I'll tell you what also: we've got ourselves an outstanding D1 basketball coach. His players play their hearts out game in and out and, when they don't, they find themselves on the bench. We win a lot of games just because we never quit grinding and that's a tribute to our coaches. They've created a competitive culture and the players hold themselves accountable for maximum effort.

I loved seeing Kevin Blue and Coach Les hugging on the court and grinning ear to ear after the game too.

I with you there, Russ. This is an early gut check for the Aggies though. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of this team but they have been making too many mental mistakes and have not been the aggressor lately. Case in point: the first two baskets in OT by CSUN were layups by their small PG. She simply drove to the basket after getting a step on our taller guards and made 2 uncontested layups.

Quick guards are tough for us to handle but, when they do drive by our defender, the help needs to be there to contest the shot. That didn't happen twice in a row to open the OT period. Our back up help just stood there. We're a veteran team and that kind of defensive lapse just can't happen at crunch time. The players won't enjoy watching the film this week.

Time to learn and move on. We're still in the driver's seat.

They are a very good team, 69aggie, no questioning that. The thing that concerns me is that you could see this coming. For several weeks now we have been turning the ball over and digging ourselves a big hole to climb out of. The team has looked unfocused for a good part of each game but, to their credit, have been able to come back and get the win. Today the odds of continuing to come back and win caught up with them.

CSUN is a pretty good basketball team and they played better today. The Aggies did a much better job today of taking care of the ball with 14 total TO's. That said, it was a TO on an poor inbounds pass with 18 seconds left and the Ags down 3 that pretty much sealed the deal..

I'm sure that the team is disappointed and that Jen Gross will sit down with her players and take a deep look about their goals and what it will take to get back on track and playing like a veteran team.

This was perhaps the guttiest win I have ever seen by an Aggie team and Lord knows the officials weren't helping us out!

Great interview with coach Les on the radio post-game interview. He said they drew up a play on the time out with 6.9 seconds left. He figured that LB would press and try and deny the ball to TJ on the inbounds so they thought they might be able to get the ball in his hands on the second touch. He said Joe Mooney did a great job of getting the ball into Rogers Printup who was then able to make that nice pass to TJ streaking down the left sideline. Les laughing said that normally he would have preferred for TJ to take it to the rim but, since the 3 ball runner went through the net, he fine with the way it turned out. He said he told the team that they deserved to win today and he would have been heartbroken if we had lost given how hard the Aggies played.

In the interview with Scott Marh, TJ said he just decided it was time to try and win it rather than take it to the rim and when he let it fly it felt good. Coach Les said he was happy that we didn't go into a 3rd OT because we could have ended up playing with only 4 or even 3 players because of all the fouls we had and, again laughingly, he said, "I don't have any plays for that."

I couldn't be more proud of this team to come out and play their hearts out like that after the disappointment of Chima being suspended. I'm still stunned...fantastic win!!!!

The Aggie's ability to come from behind ended today as they fall in OT 75-71. CSUN was the better team today.

And we're headed into OT...62-62

I hope they can be the "comeback kids" again today. 51-48 CSUN after 3 quarters.

As has been the case too often lately, the Aggies will need to come from behind again to win today. They trail 37-30 at the half.

There is no doubt that we are capable of winning some games without Chima but it is certainly a huge loss for this team. That can not be denied.

The Aggies are off to another lackluster start and trail CSUN 18-12 after the first quarter.

We don't have anyone who can effectively replace Chima. With him being sent back to Davis on "indefinite suspension" we could be toast. We have no big man with his kind of talent. This could be the straw that broke the camel's back for this team. I feel for the players. Chima must have f...ed up big time. Wow...

Holy crap! That's about the worst thing that could of happened to this team.

I only attended one game at Hughes and can't remember the year. It was pretty much like Goags20172 described. It had an old time vibe similar, but much smaller in feel, to Cal's old Memorial Stadium. The turf was always worn out since Sac City College used it and many high school games were played there each year when it still used to rain in California. They have made improvements over the years including installing artificial turf in 2012.

