Not having any serious knock down shooters is the Achilles heel of this team. We graduate what little offense we have after this year and I don't see anyone we have returning that has the kind of consistent offensive ability we need making a big difference for us in scoring. I sure hope Les has some excellent shooters coming into the program. We can't win games consistently with defense alone.

Everything you just said is spot on. We need to get a few players who can create of the dribble. TJ does it the best for the Ags and Siler has his moments but, after that, we fall off completely.

We're staying in contact but poor shooting is plaguing us again: 38% overall and 27% from 3. If we could score with more consistency we'd be a tough out.

The talk about Davis is great but it's like Walton is having a manic episode. He just blabs away like a stream of consciousness about anything that floats through his mind at warp speed...

My God...Bill Walton is driving me nuts...he needs to SHUT UP!

Hahaha...I was going to say the same thing about Walton...sometimes I think he's off his meds! They did say John was out with a concussion. If that's true then he has suffered two injuries: left knee and concussion. Damn...

Tied at 9 at the first break. The Ads are pushing the ball and making nice passes.

Why not? It couldn't hurt. Better recruiting by Les would help immensely too. I watched Santa Barbara beat San Francisco tonight giving the Don's only their third loss of the season. The Dons beat us by 34 on our home court. In just two years UCSB's coach has brought in outstanding talent.

Our program should be rising rapidly after 2 Big West titles and a trip to the NCAA but, instead, we've fallen off. Les likes to say there's a lack of effort problem with the team. I don't agree. I think we play pretty darn hard all the time but we don't have the consistent playmakers we need to compete with the kind of schedule we have.

Look what Hawk has done in just 2 years and what Jen Gross is doing year in and out. Men's basketball should be doing just as well and it isn't happening. Something is missing...

Nice to see the 3 point shooting coming around, 15-27 today for 56% and 54% shooting overall. The Aggie men were 2-19 at one point in their game against LMU and many of those were wide open looks. Maybe the men should have a few practices with the women and get some tips from them on 3 point shooting...

Aggies blitzing the Penguins with 3's...

Teams do try and shut down TJ but he still manages to get his points in most games. LMU did a good job of keeping him out of the lane tonight and he had trouble trying to loft his lefty floaters over their 7'3 post. I'm not sure where consistent scoring is going to come from when TJ and Siler both graduate. Les needs to really step up his recruiting because we are not keeping pace with the better teams in the Big West.

Les was noticeably calm during the game and in the post-game interview. In the post-game interview he just said that LMU was the aggressor early and when we were missing open shots it carried over to us playing soft defense.

We've seen a couple of good games from this team where they looked like maybe they were coming around but tonight's game was more of what we've seen most of the season. Our defense can be pretty good at times but offensively we aren't much of a threat at all. Les has some big problems on his hands and we aren't seeing many signs that things are going to get any better this season.

Poor performance by the Aggies on both ends of the floor. Cold shooting like we've seen most of the season and allowing 58% shooting on defense...that won't even give you a chance...

You're correct, he didn't say bloated. He did say that there were "people who were disgruntled" with the conference numbers and that he thought that an even number is much easier to work with. At any rate, if some conference members are "disgruntled," it doesn't make me feel like Davis and Poly are exactly welcome...not sure if that portends anything for us in the future...???

Talk about us moving up to the FBS level is premature at this point but the article that Mike referenced makes me wonder what just might be coming down the pike from the Big Sky in the future if there are schools who are unhappy with the size of the conference and the inclusion UCD and Poly in football. It's a red flag warning when the new Big Sky Commissioner says that a 13 team conference is bloated and too big and there are schools very unhappy with the size of the conference. Consequently, I think that we would be wise to be exploring our options for football conference affiliation just in the case we asked to leave or get the boot so we don't get hung out to dry.

A foul was given to each player in the UCD at Arizona game. One for a charge and the other for a block. I agree that neither player should be given a foul in a "blarge" call.

Maybe there's a place for officials to be able to review a play or call, say within the last minute, if the game is under 10 points, for example. As it is now, officials seem to allow a lot contact and are hesitant to make any call that may be critical in the final minute. They seem to always scrutinize possession calls in the final minute though.

Of course, the "unwritten rule of letting them play" down the stretch takes the heat off the officials to have to make critical calls when the game is on the line. The problem I see with that though is that they have already established a pattern of how closely they are calling the game and, then all of a sudden, they let the players get mugged under the basket with no calls.

I agree, it doesn't make sense at all!

I think it goes to show just how subjective the charge/block foul is also. Those calls drive coaches and fans crazy!