Awesome...Doss is an impressive Aggie in so many more ways than just an outstanding athlete.

God knows we need more people in businesses and corporations to do exactly that in this day and age: lead the direction of their companies with a global, humane and environmental moral compass. Garcia is a very mature young man.

That's got to be terribly tough news for Logan. He is obviously a perfect example of a great Aggie: bright, articulate, athletically gifted, and humble. As difficult as this is for him I'm glad they found out what was going on with his heart before something terrible happened to him as a result of playing the game he loves. Godspeed young man...

Nelson transferring is probably why Les offered Kolton Mitchell the guard out of Florida.

Interesting...

UCI's Max Hazzard may transfer:

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2019/4/2/18292574/max-hazzard-uc-irvine-anteaters-arizona-wildcats-college-basketball-transfer-jacob-walk-on-walt

I've been following Texas Tech and somewhere I saw a picture of Joe in the stands of one of the tournament games wearing a Texas Tech shirt while cheering on the Red Raiders.

I agree with your assessment, DrMike,...just an immature remark...not really funny and more stupid than anything else.

I think they were the best Big West team I've seen since we joined the conference. In my opinion, they are a top 25 team.

Great story. I really happy for him and glad to see that Les and the coaching staff give athletes like Johnson, who have traveled a difficult journey, a chance to get a great education and play D1 basketball. He sounds like he'll fill in some of the defensive void left by Garrison Goode while having a more diversified offensive skill set than Garrison had.

The Anteaters ran finally ran out of gas after roaring back to take the lead early in the second half and lose 73-54. Great effort by UCI. They were most definitely the class of the Big West this season. They played like a top 25 team but ran into an incredibly talented Oregon team.

The Aggies have been out of it mentally since the tipoff. Everyone is playing timid and tight...making mistakes, standing around on offense and defense...mentally not ready to compete today.

Wow...the Aggies came out with the "deer in the headlights look" and are totally psyched out...

I saw where Obama even had them winning over K State in his bracket picks. He knows his hoops!

I think they can beat Oregon and make it to the Sweet 16. They are a solid team in all aspects of the game. Teams with agile, athletic bigs can make it tough for them but Turner threw an effective zone at K State and that worked well.

Turner is a great coach. He recruits high character players who have have high basketball IQ's similar to the players that Les likes to recruit but he will go after more bigs than Les does. He stresses defense like Les does but he has players who are serious offensive threats and create their own shot off the dribble too. We need players who have that kind of offensive ability and consistency. Of course, Shorts was the exception for us this year.

The problem I see now though is that we have no returning players who have demonstrated that they can be consistent on offense on a game to game basis. Mooney and Gonzalez have shown they can score but not with consistency game to game and Neufeld is developing offensively but he has trouble staying out of foul trouble and on the floor. I certainly hope some of new recruits can provide some offensive firepower for us.

#12 Oregon beat #5 Wisconsin 72-54 so #13 Irvine will play Oregon on Sunday.

Yes, it great recognition for the conference. I think the BW is making progress. Totally agree that the rest of the conference needs to step up to Irvine's level and the Aggies need that and soon. We can't afford to have another down year. That would really set back recruiting.

It was a really good game. Irvine won the game with their defense. They held KS to 37% overall and the also made their FT's 17-19. Max Hazzard and Evan Leonard drained some critical 3's and the Eaters were able to stay with KS on the boards. Great win for the conference.