Looks like Hawk and his staff are working hard to try and land a couple more solid recruits as the signing period nears.

Well that was the best coaches show they've ever done. Greg Wong did an excellent job with interesting questions that kept the listener engaged. First up was Jim Les and then TJ Shorts and AJ John. Then he interviewed Jen Gross followed by Morgan Bertsch and Dani Nafekh and, finally, he talked with gymnastics coach, John Lavallee, and gymnast, Amanda Presswood.

What came across emphatically during the show is how lucky we are to have these 3 coaches leading these wonderful athletes. Everyone is humble, fun, bright and articulate. Wong did a great job with his questions to bring out the best in everyone. Nice job all around!

They were good shooters for sure. We had some great D2 players who may have been pretty good playing at the D1 level but they didn't make their marks against the kind of competition we've have faced in the D1 era. I don't think a Aggie D2 dream team would fair all that well against an Aggie D1 dream team.

Tyler Les was a deadly 3 point shooter also. I remember when he hit an NBA distance 3 at the buzzer to send the game against Utah State in the Pavilion. The place went crazy and I think we won the game in overtime but...???

Tyler may have had a better percentage but I think Ryan holds the records for 3's.

I think folks are making teams from what they remember of the players instead of being totally data driven. I like that because team chemistry and the how the players connect with the fans is really important. I'll take a good team player that has great chemistry with his teammates and is a hard worker over pure talent every time.

Here's another team that I think would be fantastic:

PG - TJ Shorts II - The more I watch this kid play, the more I think he could become our best PG ever.

SG - Corey Hawkins - We all know why.

SG - Ryan Sypkens - The best pure 3 point shooter we've ever had.

F - Mark Payne - Defense, offense, all-around baller.

PF - Chima Moneke - what else is there to say.

6th man - SG Lawrence White - tremendous defender and rebounder and 100% all the time.

I love this lineup: Speed, ball handling and scoring at the point, lights out shooting from Sypkens and Hawkins, rebounding, defense an lots of offense from Payne and Moneke, and great defense, hustle and effort from White when the team needs a jolt of energy.

Wow...trying to push him around would be like trying to move a big oak tree stump!

Yes, the Big West officiating leaves a lot to be desired and, from what I saw, it was particularly awful in this game. I can't blame Jim Les for getting a technical. I think he felt like he had to do something to get their attention and maybe get them to think a little bit more about how inconsistent they were with their calls.

The game was an ugly affair with all the turnovers: 23 for the Ags and 18 for the Warriors. Chima had 9 turnovers. Teams are surrounding him with double and triple teams every time he touches the ball in the paint. Hawai'i is athletic and has players with long, quick arms and, once he got surrounded, they were slapping and grabbing at the ball. It's going to be tough for him because all the Big West teams are zoning us and collapsing on Chima. He is going to have to do a better job of securing the ball quickly and our guards can not continue to force the ball inside with passes that are down low on him and difficult to handle with 3 defenders surrounding him.

Of course, we can't continue to shoot 3 for 19 from beyond the arc and expect any team to feel like we can hurt them from the outside. Teams are happy to let us continue to miss from the perimeter and pack it in the paint. We did a nice job against the LBSU zone but our outside shooting went missing again against Hawai'i.

Unfortunately, Jack Purchase got hot against us when he hadn't been shooting all that well lately. I agree that he is also a hot head and he deserved the technical he got. The punk play by Sheriff Drammeh when fired the ball into Chima's head was a potentially dangerous, cheap shot. I was surprised that he didn't get ejected. That was totally unnecessary and could have caused a serious injury if the ball had slammed into Chima's nose and glasses. It was amazing that Chima kept his cool when that happened.

Our games against Hawai'i nearly always seem to get chippy. The Warriors usually have a few players who are very demonstrative and try to get under the skin of their opponents. It generally happens more in the games on the island but I've seen it happen in the Pavilion also. The Aggies will be more than ready when the Warriors come to Davis.

And, of course, what was Hickey Gym without Ham barely sitting in his chair writhing in agony, chewing on his white towel, stomping his feet and yelling like crazy and then throwing his towel high up in the air while he went up a few rows and sat down beside some Aggie fans. He was so wild to watch...what a character!

Great description of Hickey...that brings it all back...

Purchase scores 21, hits late FT's; Hawai'i beats UC Davis

HONOLULU (AP) — Jack Purchase made 4 of 4 free throws in the final 40 seconds and finished with 21 points to help Hawaii hold on for its fourth consecutive win, 77-72 over UC Davis on Saturday night.

Sheriff Drammeh added 14 points, while Gibson Johnson and Leland Green scored 11 apiece, for Hawai'i (13-5, 4-1 Big West).

Buggs and Drammeh hit 3-pointers 44 seconds apart during a 10-0 run that gave Hawai'i a 49-39 lead with 14 minutes left and UC Davis trailed the rest of the way. The Aggies trimmed their deficit to three points on three occasions in the final 2½ minutes, but got no closer as Purchase scored six points and the Rainbow Warriors made 9 of 11 free throws from there.

TJ Shorts II had 21 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Aggies (12-7, 3-2) and Siler Schneider added 16 points. Chima Moneke had 14 points and nine rebounds, but committed nine of UCD's season-high 23 turnovers, which Hawai'i converted into 24 points.

The Rainbow Warriors had a season-best 13 steals — including three apiece by Purchase, Johnson, Green and Drew Buggs.

