Texas A&M
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This means A&M is now certain to:
Make 10 3s
Shoot 60 percent in the first half
Drop a minimum of 75 points
Stay even with UK on the boards
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Going to be playing golf in College Station in the morning before going to the game.
Should be a great day.
Should be a great day.
Another grind it out game. Cal actually loves these types of games as he's said every game in the tournament is a grind it out game. This is my biggest criticism of Cal. They're grind it out games because we allow the other team to set the tempo. Those teams want to limit possessions. We should be setting the tempo as we're athletically superior to virtually every team we play. Im not bashing Cal, as im sure most would call me a pumper. Im just saying.
Do you understand how lame that excuse sounds after offering it for every road game?
They play small so we have to punish them for that and not let those smaller guys get into Nick and EJ causing senseless fouls. I'm confident we can guard the perimeter reasonably well.
Let's carve that zone up like a Turkey on Thanksgiving!!!
Let's carve that zone up like a Turkey on Thanksgiving!!!
I feel pretty good about us winning this game if we set the tempo early and don't allow the refs to get in our head.
We will win and cover (-5.5) tonight... I think we will be ahead double digits until last few seconds of game and then it will be 8 or so.
Either way, besides us winning I LOVE the fact that we are the main game (ESPN) and DOOK is stuck on their on conference network.
and don't turn the ball over 20 times.
If we take care of the basketball, 10 turnovers or less ,UK will destroy the Aggies.
I have had the pleasure of watching the CATS in College Station a couple times. Great atmosphere, the student section is similar to football games, they get after it. The down side was we got our asses kicked both times so I’ll be sitting this one out. Your welcome.
GBB!
GBB!
Lot's of "we should/will beat this team easily tonight" kind of talk. Admittedly, I had the same sort of impression of A&M - not much there. But I just read this from BTI at KSR, and it's pretty informative (an informative post from BTI!):
"Keep in mind some early season results for the Aggies, even in wins:
-Beat UL-Monroe by 6
-Beat Troy by 4
-Beat Texas A&M Corpus-Christie by 3
-Beat Texas Southern by 3
-Lost to Gonzaga (30), Harvard, Temple, Fairfield, Texas, and Oklahoma State
Their non-conference results were some of the worst in league history and I can almost guarantee there was not a worse offensive basketball team coming into conference play in the modern history of the league. I genuinely thought we were looking at a 1 or 2 win SEC team. Instead the Aggies are currently sitting at 8-6 in the conference with a real shot at the double bye in the league. Here is how much the Aggies are undervalued:
-Favorites in just 2 of 14 SEC games (yet won 8 games overall)
-Won outright at underdog in 7 SEC games
-Have won 3 games outright as underdog of 9 points or more
Consider that last stat. Three wins outright as an underdog of 9 points or more. How many other of those wins does the entire SEC have? ONE! Vanderbilt over LSU."
That's a pretty impressive turnaround, and makes one think whatever A&M was in December, they are more than that now....
"Keep in mind some early season results for the Aggies, even in wins:
-Beat UL-Monroe by 6
-Beat Troy by 4
-Beat Texas A&M Corpus-Christie by 3
-Beat Texas Southern by 3
-Lost to Gonzaga (30), Harvard, Temple, Fairfield, Texas, and Oklahoma State
Their non-conference results were some of the worst in league history and I can almost guarantee there was not a worse offensive basketball team coming into conference play in the modern history of the league. I genuinely thought we were looking at a 1 or 2 win SEC team. Instead the Aggies are currently sitting at 8-6 in the conference with a real shot at the double bye in the league. Here is how much the Aggies are undervalued:
-Favorites in just 2 of 14 SEC games (yet won 8 games overall)
-Won outright at underdog in 7 SEC games
-Have won 3 games outright as underdog of 9 points or more
Consider that last stat. Three wins outright as an underdog of 9 points or more. How many other of those wins does the entire SEC have? ONE! Vanderbilt over LSU."
That's a pretty impressive turnaround, and makes one think whatever A&M was in December, they are more than that now....
They won at Alabama. Not easy to do. I expect us to win but don't see an easy game for us.