• Toke69
    458
    The Aggies take on a Big 12 school in the Colorado Buffaloes, the second straight road game against a strong opponent. UC Boulder knows how to score, averaging 94.3 ppg. albeit all their wins have been at home against mediocre opposition. To be fair, they have played only Division 1 teams, but those teams have a combined record of 6-13. The Buffalo have a solid coach in Tad Boyle who has been in that position since 2010, an eternity for major college programs. He’s lead Colorado to 6 NCAA tournament appearances.

    So far, their top scorer is a 3 star freshman guard out of Campbell HS in LA, Isaiah Johnson (6.5 ppg). He is hitting 53.3% from 3. Their second leading scorer is sophomore forward Sebastian Rancik (14.8 ppg). He teams up with another freshman, Alon Michaeli, a 6’9” 229 lb forward, who hauls in his share of rebounds (4.7 per game) and buckets 13.7 ppg. Their point guard is yet another Big West transfer, this time from UCR, Barrington Hargress. Rounding out the starting five is Bangort Dak, a 7’0” forward who is effectively a center, averaging 7.8 rpg. This gives them a frontcourt that averages 6’ 10 and ½”. This is shown by their 7 per game rebound margin to date. As a team, they move the ball well as evidently from their 17.8 assists per game. A key 6th man is Elijah Malone a 6’ 10” center who can score as well as sweep the boards. He and Dak have pretty much split minutes per game.

    It appears that this is the first time UC Davis has played Colorado in men's basketball. This game (should) be on ESPN+.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    This game (should) be on ESPN+.Toke69

    Colorado is showing that the game will be on ESPN+ on their schedule.
  • Toke69
    458
    After yesterday, that was my feeble attempt at humor.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    Colorado has wins over:

    Montana State 84-78
    Eastern Washington 102-97 in OT
    Providence 97-88
    Alabama State 94-66
  • DrMike
    1k
    Cal poly beat Utah 92-85! That’s a big win
  • DrMike
    1k
    15 point underdogs tonight…..but I suspect Poly had similar odds last night, so hopefully we shoot lights out too!
  • Toke69
    458
    That was at Utah and it was the first Utes loss!
  • 88Aggie
    28
    Nevada beat Eastern Washington 73-52, but it was an exhibition, while Colorado struggled to beat Eastern Washington. While it is hard to make those comparisons, it seems we have a chance to notch another big win tonight.
  • MTBAggie
    207
    My inlaws live outside of Boulder and my father-in-law watches every game. He is not confident about CU winning this game. CU has a ton of size, but they are not a great team. CU may just physically beat up the Ags.
  • 88Aggie
    28
    I like the sound of that! Let's go Ags!
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    We've got to be able to knock down our 3's at a pretty decent rate to offset Colorado's interior game and we'll need to block out like crazy without getting into foul trouble in order to prevent lots of offensive boards...not an easy task...
  • agalum
    457
    Niko will likely get into foul trouble early in a game like this.
  • MTBAggie
    207
    We need to be less sloppy with passing, too. Gotta be more efficient moving the ball around and minimizing turnovers.
  • Toke69
    458
    Rough start.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    The Ags are going to get run out of the house playing like this.
  • Toke69
    458
    Colorado's leading scorer, Isaiah Johnson, isn't even out there. Did anyone hear why he did not start or won't play?
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    Ags are 0-5 including 0-4 from 3. Colorado's length is really bothering us.
  • MTBAggie
    207
    Ooph, down 10-0 quickly.
  • Toke69
    458
    I saw Johnson get in. I guess Boyle is just using his depth. Nine players already in.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    11:39 to go in the half and the Ags already have 7 fouls. Stokes played about 3 minutes and picked up 3 fouls. Sevilla has 2 also.
  • poisedinpastels
    13
    On average, they have half a foot on our players :sweat:
  • DrMike
    1k
    Down 29-20 with 6 to go. 2-9 from 3’s - if that doesn’t improve it’s gonna be a long night cuz getting to hoop is going to be tough.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    And the amazing thing is that they look much quicker than us as well.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    We have not shown that we are a good, consistent 3 point shooting team so far this year and that's going to be a problem especially against teams with a definite size advantage.
  • poisedinpastels
    13
    Funny seeing Barrington Hargress here! Another former Big West player after last week’s Joel Armotrading in Nevada.
  • Toke69
    458
    Ags making only 20% from 3. Sevilla is 0 for 2.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    Les is not going to be happy with the Ags not getting back on defense.
  • BlueGoldAg
    1.5k
    Wilson is keeping the Ags within reach.
  • Toke69
    458
    I suspect your father-in-law is a pessimist about UC, but they strike me as a very good team as well as being huge. They have 5 players who are 6'11" or taller.
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