Still a Bradley topic but a little different

Gonna slip a little to the west and mention a bit about UC-Davis AGGIES basketball.

I know it seems to rile some people if we talk about this subject - but like it or not there's actually a LOT of local, Central IL interest in Aggie basketball lately.
People ask me all the time about how Jim Les is doing at UC-Davis or they've already heard he is doing well and want to know more!!

But for anyone who has not seen UC-Davis play, let me summarize a couple things...

-No, they are not Duke or Gonzaga - but they are a very good team and there's a distinct reason they keep winning, even against decent teams on the road.

-They pass well, they typically log a lot of assists, 

-They run an active motion offense that is fun to watch - they don't stand around or spend gobs of time dribbling, faking, then rush a shot at the end of the shot clock.
They know what they are doing, they have their opponents well scouted, they are prepared, they get open looks very quickly in each shot-clock and they take decent shots.

this is obviously reflected by the fact that EVERYONE on the team shoots well, and they are the best shooting team in the nation from 3-pt and among the best (Top 10) despite NOT really having a lot of depth down low.
Most teams that have high shooting percentages are those like Duke that feed to an Okafor and get layups all day long.

-they never have dry spells - they never go long without scoring and their guards shot 20-29 (69%) last night!!

-dis all you want but they are setting all kinds of records for wins (17-4), wins on the road, they are in first place and they even won last night, on the road, against the hottest team in their league (had won 6 in a row, 9 of 12, and had only lost twice all year at home - AND UC-Davis won without Corey Hawkins - their very best player & team leader.
PS - they have a couple good guards coming n next year that would be decent recruits even for the MVC and they have a 7-footer transfer from BUTLER, who was on some rankings a TOP 100 recruit nationally (although we have seen how Top 100 can be occasionally misleading.)

-Tyler Les had a career night going 4-5, 3-3 from the arc, 7-7 from the line, 18 pts (on just 5 shots total!), plus 5 rebs.

-their fan base is energized and ecstatic. They have NOT lost at home this year and they are filling their arena and breaking attendance records.
Their average attendance so far this season is more than double what it was in the years before JL got there.

-Bottom line - this is a fun team to watch and where some schools' attendance is dismally dropping to half of what it's always been - there's a reason theirs is doubling!
And they have lots of Central Illinois connections (JL, Tyler, Corey, Vogt, and even assts Mark Darnall and Chris Davis)

They average almost 72 points per game - way more than even the TOP team in MVC conference play averages - they are a very fun offense to watch.