There are no excuses.

According to head coach Jim Les, his men simply aren’t playing Aggie basketball.

At 2-7, the program that in the last four years has fashioned three championship banners, three 20-win seasons and a victory in the NCAA tournament is sputtering.

Most impact numbers are down. UC Davis is shooting 38 percent (compared to a 45-percent clip a year ago). Three-point accuracy is under 30 percent and there are even free-throw woes (making fewer than seven of every 10 charity tosses).