hopefully that doesn’t mean he’s back In Illinois. Hoping he’s back

Damn...I didn't think about that!

Something about being an Aggie must create loyalty. The campus? The coach? The quality of education? All of the above?

Am I the only one who holds his breath every time I see a new post in this thread?

Nope, I'm right there with you, Mike, and I'm sure Aggie fans are anxiously waiting to see if he'll stay or leave. I've been searching for as much info as I can find about him and he's certainly on the radar of some big programs. Here's a great highlight video that shows just how talented his is and why I'm hoping he'll stay here and be the leader of the Aggies next season:

TY was in the Give Day video posted this morning. Looks like filmed after a workout.

Edit - just to temper things a bit, nit sure how current the video is. Pepper and Nico are in it.

Same here. I take a big gasp, cross my fingers, and hope for good news about TY :pray:

I think that video is current-ish. I believe Pepper and Rocak are still on campus (saw Rocak recently).

Aggies sign 6’ 5” SG, Nils Cooper. He played one year at Pepperdine. Also son of LA Laker great, Michael Cooper.

I was doing some digging last week and found Nils name as someone that several of our coaches were following on Twitter, but wasn’t sure if that really meant anything. Seems like a good fit. He’s a good defender, great hustle, so will fill a lot of what Ada provided

Like you said, he looks like a good fit for the Aggies. He averaged nearly 20 minutes a game as a freshman last season in 33 games so I imagine he'll be able to contribute right away for the Ags.

Cooper was also a high school teammate of Aggie commit Isaiah Chappell. I wonder if that played a part in landing him.

...and the portal continues to grow...now up to 1826 players looking for a new school...

I think we all knew that the possibility of the Ags having a chance to land Peja Stojakovic's son, Andrej, from the transfer portal was just a pipe dream. Well, we can stop dreaming since Andrej has now narrowed his choices down to 3 schools: Kentucky, North Carolina and Cal.

He picked Cal

Maybe he wanted to play against ACC teams?

he could have done that at Stanford. Probably sees Cal on the rise and Stanford, at best, stuck in neutral

I was just trying to be funny.

...and stays in Northern California near family.

I thought I missed news that Stanford switched conferences again!

I do think Cal is ascending; not sure enough to be a factor in ACC in the near future

Cal might be in a good position to do better in the ACC when it comes to football, though,

All 4 of the former Long Beach starters who entered the portal have signed with power programs:

Aboubacar Traore - Louisville
AJ George - SMU
Lassina Traore - Xavier
Jadon Jones - Oklahoma

He's going for the airline miles.

Coach Les talks about Pepperdine transfer Nils Cooper:



https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=929837599150823&set=pb.100063737733239.-2207520000

Feels like we will really be running a lot next year. With Cooper and Robinson (6'6" Cal transfer who RS last year due to a knee injury) we will have a very athletic set of wings that could push the ball. I'm sure we are waiting to see how the portal shakes out to add a shooter, and potentially another PG.