Cooper had a nice trip. He was solid vs Poly.

His dad, Michael Cooper, had his number retired Monday by the Lakers. Good week for the family!

Stokes won his appeal and has been playing for Daugherty Valley. He scored 32 last night in victory over DeLaSalle and had 47 last week in a loss vs Cal High. He plays this Friday at Granada (here in Livermore) - I plan to go and will pass on my views.

Ags win! Big sweep. TY was a one man wrecking crew. Niko was very good. Defense in the first half was stifling and we didn’t turn the ball over.

TY is making his way up the all time scoring list. One name ahead of him that surprised me was Silar Schneider. I hadn’t realized he had that many points.

Didn’t think we could count on them to be cold all game

I’m working in the yard listening…..have to find another hour’s worth of work. Can’t risk changing the mojo!

it seems like the problem with the Rec Hall (going way back) was that it was a multi functional space. Basketball arena, but with all that open space up top for classes, indoor running, etc. The foldout bleachers feel like they are there only for graduation (and those early ESPN Games). Even with a good crowd it never feels very full.

This is a 1:00 tip off. This is one bad thing about streaming - can’t easily switch from ESPN+ to the NFL game.

20 turnovers is 13 LESS than they had in the December game at Davis. They were so careless with the ball the first game; same thing tonight?

They loaded up with transfers this year and will lose a boatload of players. If that doesn’t lead to at least a few BWC wins, that’s another setback to their program.

he is out; he has traveled to most games.

Poly must be happy to be done with us. Our defense just shuts them down.

Take away Leo’s FGs numbers and our FG% was pretty good.

Big win

we went small vs poly the first time, I believe. Gave poly problems handling the ball

I’m unable to watch tonight but the score indicates poor shooting on both sides?

Verner and McWilliams might be graduating, but it seems like Shamberger should still be around. No mention of him in the portal, was there?

Oddsmakers have us as 4.5 point underdogs. We’ll have to shut them down from beyond the arc again to pull off the upset.

Two lines caught my eye.

Irvine +19.5 over Fullerton (that’s a HUGE line for a league game)
UCSD +14.5 over LBSU at LB. Another huge spread especially on the road. That’s the same LBSU that just beat us at home!

I think there’s a correlation between assists and field goal percentage. When we move the ball around and get an open 3…..and miss, the lack of assist doesn’t indicate stagnant offense, just bad shooting.

There’s some kind of advanced analytics in the NBA like ‘expected assists’ that somehow assumes the shot goes in - it’s supposed to be a good metric of ball movement. I don’t think such metrics exist at our level

I don’t mean this as a insult to Sac but if the Pac12 is having to grab a FCS school to be fill out it’s football obligation, they are a bit desperate. Any FCS school.

that might be a size thing. seems like most of our opponents have length (if not height) so it can be challenging for DeBruhl or Sevilla to get off a shot near the key. Daughtery seems content to hang around the perimeter, and some of the others don't seem to confident away from the hoop.

he only shot 41.5% last year. Johnson was 44% last year. The secondary scorers like Niko, Ade, Francesco and Tamba all had very high percentages (48->57%).

Last year, Pepper .415, DeBruhl .415, Sevilla .414.

Tamba is still around 60%, but TY, Leo and Connor are all below 39%. Could be more pressure with Pepper. Could be more pressure cuz nobody respects the inside game.

he starts with the fact that UCLA already has one Bay Area rival…..somewhat ignoring that that rivalry is gone with conference breakup. Also kind of ignores Stanford as a possible rival!

Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the tournament is an 8-team format? With this stretch of road games coming up, we might be putting ourselves on the outside of tournament eligibility unless we can right the ship soon

I only caught the last 10 minutes or so after we got home last night. I was much more impressed with Irvine than UCSD. Irvine seems more well rounded, whereas the Tritons lived (and died) by the 3.

I cant my believe Tillis is still playing for the Eaters. He’s my favorite opponent. Not exactly a chiseled physique, kind of a sleepy look. But that guy just makes plays. Irvine, as a team, doesn’t impress you with their athleticism (compared to day Long Beach) but they defend like crazy and don’t make mistakes. Having a seven foot weapon helps!!