Weekly radio interviews with Aggie coaches Tim Plough and Jim Les will be added to Sactown Sports KHTK 1140 AM during their respective seasons.

Live games are carried on the station for football and men's basketball. In addition to live game action, Aggie fans will hear from first-year Head Football Coach Tim Plough and Head Men's Basketball Coach Jim Les weekly during morning drive time during their respective football and men's basketball seasons. In addition, Sactown Sports 1140 KHTK will air three 60 minute 'magazine' shows throughout the year for deeper dives into Aggie Football and Men's Basketball, as well as updates on other sports at UC Davis.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2024/8/7/athletics-uc-davis-aggies-extend-broadcast-partnership-with-sactown-sports-1140-khtk-in-sacramento.aspx

Awesome job, guys! The interview was so interesting and flowed from start to finish. I'm looking forward to your future episodes.

The Aggies have released their 11 game non-conference schedule:

11/5 at Washington
11/7 at Idaho
11/12 vs Menlo College
11/17 at Stanford
11/20 at Grand Canyon
11/25 vs Norfolk State
11/30 at Oregon State
12/14 at Sacramento State
12/18 vs Idaho
12/21 at Pepperdine
12/28 vs Cal Maritime

https://ucdavisaggies.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Day 6 - Matteo Perez and Kavir Bains

Day 5 - Porter Connors, Mitchell Dixon and Coach Plough:

Day 4 - Ernesto Nava and Markeece Alexander:

Day 3 - Trent Tompkins, Josh Gale and Coach Plough:

Day 2 - Miles Hastings, Zach Kennedy and Coach Plough:

Day 1 - Lan Larison, Rex Connors and Coach Plough:

Wonderful video! I can't wait to see where Plough takes this team this fall and in the future.

I like these position previews and I agree that they serve to introduce players and coaches to the public while generating some early season interest. I'm for all the publicity that the Athletics Department can generate. The more fans in the seats this fall, the better!

Yes, that's the primary Les playbook: hard-nosed, disruptive defense, create TO's and push the ball in transition. It looks like we could have good depth this year so we should be able to play fast and hard at both ends of the court. Should be exciting!

I don't think we'll play multiple QB's on a regular basis either but bringing one in on occasion that has something special that they can do might mix things up a bit. Let us know what you see and hear if you make it to a practice next week.

Article about the 3 transfers that Les brought in this year:

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2024/8/1/uc-davis-mens-basketball-finalizes-2024-25-roster-with-trio-of-transfers.aspx

I'm sure that some of these QB recruits will end up playing in other positions as well but, if we had several QB's that all brought something special to the table, it could make it maddening for an opponent to prepare all the possibilities we might be able to put on the field at some point in a game.

Yes, I noticed that as well, Toke. Even highly regarded HS recruits often take quite a bit of time to adjust to the speed and physicality of the college game. They also have to learn how to balance their academics with the time demands of their sport especially at schools that require their athletes to actually do well in the classroom like Princeton and Davis. He may have been nursing and injury too.

He looks good on film and I know that Les is a master at developing "diamonds in the rough" who have been largely overlooked and are hungry to work hard and show what they can do. He seems like a great fit for us and I look forward to seeing him play this year.

I like what I see in that video: athletic, glides to the rim, soft shooting touch.