almost positive.

Crowd seemed a bit sluggish until the end. Darius does a great job of trying to pump it up, but there seemed to be a flatness in the building. I liked the introduction with the lights down and two spotlights. Band is always a welcome sign although they even seemed a little less enthusiastic than normal.

Whole day up there seemed sluggish. Got up there at 4:30 and downtown seemed really deserted. Did try Raising Cane’s - solid. Need to get Bob Dunning to lead an effort to steam clean downtown. Looking a little worn

I watched the replay of the CSUB game and it looked like he might have got knocked out by the blow. Announcers thought so also. Just speculation but the trainer was helping him to the locker room after guiding him by the arm.

Les got pretty fired up a couple times last night. On a play they called a foul on Murphy ( arm hit their guy in the face), officials huddled before reviewing - he was chasing after them throughout to a point I thought a T was coming. He’s mellowed greatly - his son more than makes up for it!

I thought no call on Pepper was big for two reasons. First, it would have been a turnover instead of points for them. Secondly, it took Pepper’s mind out of the game for the next couple possession (he was still pleading his case when they were shooting FTs the next time down the court).

Mitchell and size killed us. Anigwe had 2 straight possessions with the ball low and position, but hesitated and pump faked until Sow was in a spot to block it. Missing Fuller hurt here. He’s a good interior defender, especially off the game, and can post up. Sow had 4 fouls WITHOUT an interior presence; maybe Caleb helps to get another. Hope he can play Saturday, but seems unlikely

Pepper can’t hit. down 5 3:30 to go

Can’t create any offense; fortunately only down 37-36 11:35 to go

Cold start; down 36-32 16 to go. No FG for us, they are taking it to the hole. Sow is getting away with slit under the basket to get space on the offensive boards

31-25 at the half. Getting killed in the offensive glass. Borra has given us some good minutes on D

21-17 us at the 4 mark. Not sure we can count on them shooting this poorly the whole game

he was listed in an EVO newsletter as a winter grad

what’s the Milling connection?


Never mind: I see his dad played at UCSB

I thought Shaw graduated high school in 17, then went to some academy for a year. Ba in graduated high school in 18. Not sure how Shaw is still a sophomore even with a redshirt and the extra year unless that academy year is still ‘high school’?

Both could/should be on track to graduate.

I was floored when I asked someone at the last game where Gilliam was going to end up : ‘he’s back’

UCSB is 4-5 with us, riverside on the road, CSUN and Hawaii at home. i figure CSUN is a win to get to 5-5. split the two others, 6-6...so, this Thursday is a BIG game. i figuring CSUN is a win for us. that last week for gonna be really tough for us (LBSU and Fullerton on the road). i fear that a loss Thursday puts us in the play in round.

Les made a point to chase her down and thank her. She was outstanding. Beautiful voice and classic rendition !

Nobody has brought up the Bakersfield blunder at the end : hit a bucket with 0:22 to go to get to 1 and……..don’t foul until 0:05. Pepper’s FTs essentially ended it there. Coach didn’t seem to be trying to get them to foul until about 8 seconds to go. In fact, Pepper stood alone for 3-4 seconds just before the foul. Seemed like a brain fart.

Thursday matchup with UCSB is a big one. We’re 4-3, they are 4-5 and only 2 teams with a reasonable chance at 6 seed (first round bye). Our final week in the road is tougher than their final week, so getting more cushion with a win would be huge.

we were sitting just above the training table and they were working hard to stop the bleeding in his mouth. Nothing dirty - just bad luck of where he was when the guy came down.

He almost got beat by their offensive rebounds. Way too many second chances points, especially after good defensive stops.

Sitting behind Tyler Les is entertaining; he’s not afraid to voice his displeasure with the referees!

My only nit was Angiwe sitting most of the game after Stith fouled out. Seems like he could have helped at the basket Shem their little guy kept going to the hoop. Manjon never got help

Heard a rumor he may be back for next year