He's a true competitor that's for sure. At times I think he trying to do too much. He's getting doubled and tripled and trying to muscle the ball up through 6 arms and 700 pounds leaning on him and his frustration with the refs has been showing. I'm sure our opponents are seeing that on film and it's just going to keep on happening especially if they think they can collapse on him without getting lit up from the perimeter.

The Ags have been seeing their share of zone this year. Mostly match up 2-3 zone but Pacific even threw a box and one at them with the one sticking on Schneider like glue. Our opponents believe that if they can slow down Chima and make things difficult for Siler then they have a good chance to beat us.

I wasn't able to watch the game so my thoughts here are just what I've gleaned from looking at the stats. I suspect that the Ags may have been a bit tired and flat coming off a week of finals and no games but, really, that's no excuse. It's just to say that basketball is a long season and teams are not going to play their best week in and week out. That said, there are a few areas of concern that keep showing up with this team.

The most concerning recurring stat keeps showing up in the box score is that Moneke and Schneider are, generally, the top scorers. That's a good thing since they are veteran players and the team leaders but it is also a weakness in the Aggies' offensive arsenal. We are yet to see anyone clearly emerge as a consistent offensive threat game in and game out other than these two. The Ags scored 61 points last night and Chima and Siler were the only two in double digits compared to the Dons with four.

For a while it began to look like TJ Shorts was going to be the "third offensive weapon" but last night, and let's hope it was just a poor night for him, he was 1-4 from the field and 2-7 from the line. He is still averaging 11.4 ppg so maybe he just had an off night. AJ John has shown promise from beyond the arc but his numbers have not been consistent and Rogers Printup has made the most of his limited PT but, last night, he was 1-2 in 14 minutes of PT.

All in all, the Aggies have bunch of players hovering around the 4 to 5 ppg mark but those numbers don't draw a lot of attention from our opponents so they can continue on focusing their defenses on Chima and Siler until we get more offensive balance. That'a big concern and it is taking it's toll on Chima particularly. Even though he is still averaging a double double per game he is taking a beating physically as teams focus on shutting him down. As a result his shooting efficiency has been dropping lately.

We have been leaving a lot of points behind on the FT line and last night we shot 61% on 16 of 26. How many of those were the front end of a 1 and 1...? The Ags also turned the ball over 15 times last night and 9 of those were steals by the Dons...not a good game stat.

Comparative scores don't mean much but the Dons lost to Long Beach by 12 and Santa Barbara by 7. We lose by 13 so....??

The road stays tough as the Ags travel to Nevada next Tuesday for what is possibly the best team they have faced this year. We'll another brilliant performance like the one we had against Wazzoo to pull a surprise win over Wolfpack.

Thanks for posting up, eba. I’ll post up a few thoughts later. Right now I’m having a couple of drinks with my wife and son enjoying an evening in the city.

Ooof...just checked the stats...not looking good for the Ags...

In reading the series history between these two teams, I was surprised to see that they have only played each other 7 times over years despite the close proximity of the two schools. The Dons lead the all-time series 6-1 with the only Aggie win coming in the 1939-40 season 45-30. The most recent win by San Francisco was on November 29, 1976, when they obliterated the Ags 120-76...ouch!

The oddsmakers currently are listing the Aggies as 3.5 point underdogs. Time for some payback after that last whooping we took 41 years ago!

Go Ags!

You would be doing yourself a favor to go and watch this team play. They are a very good basketball team and they are playing at a very high level.

That would be great. My wife and I and our son will be in SF for 3 days but we will be at the ACT Theater to see a production of "A Christmas Carol" Friday evening so I'll be checking the score at intermission.

We lost to Cal 86-61 last year.

Tragic news about the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee. He was the son of Chinese immigrant parents who went on to become a civil rights attorney. London Breed will be the acting mayor until a June 5th election and is the first black female to hold such a position in San Francisco.

Losing ground...now down 141 votes and in 3rd place.

