. Makes me wonder if opposing coaches in the league are doing something since then. If so, I hope Coach Les can figure it out because I sure can't. — Toke69

Les is a great basketball mind so he have a good plan; it's up to the players to execute it though.

Perhaps NIL money also?

I like the Aggies defensive intensity and they'll need to really be locked in against the Beach. The Ags do have a tendency to make too many TO's so they'll need to play smart and not get sloppy with the ball too. Go Ags!

these guys should be in shape for the kind of defensive intensity — Toke69

Quite honestly, you don't often see the kind of overwhelming, defensive intensity that you see the Aggies bring early in games. Les likes to come out and "throw the first punch" with hard, physical, defensive pressure in the half court. He feels it is really important to be the most physical team from the get go. Our players are in great shape and it's pretty amazing to me that they can keep up that kind of swarming, defensive pressure for as long as they do. They're bound to start running low on gas as the game progresses.

Unfortunately, too often our offense isn't able to take advantage of the TO's we create. Right now, we have to have great defense just to keep the game within reach because we struggle scoring. We've be really good in those games where we have been able to combine great defense with good offense like our win over Grand Canyon.

We lost all 9 of our OL offers and that's got to be a concern. Six of the nine went to FBS programs.

I wonder if part of the second half woes are fatigue. — DrMike

I think fatigue was a factor and often is for the Aggies in the later stages of the game because they play so incredibly hard on defense. We don't have a deep bench so it's really difficult to continue that level of defensive intensity for 40 minutes.

Our defense in the first half of the game was suffocating. It was high energy, jersey to jersey, physical, in-your-face defense with active hands and we were creating numerous TO's. That kind of intensity is exhausting and hard to maintain throughout the game. It's a thing of beauty when everyone is locked in.

Thanks. My typo. I edited my post.

Aggies win big again 80-64.

I wish him good luck but not against us.

Thanks guys, it looks great!

Hard to watch us just giving the game away.

We’re in one of infamous scoring droughts again.

Ages have forced 13 TO’s.

Tough Aggie defense and decent shooting…44%.

No Mani tonight.