The Aggies have not fared well historically against the Vandals:

Series History

The Vandals carry a 7-1 overall record and 4-0 at home against Davis. The Aggies earned their lone victory over Idaho with a 65-64 win at the Red Wolves Classic in Jonesboro, Ark. on Nov. 14, 2019.

https://govandals.com/news/2024/11/6/mens-basketball-vandal-hoops-prepare-for-home-test-against-uc-davis-thursday-night.aspx

8. I’ve mentioned UC Davis guard TY Johnson a few times and he was as dominant as you’ll see for a Big West team playing a Big Ten team on the road. He finished with 35 points on 25 shot attempts with 1 assist and 4 turnovers. The performance reminds me a lot of the loss last year to Nevada when Kenan Blackshear had 31 points on 22 shot attempts. The difference was last year Blackshear had 5 assists and just 1 turnover.

It’ll be interesting to see how UW performs on defense over the course of the season. UC Davis had an assist on just 26.1% of their baskets last night. The lowest mark in the country last year was 36.6%. So that number will go up. But Sprinkle’s last 2 teams at Montana State both finished top-10 in the country in opponent assist percentage. Will that be a function of UW’s defensive approach or did they just happen to play against what will be one of the more ball dominant guards in the country for game number one?

https://www.uwdawgpound.com/2024/11/6/24289543/10-thoughts-on-uw-mens-basketballs-opener-washington-huskies-sprinkle-osobor

I think that Washington will get killed in Big 10 Conference play from what I saw last night.

Washington's Great Osobor, allegedly making $2.2 million in NIL money, led the Huskies with 15 points, 17 rebounds, six steals, three assists and two blocks.

Can you imagine how much UW or some other school could have offered to pay TY if he had chosen to transfer? We're so lucky to have him here for his last year and it says a whole lot about the kind of "family culture" and loyalty that Jim Les and his staff have built here.

https://www.thewaryone.com/p/aggie-men-keep-it-close-but-fall?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2582284&post_id=151257127&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=31ratq&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

I liked how the Ags just kept fighting and stayed in the game right down to the finish. It wasn't a pretty game by either team. It was a physical, blue collar type of game and I liked that the Ags didn't back down. The Huskies had some big bruisers in the paint but they only out rebounded us 44-42. Rocak had 11 boards and Losé had 10. Rocak also had 3 blocks against their bigs.

Our true freshman, Isaiah Chappell, looks very talented and he has a beautiful 3 point shot. However, we won't win many games shooting 6-27 as a team from outside the arc.

We most definitely need a podcast for basketball. I know that would be a significant time commitment but I sure hope you guys can do it. Maybe there are some basketball alums out there who would be happy to help out as well.

Lots of the popular cable companies and YouTube TV carry the Big 10 Network. I have YouTube TV and they are showing that they will have the Aggie game.

I'm not a fan of having any games on Election Day but it does me a reason to stop watching the returns which will probably be less stressful for me than the game will be! Go Ags!!

I just watched both the Montana and the Davis pressers and, wow, what a contrast in personalities between Hauck and Plough. Plough is very articulate and humble with lots of positive things to say about his team and our opponents whereas Hauck is such a sourpuss. He can barely bring himself to answer any questions with more than two sentences, never looks up at the people asking the questions, seems like he'd rather be anywhere but there at the press conference and looks like he's still hung over from a big bender the night before.

Montana game presser:

Well, I was completely wrong about which Simpson school the Aggies were playing when I started this topic. There just happens to be a Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, and I thought that was who the Ags were playing but it turns out that there is also a Simpson University in Redding and that was the Simpson the Aggies were actually playing. I've edited my initial post and have learned that I need to make a more careful distinction between colleges and universities with the same name!

Ags win 93-36.

67-22 Aggies at the end of the 3rd Q.

49-13 Aggies at the half. Jen started playing everyone early and often.

Baker with 11.
Sabel has 9.
True Fr Ryann Bennett with 9.

26-4 Aggies after the first quarter.