I don't know if he called everyone "babe" but I think he liked being around all the pretty, young coeds on campus.

The last time I spoke with Ham I was sitting at a table at Blake's with a friend who was cute as a button and Ham was sitting by himself at another table having a drink. I happened to look over and caught his eye and got up and walked over to our table and started chatting away in that raspy, coarse voice of his.

He started going on about how we were going to build a first class basketball facility (Pavilion) and how excited he was for the future of Aggie basketball. But, at one point, he just stopped himself in mid-sentence and said to my friend, "You've just cute as ever and have a really great twinkle in your eye." She blushed a bit and we all laughed. He was a unique character who just lived and breathed Aggie basketball.

I think they can be grouped with our best ever teams. They're young and have matured a lot as the season has progressed this year. If they continue to grow and avoid injuries, they have the potential to be very, very good and should be in the battle for the Big West title. Next year could be scary good!

I have been impressed with how they have addressed the serious problem they have had with rebounding. They have been holding their own on the boards in the past few games and are clearly playing more physically around the basket. When they are ticking on all cylinders they have great ball movement and are finding cutters open under the basket with precise passes. They handle pressure well and have players that can get hot from 3 and, really, are just playing well in all aspects of the game.

I hope Aggie fans will get out to Pavilion and support this team. They're fun to watch.

Yes, when Hickey was packed and the Band-uh was blaring away, it was deafening and often sweltering hot as well. When I first arrived at UCD I couldn't believe that a university the size of Davis was playing D2 basketball in a crackerbox gym. It was a lot of fun though and it never felt empty like the Pavilion can when the fans stay home.

Great recognition for Keelan!

We literally survived after squandering a 16 point lead with 9 minutes to go but, like you, I'll take the W as well.

I saw that. He looked a little lame going into the dressing room at the half. We can hardly afford to lose him.

So far we've neutralized him pretty well and the Aggies are pushing the ball at every chance they get. Ags take a 39-27 lead into the half and we are winning the points in the paint 24-14. Good energy, good defense and excellent ball movement by the Ags so far.

Fun basketball game to watch at the moment with the Ags up 6 24-18. Chima is amazing for a 6'6 player. He really has a nose for the ball.

Seattle leads the all time series 6-3 but they do seem to have our number for sure. We have not played well up in Seattle. IIRC it seems like the last time we were up there the we were sluggish and sleepwalking. I don't know what the deal is but it seems like we mostly go to Seattle and they don't come to Davis very often.

I think this is an important game for the Ags. We've been going backwards.

Today's win over USF is one of the best wins in history for the Aggies. The Knights had only lost to two undefeated D1 teams, #17 Virginia Tech (12-0) and Buffalo (10-0), and those two loses were by a combined 4 points total.

The Knights are athletic and talented and featured the 6th best defense in the nation and ranked 4th in steals. But, the Aggies put up 77 points on them which is 26.7 points more than the Knights have allowed on average per game (50.3 ppg). The Ags shot 52.5% and held the Knights to 38.7% for the game. Most significantly, the Aggies were only out rebounded by one board 40-39. This is an area that they have struggled in most of the season so they have done a great job of shoring up that problem.

Morgan Bertsch led the Aggies with 20 and Pele Gianotti had 15 and Sofia Song 12.

This is a very impressive win by the Ags and shows that Jen Gross has this program on the fast track to becoming very good in D1 basketball.

Good job Ags!

HUGE win for the Lady Ags as they beat Central Florida 77-71!

The Aggies stretch the lead to 8 at 53-45 at the end of 3.

This is an outstanding article that really shows the brilliant influence of Coach Sochor on the Aggie coaching tree. It sums up what we do here in Aggie Athletics and why it is special. I think it should be required reading for all Aggie athletes and could be used to acquaint potential recruits with what we are all about.

The Aggies are showing that they can play with the Knights and take 6 point lead into the half 34-28. The Ags are shooting 50% to UCF's 35.5% and are keeping pace with the athletic Knights on the boards with UCF having a 20-19 edge. So far this is an impressive showing by the Aggies against a very good team.

Fouls could come into play as the Ags got whistled for 10 fouls to only 4 for UCF. Four Aggies have 2 fouls each.

Go Ags!

The Ags are playing UCF tough and lead 16-13 after the first quarter. We are handling the Knights' pressure pretty well so far. It appears that Rachel Nagel is still out with an injury.

You have to pay to watch this game on the UCF tv network. (N)

Link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/at-washington-chris-petersen-is-making-noise-with-a-quiet-approach/2016/12/28/59dde0be-c882-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html?utm_term=.2e4c2ca4cc70

Absolutely agree. This team has some nice potential but has been very inconsistent. We need to find a way to be more consistent if we are going to compete at all in the Big West. If things don't change, we'll finish at or near the bottom of the league.

Welcom to AST OldAggieAlum! There are a few of us here on the forum who used to attend Aggie basketball games in Hickey Gym with Ham going crazy. (Y)

I'm kind of surprised about McCann. I thought he did a pretty good job with the receivers, was well like by the players he coached and was our main connection for recruiting in Oregon and Washington. He brought in some good talent at WR also.