Just generally, I do not like how the transfer portal makes it so easy for student athletes to move from school to school. Specifically, I do not like how many young men at UC Davis eschew the benefits of a first rate education to move to schools (not names Cal or Stanford) for, what? More playing time? More NIL income? Dislike of a coach? What happened to the whole idea of commitment?

Why are all of the Dakota teams always so good? They.re like the Alabama/Georgia of the FCS.

Nuts! No sense in watching the replay, but the ESPN play-by-play site shows that T Y committed a foul with the game tied and 2 seconds left to allow the Panthers to win it with free throws. Is that the wholes story? (Although I do see that the Ags finished 3 of 18 from 3.

Very frustrating half after they got off to such a good start. So many blown layups. I counted 10 points worth, so it could be 45-39, Aggies. Hope when I get back I can see that the team made the necessary corrections, got their focus back.

Not exactly a shooting clinic. The two teams are a combined 2 for 16 from beyond the arc. Pepper is 1 for 4 and he has been having trouble finding his shot in recent games, I guess as teams focus on him.

How does a guy who is 7 feet tall miss an uncontested dunk? Oh well, at least TY is playing up to his game against Milwaukee last year.

Last year, the Aggies lost to Milwaukee in Wisconsin despite T Y Johnson's 32 points. The Panthers shot a blistering 62% from beyond the arc. What I recall from that game and seems to be their pattern this year is that they have a deep bench, with some high scoring guards coming off of it. Still, I hope the fact that the Ags are at home this time will make a difference. Wish I could see the whole game, but I have a major commitment and will miss the second half.

Just a personal note: When I was as student and UC Davis was in the Far Western Conference, I was able to go to every away game one season, because I was part of the KDVS broadcast, but I missed the Nevada game, so this was the first time I saw their home arena, which is a far cry from what they must have been playing in back in those days.

I agree with you. I wrote that the officiating was "imbalanced" which is a polite way of saying "biased." While I don't think referees are intentionally favoring one team, I'e seen many who are overly influenced by the home crowd and I think that was clearly the case yesterday.

The game was rough and chippy, but the commentators seemed just as mystified by the technicals as anyone, so there was never an explanation for them and the Aggies who got called for it did not seem to have done anything obvious. They might have been critical of the refs, but who knows?

Well I got two out of the three things I wanted to see from the Ags: Another scorer in Milling who had 16 with 5 treys and better free throw shooting (by a little bit), but the turnovers were egregious. 19! many of them unforced as Nevada only had 5 steals. Between that and the imbalance in officiating (Ags outscored Nevada from the floor 58-50) cost us what would have been a nice upset.

I'm glad but surprised that UCD has been hanging with Nevada, but mark the 10 minute point of the second half. If the Ags lose it will be because of a swing in momentum at this point.

Oddly enough the Ags lead in rebounds 21-17. Rocak has almost as many blocks as the whole Nevada team.

Very ragged game. Both teams played very aggressive defense in the first half, but the Wolfpack was pretty cold anyway. They rallied near the end with four made baskets in a row to pull ahead. Both teams shot under 40%. At lot of mysterious calls from the officials who either were not communicating to the broadcasters or the broadcasters weren't cluing in. Overall, not impressed with the refs. made some ticky-tack calls and missed some obvious ones. TY got two technicals?! Why?

Never mind, just got it.

Are you using the site I posted? For some reason, it's not streaming for me.

I found this site for the game on Mountain West Network: https://themw.com/watch/?sport=13 . I haven't used it before so if anyone has a tried and true site, I defer to them. I am not looking for a win here. Nevada is too good, probably the best team we'll face in the preseason. To recast what BlueGoldAg has written, I hope to see Milling and/or DeBruhl to score more reliably, fewer turnovers and better free throw shooting. Those will be the keys to progress going forward.

What I've never liked about college sports polls is how they rank teams in the preseason based on a combination of reputation, their previous season and additions/losses. All before a single game has been played. Then it is hard for teams to move into or up within the polls once play begins culminating in (for both FCA and NCAA basketball) committees using those polls to determine who gets into the playoffs. I like the suggestion some sportswriters have made to NOT have preseason polls, but poll them after two or three games have been played. By the way, I note that as I write this, Sac State is trailing South Dakota State at the half 24-14.

What I like about this is the way the program has not only some built in continuity, but yet another former Aggie football player who understands the culture of the campus and can "sell" it to recruits. What is kind of typical about it is to replace a defensive minded HC with an offensive minded HC. Seems like a common pattern at both the college and pro levels.

I watched the Hawai`i game against Utah and Hawai`i was simply overwhelmed by the Utes size (they have the tallest team in the country with the starters averaging over 6'7"), especially their two 7'1" post men. Hawai`i had a fighting chance but went cold from the 3-point arc. Undefeated up to last night, Hawai`i will be a tough team to beat for any school in the Big West.