Hawai'i downs the Ags 77-72 in another typically wild, chippy, ugly game between these two teams. The Ags somehow managed to be only 3 points down with 12.8 seconds left.

Thoughts:

- The difference in the game was that Hawai'i hit their 3's and FT's.

- The Ags turned the ball over 23 times and shot 3 of 19 from 3. Hawai'i turned the ball over 18 times but did manage to hit 8-20 3 point shots. 41 combined TO's between the two teams = ugly.

- The game was very chippy with a lot of talking and the Hawai'i fans booed their hearts out. Jim Les got a T and two Hawai'i players got technicals.

- Jack Purchase is an arrogant player who likes to taunt. He got T'ed up after he flattened TJ Shorts and then taunted him while Shorts was on the floor.

- Sheriff Drammeh committed a dirty and dangerous foul against Chima Moneke. As Drammeh was falling out of bounds with the ball, he turned and deliberately fired the ball with a two-handed slam motion into Chima's face point blank. Chima reeled backwards and held his face in both hands. Drammeh was given a technical foul. It was fortunate that the Chima was able to quickly turn his head just enough to avoid the ball hitting him squarely on his glasses. I was surprised Drammeh was not ejected from the game.

- After lighting up the Pavilion with 29 points last Wednesday, Siler Schneider's shooting went cold again. He was 6-18 from the field and only 1-8 from 3. He was also only 3-7 from the line and left critical points at the line during crunch time. Tough night for him.

- AJ John shot well 5-6 overall but has trouble staying in the game because of fouls.

- TJ Shorts is fearless and kept us in the game late with driving buckets. He scored 21.

- Hawai'i shot an airball in the first half that barely touched the bottom of the net. The Hawai'i timekeeper reset the game clock and Hawai'i worked the ball around and scored. The Hawai'i TV commentators said, "Well it looks like we got away with that one."

- Until we show that we can shoot somewhat consistently from the outside we are going to see nothing but zones to prevent Chima from getting the ball and collapse on him when he does. I'd be surprised to see anyone go man on us.

- The rematch in Davis is going to be a furious battle.

Well the Ags have kept within striking distance 39-35 somehow despite 12 turnovers and shooting 1 of 8 from 3...wow. This game has gotten chippy and the Hawai'i fans are booing the Ags like crazy. Jack Purchase flattens TJ gets called for a foul and then taunts TJ and gets a technical. Then Chima misses both FT's on the technical. I wouldn't want to be in the locker room with Coach Les.

Anyone watching this? It's not been fun so far...Ags offense has gone missing in action again.

I just looked at the box score and Poly out rebounded the Ags 51-33 overall with the Mustangs pulling down 26 offensive boards to our 6 and Poly is not bigger than the Ags...they were just much more aggressive. Couple that with the Aggies 20 TO's and it's a small miracle that the Ags came home with the win. Poly put up 80 shots as a result of pounding the Ags on the boards. The Ags turned the ball over 12 times in the 4th quarter with 5 TO's in a row during one stretch and 4 straight TO's in another stretch. Ouch!

The difference in the game though was that the Ags shot 50% overall to Poly's 34% and we knocked down 6 more 3's than Poly. However, you can not turn the ball over 20 times, give up 26 offensive boards which allows the opponent to put up 30 more shots and expect to win but once in a blue moon.

To tell you the truth, 69aggie, I was could barely believe what I was seeing. You have to give Poly credit, they were down 20 early in the 4th and they were just relentlessly active with their double teaming traps and the Aggies kept assisting them by pulling up their dribble along the sidelines and in the corners and then threw panic passes that got picked off.

It wasn't the Ags got taken by surprise and it didn't appear that they were a tired team, it was just one TO after another...like 3 or 4 TO's in a row, then a basket followed by more TO's. Then Poly would drain a 3 or get a bucket and one on a foul and lead kept dwindling. When they weren't throwing the ball away the Aggies were literally tripping over their own feet on several possessions and then losing the scramble for the ball. As the score got closer Poly got even more aggressive and the wheels came off the cart for the Aggies. Poly was also making some platoon substitutions in order to keep their energy high.

I really didn't think I would ever see anything like that happen with this veteran team but it did. I hope it is a wake-up call and they really address this issue because they're going to see a lot more pressure after what happened today.

Yes, it's been fun reading everyone's picks and bringing back a load of memories. I just wish we had a lot more fans that care this much about Aggie hoops.

Thanks for the info about the game, Zander, my memory of it was fuzzy. I do remember Tyler Les shooting 6 FT's in a row which I've had never seen before nor since but I did not remember that the Ags lost the game.

We will be definite underdogs in this one. It's tough to win in Hawai'i and they have great fan support there. I watched part the UCSB game that Hawai'i won by a point. Both of those teams have some highly skilled basketball players. We will have to really bring our defense to have any chance at all because Hawai'i will have an overall advantage in athleticism not too mention playing at home before a large crowd.

Heads up Aggies fans. The game time shown in the title of this thread is wrong. The game will be televised live on Big West TV at 9 pm Pacific Time not 5 pm.

The play-by-play will be by the Hawai'i broadcast team who do a nice job. They are big homers, which is to be expected, but they also give credit to the opponents when they make a great play.

Live online stream at 9 pm: http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=489

I'm sure that incident is not indicative of the great fans support Hawai'i has. I wish the Aggies would consistently have 6-7000 at our games.

Sorry 6th...I started another thread late...got home, tuned in the game late and didn't see this one. Please feel free to combine the posts into one thread.