Aggie Chokes
I should have known what would happen as soon as I published a public acknowledgment of Texas A&M's basketball prowess. That same evening, the women's team lost their first game in the Big 12 tournament, and the men's team waited until last night to lose their first game in the other Big 12 tourney (making the A&M men 1-11 in Big 12 tournaments).
Both teams played well enough during the regular season to get automatic berths in their respective NCAA tournaments, but given their proclivity to choke in the games that really count, I'm no longer holding out hope for anything other than not to be too badly embarrassed.
If they're playing according to their fan support, things won't get any better in the NCAA tournament. I don't know which bracket they'll end up in, but I can't imagine it will be too close to home.
Maybe this was a wakeup call. I will admit that Oklahoma State had a lot more to lose than A&M. Based on what I've read, OSU will probably have to win the Big 12 tournament to get to the NCAA playoffs. A&M was already in and probably not as hungry.
Posted by: Eric at March 10, 2007 03:23 PMAbout the publisher
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Maybe they are just saving themselves for the Big tournament ??? Probably not.
Posted by: allie at March 10, 2007 02:57 PMThey had little fan support in the tournament. Pat was there and said it was bad.