Congrats to Coach Les

[Bravesfan]

Even with 3 starters out with injury and forced to play with 4 guards on the floor most of the game due to injuries and lack of big men, UC-Davis never trailed and they won again last night upsetting one of the top teams in the Big West Cal State-Fullerton 78-75. CSU-Fullerton was the 2nd place team and had won 6 in a row and 9 of their last 10 coming into last night's game.
It was Jim Les' team's 4th win in their last 6 games and lifted them out of last place in the Big West Conference. Tyler Les had 14 points to raise his average to 10.0 ppg. He is shooting 42.9% from three which makes him the highest ranking 3-point percentage shooter from the Big West in the NCAA statistics.

http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022612aaa.html

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...d=201202250088

Nice job by Les! He's now got more conference wins than we do.

[tornado]

UC-Davis' Tyler Les LEADS THE ENTIRE NATION in one stat....

- "Three-point FG point %" - the measures the portion of a player's total points that come from three-point shots.
Tyler Les is #1 in the nation at 81.42%."

It kinda defines a kid as a one-dimensional player but you gotta hit plenty of threes to get that stat!

[Hello Newman]

UC-Davis' Tyler Les LEADS THE ENTIRE NATION in one stat....

- "Three-point FG point %" - the measures the portion of a player's total points that come from three-point shots.
Tyler Les is #1 in the nation at 81.42%."

It kinda defines a kid as a one-dimensional player but you gotta hit plenty of threes to get that stat!

Good for Tyler. He can really shoot it. That is one skill that if you have it, you can play. It's kind of like being a lefthanded reliever in baseball

[bradleybraves1]

Nice job by Les! He's now got more conference wins than we do.

I expect Les to build a solid program at UCD and show steady improvement like he did in his early years at BU. Hopefully, he has learned from his experience while at BU and can shatter the ceiling of mediocrity that he met with at Bradley (for a variety of reasons, some not within his control).

That said, I'd much rather be Geno and coaching the Bradley Brave$$$$$. Both UCD and BU have nowhere to go but up from where they are at. It's possible that UCD will experience a quicker rise from the cellar than BU due to being in a weak low D1 conference. However, Geno has a track record of success that Les cannot rival (yet) and I think the BU job is the more attractive of the two based on community support and visibility when it comes to attracting the better recruits. Let's face it, BU is a place where coaches that coach at the UCD's of the world aspire to.

[Da Coach]

But Jim is getting paid by 2 schools to coach for the next 3 years. Not a bad gig to have.

[ancona flash]

Correct.

I wonder if JL, now being able to coach his own son in a much lower pressure situation, is thinking, "you know what, this really didn't turn out too bad."

[tornado]

I think the deal with JL is completely settled and bought out --

Coach Les also said so and we talked about it briefly here on the board a few months back..

http://www.pjstar.com/bradleyhoops/x834498809/Bradley-settles-Les-contract

[tornado]

Coach Les lands a big piece of the puzzle for next season --
a solid big man who can play right away

http://norcalbasketball.blogspot.com/2012/03/uc-davis-lands-another-big.html

[bradleybraves1]

It sounds like Les got 2 very good bigs. Kudos! Sounds like Bozner may be the better of the 2. How old is Clayton? It sounds like he may be much older than a typical sophomore.

[tornado]

because of costs and travel many of the junior colleges in the far northwest have split away from the national assoc and since the 1980's they have played together as the NWAAAC
(Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges)...and so a lot of those juco kids do NOT get the national exposure many others across the naiton do - but Coach Les knew there was some talent there........

But I check many of the box scores and Clayton consistently hovers around a double double...
In their regional championship game he had 20 pts & 11 rebs then 22 pts, 14 rebs in the Championship semi's (Link), then 26 pts & 12 rebs in the Championship (Link)

They then played a NWAAAC All Star game and Clayton was again the STAR...
20 pts, 12 rebs (Link)

[tornado]

more on big man Clayton

http://norcalbasketball.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-on-spencer-clayton.html