Some pretty high level programs. Seems like a big step for him.

article I read made it sound like they had a depth issue at power forward with only 2 incoming frosh there. Nice stop gap for PSU, nice step up for Henn

I hope it works out for him.

I don't think this is what the NCAA had in mind when they added the idea of the grad transfer!

that’s a problem with the grad transfer - get in and get eligible one term, play, bail…,,repeat. I’m guess he’s not Mikey Henn, BS, MS, MS. Football is worse - don’t even have to show up for classes.

Blame the schools

Caleb McGill to D2 Metro State
https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/caleb-mcgill

Btw, I sat next to Mikey Henn at a BW Tournament game the year after he had left Davis; he was sitting out that year before playing for Cal Baptist and was watching Davis play UCR in the semi finals. Nice guy and I think I did ask him why he transferred but can't remember what he said. Given that experience, I've paid loose attention to his multi-stop career. Crazy that he's still out there. To put into perspective, my son was in Junior High when Henn started his college career and will be halfway through college when Henn finishes.

Yeah I remember my son (who was still in high school) and I going to see the Ags at Cal in one of Henn's better early games (16-17 season). My son has graduated college and is already in the working world. Crazy college career for Mikey.

More size. Niko Rocak, 6'9" big man is transferring from UCSB where it looks like he only got into two games in 20-21 and none last year.

With 6'11" Borra, 6'9" Anigwe/Mani/Rocak, and 6'7" Henry/Strong/Manu, this has to be one of our biggest squads in a while. Of course, we now have to see who can produce.

his brother Toni was a pretty good player at UCSD

I watched a few minutes of his HS senior season highlight and he looked pretty good. Some low post moves and some driving from the high post. Even some 3 point range. But that was about 3 years ago, so we'll see where his skills stand now.

I'm guessing that he thought he'd have a better chance for more minutes here than at UCSB. They're loaded again as always.

yeah I would think so. In the, what seems like, distant pass, Les liked to start two bigs and then bring in two off the bench together (thinking back to jt/ritchart starting and fox/monson subbing in). More recently he’s really played with only one big on the court at a time, and sometimes none. Curious to see how the minutes play out this year. I’m guessing that Mani will redshirt, as it usually takes some time for bigs to get accustomed to D1 speed. I could see Anigwe and Henry getting the most minutes with Bora and Rocak subbing in. Manu and Strong seem to be more wing type players who will compete with Milling for minutes. It’d be kind of interesting to see a group of Beasley/Johnson/Pepper/Milling and maybe Strong or Manu get some time together.

Definitely going to be interesting to see how this group comes together. The trip to Europe in August will be good opportunity for players to get to know each other and, hopefully, help create a great team chemistry.

The Big West Conference schedule has been released. Here is the schedule for the Aggies:

Thursday 12/29 @ Hawaii
Thursday 1/5 Irvine
Saturday 1/7 Bakersfield
Wednesday 1/11 @ CSUN
Saturday 1/14 Fullerton
Monday 1/16 @ San Diego
Thursday 1/19 Riverside
Saturday 1/21 Cal Poly
Thursday 1/26 @ Bakersfield
Saturday 128 @ Long Beach
Thursday 2/2 Hawaii
Thursday 2/9 @ Riverside
Saturday 2/11 @ Santa Barbara
Wednesday 2/15 CSUN
Saturday 2/18 @ Irvine
Monday 2/20 San Diego
Thursday 2/23 @ Fullerton
Saturday 2/25 @ Cal Poly
Thursday 3/2 Santa Barbara
Saturday 3/4 Long Beach

The entire schedule for all teams here: https://bigwest.org/news/2022/6/22/the-big-west-unveils-2022-23-mens-basketball-conference-slate.aspx

12/17 @ Eastern Washington

“ Thursday 12/29 @ Hawaii”

Watch the Aggies then spend New Years eve in Hawaii! Sounds like a plan (wink).

Pre-covid, I used to get tickets to see the Aggies play in Hawaii. There is a visitor's section in the arena and I ask the ticket office if I can get a seat there. It's always "no." but for different reasons. Once I was told it was sold out. Next I was told that only special guests are allowed there. Do any of you have any connection to the UC Davis Athletic program to see if an old alum can get a "special guest" designation?

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Aggies picked to finish 6th in the new BW coaches poll. That feels about right considering all the new pieces that will have to produce. I watched the ESPN+ preview, about 15 minutes. Nothing really new discussed. Coach Les did say that Anigwe had a knee injury that he was dealing with last year, which probably explains some down games. Hopefully we'll see steady production from him all season.

It's great to see Bob Williams get inducted into the Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame. It's remarkable what he achieved!