Good question about Printup's time. I've been critical of Les in the past about entrenching guys on the bench for a good portion of the season, and then leaning on them at critical times and expecting top notch results (mostly this comes from a few years ago when they had 9 months to prepare for Monson missing the BWT but not giving Georgie any time at all, then expecting him to perform well in Anaheim). In this case with Printup, he's really stepped up. I think you're right about the correlation in his play and our recent surge. He's got the spot up shot going really well and plays tough smart defense. We could say the same thing about Fuller. He seemed to be at the end of the bench for a stretch of games, now he's in there giving great minutes.

Worth mentioning Squire's impact on the game too. He really bulked up over the off season, and while he doesn't quite have Manjon's speed or Gonzo's shot (who does?), he plays physical ball, and plays bigger that 6'0".

As we all know, we were playing a lot of small ball anyways even with Neufeld. His time definitely dwindled through the year. Guys like Fuller and Printup, who were recruited as guards/wings, have to have a totally different defensive mentality now when facing guys like Sow on the block. On the flip side, we need to continue to take advantage of our speed on the offensive side (Fuller can get by most of the bigs that are trying to guard him) and our stretch big's, both Fuller and especially Prinutp, and even Koehler to a certain extent, can pull their bigs out away from the basket, making it easier for the guards to finish at the rim. It really is a pleasure to watch such a well coached bunch of kids playing with 100% effort.

You can probably make an argument for a couple of games this year as our best (NAU comes to mind) but this one is certainly right up there. Everyone on the team hustled. Sow couldn’t move without running over someone. We’ll need a similar effort on Saturday

Great win by the Ags. Swarming defense and great driving on offense.

Well just in case we thought we were TOO big neufeld is in street clothes. I don’t see any braces or anything.

A confident and aggressive Stobbart certainly makes this team a lot more well rounded. And she was matched up last night with an 6'3" Oregon transfer, so it's not like she produced against a stiff. If she can continue this production on both ends of the floor, this team will be hard to beat in the BWT.

It was the first time that I’ve seen Fuller and Printup on the floor together as the “bigs”. I like it as a change up on the offensive side as both can hit from the outside and use their speed to get to the rim. But it does kill us on the defensive side.

absolutely. Of course most of the points in the paint came from drives, mostly from Fuller and to a lesser extent Peppers. Fullerton was forced to slough off the perimeter and that left printup wide open early. They still tried to stay on Mooney and Gonzo but it seemed like our secondary shooters were getting the shots. Gonzo still got some shots off as he has a much faster trigger, while Joe was more content to help move the ball around. Honestly this was the best we’ve looked offensively in a while

Great overall win tonight. Fuller was so much more aggressive then he has been. Funny we didn’t need joe tonight. Everyone else was working so well. Big win!

It’ll be interesting to see if Les continues with the altered starting lineup. Seems like it gives us a better defensive team out there initially. Plus a lot of firepower off the bench. Let go Ags!

I wish both Adeybayo and Fuller would be more consistent on the offensive side. Both will make a move or two that's really impressive, then they will disappear for a while. If either one becomes more consistently aggressive driving to the basket, then that would open up the outside for both Joe and Stephan.

Wondering if Gonzo will be back. I agree that logically this will be an up hill battle. But I always think back a few years when UCI beat us by 30 and a week later we beat them to win the BWT. And we do seem to be playing better on the road this year (for whatever reason). Hopefully we give it an A+ effort.

By the way, looked like sharpshooting recruit Austin Patterson was in attendance tonight. He was hanging out with the current redshirts before the game. We'll see if he commits soon.

poly helped by missing a lot of open shots in the second half. But we came through when we needed to. Good to see printup contribute again. Manjons dunk finally got the crowd going

pretty decent turnout. Lots of families.

one of the more entertaining games I’ve seen in a while. Both teams hustled and hit shots. Good win for the Ags!

33-32 UCSB at half. Both teams playing well. We need to tighten up on defense a bit but overall entertaining half.

just changed seats. Too many little kids around

I've got to think you're right about a grad transfer. There's no way that we head into next year with just Koehler as a proven big man. Even if Murphy and Harris contribute, that still leaves us severely undersized. We are losing 4 players, plus the scholarship from Gerhke, and only added so far one player, which means we have 4 spots left (unless they give a scholarship to a current walk-on like Shaw). Hopefully we get multiple big guys.

It was good to see Printup out there, and he does work hard on defense, and hit a 3. But it seems unfair of Les to not even play the guy a minute for many weeks then expect him to play great against UCI. You KNOW you are going to need his help so give him minutes here and there (of course, this is assuming he wasn't injured). I know a lot goes into the rotation that I don't see, it's just frustrating to watch.

Lot of pressure to win on Saturday. Have to stay out of that 9th spot!

Totally agree. It was fun to watch this team last night. They struggled initially with CSUN's full court pressure and zone, but Coach Gross put the right players in the right positions to beat it. Once the team started to feel comfortable and confident, they just picked it apart and CSUN couldn't do anything to stop us.

The staff definitely has this program humming right now. Yes we lose great players, but players that were either part timers before, or new to the program, step up and produce. Next year we lose 3 talented seniors (maybe only two if Bessolo gets a medical RS) but we have a ton of incoming height and talent.

It seems that the next hurdle for the program is to start to compete regularly with Pac-12 schools. We hung with Stanford this year, which was nice, but traditionally most of our encounters have been blow outs. We need to consistently play at that level and occasionally knock one off. Perhaps that'll lead to better seeds if/when we make the tourney.