JMU has a huge fan base with a long winning streak and are the defending FCS champs. They are the odds on favorite to repeat this year so their fans are paying attention and will vote. We need to spread the work about Jake and get people voting if he's to have a chance.

Jake has the most impressive stats of the players nominated. Get the word out and vote. He deserves this award!

The Woodland paper is the Daily Democrat and it's still around:

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/

"Cal Poly should be the No. 1 FCS option west of the Mississippi." Huh...?

Pretty rough article...I do, however, agree with the writer when he's says the triple option is boring to watch for the most part...at least it is for me. When you have the lead in the second half you can methodically grind the minutes off the clock but, when you're behind late and can't pass very well it's another story. I'm sure glad we don't run it.

Did Walsh run the triple option when he was at PSU? I always seem to remember that they ran a wide open passing attack...??

It doesn't appear that there will be any television coverage or online stream either.

Lauren Walker is currently playing in her first year with the Portland Pilots. I'm sure Jen Gross knew about her since she recruited Morgan Bertsch out of Santa Rosa a couple of years ago.

http://www.portlandpilots.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4908

Gross brought in a Sage Stobbart out of Vancouver, BC, and she's redshirting this year. She was ranked as the #13 post player by ESPN. We may see some twin towers offense next year by the Ags when Bertsch and Stobbart are on the floor together.

The starting 5 got off to a sluggish start and then Coach Les subbed in 5 from the bench at the 15:00 mark and they really sparked the Aggies to a 23 point halftime lead. Les continued to make full platoon substitutions in the second half giving the entire bench a lot of playing time. The Aggie bench accounted for 47 points to 39 by the starters.

It was really nice to see Arell Hennings and Rogers Printup scoring 20 and 16 respectively. Printup has a nice, soft 3 point shot. He had three big 3's at WSU and was 6-8 from downtown today. I think we'll be seeing on the floor more often now as we can use some help in our perimeter shooting. Hennings plays with a lot of confidence and he can drain the 3 also. It's really good to know that he can be a solid backup to Shorts.

Chima managed to end up with another double double: 16 points and 10 boards. it wasn't one of his better offensive performances though as he was only 4-11 from the field and 8 of 13 from the line. He was not happy again with how much contact he was getting. I think that teams are just going to try and be very physical with him and double and triple him often.

Still no sign of Joe Mooney. I hope he'll be ready to go for the San Francisco game next week. To bad he wasn't healthy for today's game. His shot has not been falling lately and the game today would have given him a chance to work out the wrinkles.

One area the Aggies have got to clean up is blocking out and getting the rebound on the defensive boards. The Ags gave up 15 offensive boards to the Warriors after allowing 21 against Pacific on Wednesday night. That will get us killed against the good teams coming up.

1250 was a lot more than I expected to see in the Pavilion today. Hopefully, by the time we begin league play, we'll be getting over 3000.

So now a week off for finals and then some very tough road games.

Go Ags!

This was an outstanding performance by the Aggies. Their defense forced 22 turnovers and they held the Gaels to 38% shooting overall and only 13% from 3. At the other end of the floor the Ags shot 57% overall and 47% from beyond the arc plus 80% from the line. The 50 points by St Mary's was their lowest point total for a game in over 4 years. The two stat lines that do not look good for the Aggies are the 15 offensive boards by the Gaels and 18 turnovers by the Aggies.

The Aggies especially need to work on their rebounding on the defensive boards though as the Gaels got 15 offensive boards and that't a big number. Jen Gross will need to work with her team to find ways to do a better job of blocking out on the defensive boards. Central Florida and Oregon State, up next for the Ags, both have good size and athleticism and giving up a lot of offensive boards could spell trouble for the Ags.

The Aggies made a statement today. Great job Ags!

just saw your post. My wife and I have season tickets in 211.

Awesome performance by the Aggies! I’m at the men’s game so thanks for the updates eba. Central Florida and Oregon State up next for these high flying Aggies!