Aggies Ousted; Please Billy, don’t go!
I’m still mourning the narrow loss to Memphis last night — a one point loss where the Aggies looked like they were in a great position to win the game. So while I puzzle on the free throw and foul disparity from that game (10 FTs for the Aggies, 21 FTs for the Tigers), let me take time to celebrate the season.
Wow! What an entertaining season! I cannot remember a college basketball season that was more fun to watch than this one. Obviously, its much more fun when you have a competitive team to cheer for. I am so proud of our program for putting Texas A&M in the mix as a basketball school. So many wonderful firsts this year; beating Kansas in Kansas, winning at OSU, beating Texas (never gets old), and staying in the Top 10 nearly all year.
I wish our seniors Acie Law and Antanas Kavaliauskas good luck in the draft and it will be fun watching them in the NBA. Whoever gets Acie will be especially lucky — I rest so easy when he has the ball. Nevermind the blown layup last night, his body of work is already established.
And now the point of real concern. The Kentucky job is now open. Now they really are a basketball school. And Billy just demonstrated in Rupp Arena what kind of coach he is. He is sure to be on the short list for that job. All I can hope is that he wants to see the A&M program through. I’m sure he’ll get whatever money he’s looking for from either school, so it will probably be up to him to decide where he’d like to win a championship. Unfortunately, his chances may be better in Kentucky because its easy to recruit there. But we’ll see. If he does go, I’ll take solace in the fact that he’s demonstrated that you really can win at Texas A&M and that this is a coveted job.
Sure was nice to put the “whoop in hoop” this year…