NCAAs then their coach does a truly outstanding job in reshaping a squad who lost 4 starters, you'd think the fans would come. When I was there, we used to pack Hickey Jim, SRO. Also, I was glad to see Chima come back from a poor outing in Hawaii. Did CSUN try to pack a zone around him like Hawaii did?

Goags, You are definitely correct. I am sorry but I do tend to get sloppy at times and I am not familiar with this player.

In answer to 69Aggie, the coach from 1967 through 1989 was Bob Hamilton for whom they named Hamilton Court. He won 301 games at UCD. I loved to watch him throw his towel, stomp on the floor, but never yell at the refs. I probably saw about 50 of his victories including all of them in 1972-73 when I handled the stats for the campus' radio broadcasts of the games.

Aggie6thman mentioned stats. Here are some from the media guide:

All time career leaders in career scoring:

Audwin Thomas - 1821
Corey Hawkines* - 1694
Preston Neumeyer - 1578
Vince Oliver* - 1523
Mark Olson - 1440

All tine career leaders in rebounding:

Alan Budde - 952
Mark Olson - 869
Dominic Callori - 844
Pete Buchwald - 757
Ron McMillan - 682

All time career leaders in assists:

Angelo Rivers - 467
Mark Payne* - 448
Darius Graham* - 418
Dante Ross - 380
Rommel Romentz* - 307

The asterisk* shows players who were on the team at least part of the time that the Ags were in Div. I and I want to suggest that a more fair way to decide who the best payers were is to separate the DIv I and Div II players. Al Budde, who was an ferocious board man, was only 6'5" and would have had trouble starting for a Div I team. Corey Hawkins would not have played for Davis in Div. II.

BlueGoldAg

I am beginning to suspect that Hawaii fans are starting to think of UC Davis as one of the "bad guys" in the Big West, even though the Warriors are 6-2 out here vs the Aggies. I do not think the Hawaii coach contributes to this, since he is pretty low key. The true Hawaii fans have long memories though and they still remember the time Corey Hawkins & Co. stormed a hail of threes back in 2013 or the game in which Coach Les left early to protect his players. This could develop into a rivalry. It's too bad, but nothing will stop me from going to each game the Ags play here wearing my colors. I look forward to it. I messed up on every post I wrote about this game, but I use my excitement as an excuse.

Just got back from watching the game in person. I must have been at over a hundred college basketball games in my life between being in Davis and Hawaii, but I have never seen such bad officiating. If any of you saw it on BigWest TV and could not believe what you were seeing, believe it. The only good thing about it was that the refs (one in particular) called it bad both ways. I've never seen a Hawaii crowd get that worked up before (and I've been going to games here since 1974). They were more upset with the refs than booing the Aggie players.

Still, you can't blame the outcome on the refs. UCD was very sloppy, Chima especially. He had a lot of trouble handling the ball inside. A lot of this was due to a zone that collapsed on him, but he must have had a half dozen turnovers for game. In my opinion, though, the Aggies literally threw the game away int he first half when they made a lot of very sloppy passes. On the other hand, I have to give credit to Hawaii's back up backcourt players. Green (#0) and Buggs (#1) played much better than expected given that their regular starting point guard was hurt. My biggest concern was that Jack Purchase (#12) would get hot and he did. He's easily Hawaii's best shooter and not onluy did he make a lot of jump shots, but hit all (I think) of his free throws in the clutch.

The Aggies should be able to turn the table on Hawaii when the Warriors come to the Pavilion.

Should have noted that the Hawaii backcourt might have some problems. Both starting guards are going to play with injuries that might limit their effectiveness and there is not much depth there.

BlueGoldAg

Thanks for correcting my error in posting the game time. You're absolutely right about the home crowd and the number of Aggies supporters is very small, usually about 50, mostly scattered around the arena, which holds 10,000. Hawaii fans tend to be fair weather and with them doing so well, there could be 8000 tonight. The TV quality should be good because it is a live broadcast for the local fans. And, yes, Bobby Curran is a University of Hawaii alum and he and his partner are definitely homers, but they do tend to be fair.

BlueGoldAg,

Yes, I was at that game and, first, the media blew the incident out of proportion. I barely noticed it, but when one thing gets thrown I could hardly blame Coach Les for wanting to get his team off the court. As I recall, the Hawaii coach did not react strongly at all. Some fans booed the Ags, but I was not sure if that was because of Les' earlier protests of some officiating.

Moviegoer: I saw the first game that Ham used the platoon system. Five guys out, five guys in. The first squad had started and played the bulk of minutes up to that point. They were Gordon Baranco, Frank Stonebarger, Steve Schaper, Al Budde, and John Frost. The second five were Tom Wood, Tom Larkin, Al Steed, Bob Guild, and Bob Johnson. The second unit consisted of only transfer students and sophomores, all in the first year on the team. We went nuts, Budde and Frost were all-league returning lettermen, but the second unit played well as a team. I wish I could remember who they played, but the team went on to win the conference title that year. I recall that Ham did not keep the platoon system all season.

