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  • MBB Off-season 2022
    Ezra, along with BJ Shorts, are the two of the best PG's we've had here. His natural, physical ability and quickness are off the charts and he's incredibly strong as well. He's a hard worker and he's come a long way in just 2 years here. I think he also has the potential to get much better as well.

    One of the main reasons he's has developed into such a good PG here is because he's been coached so well by Les who, as a former, small, pro PG, knows as much about the PG position as any coach in the country. In addition, he has been able to play a ton of minutes in every game. He'll be lucky to find that kind of coaching and minutes at the "next level."
  • MBB Off-season 2022
    Manjon averaged 15.0 ppg just behind Pepper at 15.1 ppg. He also led the team in assists with 81 which is nearly twice as many as Caleb Fuller who was second insists with 46. So we will be losing our #2 and #3 scorers ( Manjon @ 15.0 and Fuller @ 12.1) for a combined 27.1 ppg plus our #1 and #2 assist leaders. Losing these two players is huge for the Aggies and it essentially puts us right back into a rebuilding season next year.
  • MBB Off-season 2022
    Now, feels like we’ll be right back in the middle of the pack.Oldbanduhalum

    That's my feeling as well. Les mostly recruits high school players that he feels have a high ceiling and that they can then be developed with time and effort. Many of the other BW teams are bringing in experienced players from the transfer portal some of whom have played at several different schools. That's often a crap shoot, in my opinion, since you never know what the chemistry may be like from one year to the next.

    Les is committed to the "Aggie way" of putting character, education and the team as a family first and foremost. That's a slower process of building the team over time and, when you have a player like Manjon transfer out, it leaves a void that isn't easy to replace quickly.
  • MBB Off-season 2022
    Wow...this is a real shocker that I did not expect. Les essentially found Manjon and gave him a chance to play D1 ball. He had no other offers out of high school.

    I thought he was more devoted to being an Aggie playing under Les and more connected to his teammates than he apparently was but this seems to be the nature of the way things are now with the transfer portal. It kinda makes you wonder who's next to go.
  • MBB Off-season 2022
    It may just be an education decision for Caleb. He is very, very close with Coach Les and his family. Since he's from England, he spent the Christmas Holidays with the Les family each year and they consider him "family."
  • MBB Off-season 2022
    Caleb retweeted this on his twitter page so it appears to be accurate. I'm curious to know why he apparently is not seeking to play as a grad at Davis if he has a year of eligibility left.
  • Women's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    #11 Princeton had a good chance to beat #3 Indiana but they threw the ball away and lost 57-56 in the final seconds. Princeton reminded a lot of how the Aggies play.

    In one of the biggest upsets in the tournament, #10 South Dakota soundly beat #2 Baylor in 61-47. So there are now two #10 seeds in the Sweet 16: SD and Creighton.
  • Women's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    There's such a wide gap in the talent between the few top women's team and most of the other teams that these unfortunate, lopsided games happen too often. You rarely see the kind of upsets that you see in the men's tournament. You have to feel for the teams that get absolutely trounced in games like that.
  • Women's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    #2 Baylor crushed #15 Hawaii 89-49 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
  • Men's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    A lot of the best mid-major teams are heavily recruiting Europe, Australia, Africa and New Zealand. We're going to see more of that in the BW also as well as a lot of transfers. I think the Ags will need to do the same soon to keep pace. The best players in the USA get identified early and almost invariably go to the Power Conference schools. Mid-major programs need to recruit internationally to find players of that caliber.
  • Men's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    Fullerton is battling Duke hard but Duke's size has been simply too much so far. Duke is up 37-27 at the half. Dedrique Taylor has built his team around high level transfers.
  • Men's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    St Mary's has been successful mining Australia and New Zealand for years and they have also been getting players from Eastern Europe. They destroyed Indiana in their first round game 82-59 and it wasn't even that close!
  • MBB Off-season 2022
    Sorry to see him go. He looked like a promising player. He had offers from Sac and Riverside also when he committed to the Ags.
  • 2022-2024 Aggie Schedules
    I don't like scheduling a D2 team at all. Nothing to gain and a lot to lose. You can bet that any D2 Texas team will be no walkover also. Football is right up there with God in popularity in Texas.
  • Women's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    Hawaii gets a #15 seed and will play #2 Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Very tough draw for the Rainbow Wahine.
  • Men's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    OOOF....Duke will be playing with a lot of emotion...
  • Women's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    Hawaii beats Irvine 59-48 to win the BW Tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
  • Men's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    Fullerton 58 Hawaii 46 Final

    The two best teams in the Big West will meet in the final. Fullerton's defense is impressive.
  • Women's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    Yes they did. It's not often though that a true freshman will come in and be able to replace players with 4-5 years of experience especially the likes of Hall, Stobbart and Konrad. The surprising thing to me is that we didn't get much production at all from the bench this season from our freshmen and sophomores. It will be interesting to see how things shape up for the team next season.
  • Men's 2022 Big West Basketball Tournament March 8-12
    Wow...just what they did to us! The stars are aligned for them!

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