We will not win this game if we don't start defending the perimeter. Idaho can't miss from 3 because we aren't making them take difficult shots.

11/5 games:

San Francisco 86 Cal Poly 78
Washington 79 Aggies 73

11/6 games:

CSUN 97 LeMoyne 75
San Diego State 63 UC San Diego 58

Spot on observation. Last year we had Pepper and TY carrying the bulk of the scoring but, so far this year, no one else but TY has really showed a good scoring punch.

Most of the offense is coming from TY again. He has 15 and Tamba is next with only 6. We can't just live and die by TY...

40-37 Idaho at the half. I don't think Les is going to be pleased with the Aggie defense especially our perimeter defense. Idaho is 9-16 for 56% from 3.

Oh how we are missing Pepper's 3 point shooting so far this year...

Really poor defense by the Aggies...not stopping the dribble drive and not rotating to the 3 point shooter...

Keep us posted, Mike. and help bring us back 3-0!

I liked our fight against UW especially given their size advantage. We looked ragged at times but I thought that, overall, we showed a lot of potential. Hopefully, things will go smoother tonight and we'll improve our 3 point shooting.

TY made a statement against the Huskies since he scored nearly half of our points against them. So he's most definitely going to be the focus of our opponents' defenses. We'll need to get some solid offensive output from a couple of other players to help take some pressure off him.

It's very apparent that Les has built a team with a defense first focus, which isn't all that surprising, and I thought our defense was physical and tough in the opener. Great defense will keep us in games when the ball isn't finding the net for us.

Go Ags!

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.