I think something is, in fact, the matter with Nils. He went out after only 9 minutes and has not been back.

The Aggies have brought their B game so far although their shooting is dragging it down from an A. Odd, because they're moving the ball well and getting good shots. The D is solid as well as the rebounding.

Cooper is okay and playing great! Outscoring UCI 8-4 by himself.

I haven't seen them play either, but their record so far is very strange. They won 10 of their first 11 preseason games and I was thinking, same old Tritons, but they then lost to a weak San Diego team. In league play they lost to Fullerton, Cal Poly and CSUN, but they are the only team that has beaten Hawai`i so far. Maybe they had a key injury or two? I'll be digging into it more before we play them on Jan. 22.

I also wonder what happened to San Diego?

I'm copying the current Big West standings that BlueGold already posted elsewhere. The most interesting point is that seven schools are all bunched together at or close to .500. The other teams cap the top and the bottom with two top teams, with Hawai`i taking over first place last night and two bottom teams and, sadly, two of the Aggies three losses came against teams with losing records. The good news is that the third seed is open to anyone, the bad news is that UCI comes into town on Saturday.

Hawai'i (5-1)
UC Irvine (5-1)
CSUN (4-3)
UC San Diego (3-3)
UC Davis (3-3)
UC Santa Barbara (3-3)
Long Beach State (3-3)
Cal Poly (3-4)
Cal State Fullerton (3-4)
CSU Bakersfield (2-5)
UC Riverside (1-5)

I suspect he has some slight injury problems. Not so bad as to keep him out of the game but it might be affecting his shooting of his long range jumpers. Clearly, when he does not have to move much he can hot his shots.

That was an overall pretty sad exhibition of basketball but a win is a win. Thank goodness for Conner Sevilla, although he only made one field goal, his free throw shots held off a bad loss to the surging Titans.

De Luna, #24 is hitting only 4 of 25 (16%) of his free throws this season. If it comes down to it, he'd be the one to foul.

This game is hardly marked by proficiency by either team. The Titans are less proficient, though. The two teams have combined to make just 4 of 20 treys only 1 of 7 from Fullerton. Both team are under 70% from the line. They've combined for 25 turnovers. The winning features for UC Davis are great defense, a big rebounding edge and hitting 467% from the inside the arc. My one fear for the second half is that Fullerton's offense will explode the way Cal Poly's did last week. A team that scores almost 90 points a game is not going to be held to 24 points for another full half.

Rocak making up for lost minutes down in SLO. He already has 7 of the Ags 9 points. Aggie's D has been solid so far.

Yes, thanks I just realized that I was getting confused between the Fullerton game and the Irvine game. I mean, they're both in Orange County, right?

Curse the NFL scheduling. I just found out that the 49ers play at the same time as the Aggies this Saturday. Unfortunately, the 49ers game is a bigger deal, so I'll have to watch a replay later or on Sunday.

I hate having been right about Cal Poly and Mousa getting their offense going. Credit to them going 26 of 28 from the charity stripe.

Sevilla fouled on a 3-point attempt. Big mistake.

Seems like the Ags are missing a lot of shots in the paint. Cooper, for one, is forcing his shots. At least the Ags still have a 9 point lead about half way through the second period.

Cal Poly has played horribly so far. Statistically, UCD is beating them in every category except steals and turnovers. With their offense, look out for the Mustangs to explode in the second half. Look for Mousa to go off, although he had a reasonabe 10 points in the first half. I don't think Rocak is going to get into the game. I saw him on the bench and his sweatshirt was still on. Maybe he's a little dinged up.

Aggie's defense has been great. Cal Poly has only hit 1 of 8 from beyond the arc.

Odd that Suljanovic went in and not Rocak.

Seemed pretty standard, no?