For what it;s worth, here is a list of Aggies Men's basketball players who are in the UCD Athletics Hall of Fame. I include only those who played since UCD became a general campus after WW II . In order of induction:

Mark Olson
Preston Neumeyer
Audwin Thomas
John Frost
Mat Cordova
Mike Lien
Angelo Rivers
Dante Ross
Jason Cox

I've no doubt that Corey Hawkins and Chima Moneke will get in some day.

I have to confess to having a huge gap in my knowledge of Aggies between 1974 and 1995 so there is almost certainly one player I am leaving out. I did not know much about him, but I know Mike Lien (late 70s) hold s a lot of records. I first started watching Aggie b-ball back in 1967, but I will try not to over-glorify the past. There are two players form that time who should be on the list. One is John Frost, a forward, who would probably be a shooting guard today, but he was outstanding shooter. The second is Mark Olson, who was on the third team all-west coast in 1974. So here's my five:

Corey Hawkins- G
John Frost - G
Mark Olson - F
Chima Moneke - F
Mike LIen - C

I'd be very surprised if Chima was benched because of some problem between he and Coach Les, unless Chima violated some kind of team rule that was well understood. Based only on what I see on the court, Les does not seem to be very tough on his players. When I was at UCD we used to be amazed at Bob Hamilton who would scream at this players during the games, stomp on the floor and throw this towel he had up into the stands when one of his palters goofed up. I talked to some of the varsity guys from those days and Coach Ham was definitely tough to play for. Not a few of them quit to play IM instead. Of course, there were no scholarships back then,

The game at Davis vs. Northern Colorado was the first one I'd been able to see there in 37 years. I went with an old friend of mine with whom I must have seen about 70 games between 1967 and 1972. What a great way to end such a drought. The Ags defense was unbelievable, although the Bears were able to penetrate late in the second half which meant that Coach Les's adjustment to the zone was prefect. Oynebalu's block right at the end of the game went right back to Jackson making it even more suspenseful. Thank goodness he missed the second shot. I agree with BlueGoldAg that it was an ugly game, but it was still great to watch.

Aloha from me out here in Hawaii. Of course, I get lots of news about the Hawaii b-ball team and we Aggie fans should not overlook Hawaii. At least one national pub picked them to win the Big West and for good reason. They return a lot of players and have a lot of versatility, plus an excellent coach in Eran Ganot. Remember him? He led UH to its first NCAA win over Cal two years ago with a team with probably less talent than this one. I'm sure Jim Les knows all about the Rainbow Warriors.

I grew up a Cal fan because both of my parents went there and I always expected to go to Berkeley, but when I was in high school I went to a Picnic Day event and decided that UCD was a better fit for me. I never regretted it and whenever the Ags played big brother UCB I always rooted for us. I hope Cal finds a really good coach (for a change) and I would like to think that Jim Les would be the guy, but even more, I hope Les stays at Davis. I agree with majority here and think that Cal is not likely to hire him, but if they make him offer, he will go.

BlueGoldAg you always make such good points. Kansas was very well rested to the point of being a little rusty at the start. A friend of mine noted that even in Dayton, the guys looked kind of worn, then traveling to Tulsa and everything. This team has a lot of heart, class and toughness. They'll go down in Aggie history along with the '98 team as one of the most memorable to put on the blue and gold of UC Davis. We're all proud of them. Fans out here in Hawaii were rooting for them to represent the Big West well and I think they did that.

This goes near the top of my greatest sports moments. I don't care if no one gives us a chance against Kansas. I think the guys will play better with less pressure to win, but the Kansas fans will make it tough. Chima said in the post-game interview that they didn't play their best and I would have to agree. They were unusually confused by the 1-3-1 and missed a lot of switches on the defensive end. Good thing that North Carolina Central missed a lot of bunnies. Looking at the stats I notice that even though UCD outrebounded the Eagles by 10, the Eagles got off 67 shots to the Aggies 48. How does that happen? 18 TOs tell part of the story, but we won this game from the foul line.

The betting odds have UNC-Central a 4 point favorite.

I listened to Bobby Curran's talk show yesterday but was not able to call him. He did pick UC Davis over NC Central and sounded somewhat contrite when he did. His assistant said something that lead me to believe he had mentioned the "heifer" comment earlier and possibly apologized for it, but I don't know. There is no mention of it on his twitter website.

I am very surprised to learn of this. I've been listening to Bobby Curran in Hawaii for over 20 years now and he has always been a classy, intelligent commentator who is pretty well respected out here. The comments about the cheerleaders is out of character. He is the play-by-play person for all Hawaii football and basketball games and he is usually very objective. I've called him on his morning talk show a few times. He listens and has never given any hint of misogyny. I'll be listening a bit this week to see if he bring it up or apologizes. I hope he knows that there are a lot of Aggies out here, including our former Chancellor, Virginia Henshaw. Maybe I'll call him myself.