The stadium was built in 1928 and has a capacity of 20,311. The 2000 "mud bowl" Causeway game was the worst field conditions I've ever seen. I wasn't there but the game was televised. According to Wikipedia the "wind and rain was so strong that a UC Davis punt actually flew backwards during the game." The stadium has been the venue for many professional Sacramento area sports teams over the years and for concerts and even boxing and racing. Pink Floyd played there on April 20, 1988 before 27,000 fans.

Interesting read here about all the different events and sports teams that have used Hughes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_C._Hughes_Stadium

I believe the TD pass he caught was something like 90 yards in a driving rainstorm, mud bowl game at Hughes Stadium. Ojo had never played football before he went to UCD because his father his father forbade him from playing in high school..

You are right about how he became a great receiver at UCD. As a Davis student he met Biggs wife, Diane, at church and he told her he wanted to try and play football and she told him to go and talk to her husband. He went from being entirely raw to being one of the great receivers in Aggie history. He was drafted in 2001 by the New Orleans Saints in the 5th round.

Here's a great article about his journey from a kid who never played football in high school to playing for the Ags:

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/knapp/article/Ask-and-You-Shall-Receive-Davis-WR-began-road-3327635.php

Jackson is a very strong looking player but he is young and has not seen a lot of playing time so it's hard to really know how he will adapt to the speed of the D1 game. He certainly has the physicality to hold his own but, from the small amount of playing time he has gotten, he did not look particularly comfortable on the floor. I think Les sees a lot of potential for development with time particularly as a strong physical presence on the defensive end.

Rogers Printup has been hot and cold offensively this season. When he's feeling it he can knock down the 3 ball when he has a good look. His playing time has been limited also but he doesn't appear to be the type of player that can create his own shot off the dribble one on one. He also seems to be a step slow at times in keeping his man in front of him defensively. If his defensive skills improve then I think Les will give him more playing time.

Current Big West Standings:

UC Davis (6-2)
UC Santa Barbara (6-2)
Long Beach State (6-3)
Cal State Fullerton (5-3)
UC Irvine (5-3)
Hawai'i (4-3)
CSUN (2-5)
Cal Poly (2-6)
UC Riverside (0-8)

Siler ended up with a hard to come by 15 points of 6-15 shooting but, as usual, his energy and competitiveness was great. It was hard to see him miss two wide open layups in a row in the second half though. The thing you have to love about him though is that he just will not hang his head and quit.

I thought we got some nice contributions from Joe Mooney with 11 points and some great hustle and timely baskets by Michael Onybalu. Garrison Goode defended well as he always does but, man, I sure wish he could make a few of those point blank shots from 4 feet.

Those 3 quick fouls on Chima in the first 5 minutes of the second half had Jim Les going bonkers. The 3rd foul was ticky tacky for sure. The official 3 feet from the play didn't see any foul but the guy 18 feet away blew his whistle. I hate it when an official calls a touch foul that did not put the offensive player at any disadvantage especially when the official right on top of the play didn't see a foul. Arrrrgh!

I was watching the men's game but this must have been a crazy game for the Aggies. The Ags commit 27 TO's but still win the game. Yes, the Ags rebounded very well and dominated the boards 42-19 but, because of the TO's, we actually took 12 fewer shots that LB. The great rebounding was essentially nullified since we would turn around and give the ball back to the 49ers.

Looking at the box score it appears that Cierra Hall caught fire in the second half and ended up with 17 points on 6-6 shooting and 3-5 from the line and pulled down 7 boards as well. Great game for her! Morgan Bertsch had 22, Pele Gianotti 17 and Rachel Nagel 10. The Ags played will when they didn't turn the ball over and had an amazing 22 assists and shot 58% overall.

Turnovers have been a problem for the Aggies especially since the conference games have started. Rarely can a team give up 27 TO's and win and we won't be able to do that against the better teams in the league let alone a very good team in post-season play. Turnovers have become the Achilles heel of this team and, unless we find a fix, this team could end up disappointed by the end of the season.

SB wins over Hawai'i by 2 in OT 84-82.

63-57 Aggies win.