They knew we were there; Aggies lose
Earlier in the day, I was listening to the radio as the analysts were busy assessing the prospects of Duke in the next round. At the time, Duke had advanced to the next round and awaited the winner of the LSU vs. Texas A&M game. One commentator asked the other how LSU would match up. My eyebrow and my ire was raised since LSU needed to go through my Aggies before getting to Duke. Suffice it to say that the national media is slow to give A&M much respect.
As it turns out, LSU did advance, but they did so by the narrowest of margins — 1 point. The final score was 58-57. And what a heartbreaker it was for Aggies fans.
A&M got down by 12 early and things looked really bad. Then they rattled a 17-0 spurt to go ahead, before settling for a tie at halftime. In the second half, it was hard-fought and late in the game the Aggies found themselves down by 7. It looked really bad at that time. Then the Aggies tied it. Then they took the lead by 2 with 19.2 seconds left. In my mind, I thought they were going to win as LSU had not been able to solve the Aggie defense. I sure didn’t think they would take the lead. But LSU came down and worked the ball around before settling on a long 3-point shot. It went in leaving 3.2 seconds for the Aggies to tie it. They could not muster a shot.
But what a great showing for a team that was 0-12 in Big XII games just two years ago! They definitely knew the Aggies were there. Beating Syracuse who had earlier beat the favored team in the tournament UConn. Then playing the higher-seeded LSU so close!
I’m so proud to be an Aggie today…this was a short, but great run. Hopefully we’ll get to do this again next year.