A&M's come a long way baby!

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William_C_G
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11:18p, 3/4/25
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One of my earliest memories of A&M basketball is listening on the radio to A&M losing to #1 UCLA 117-53 at Pauley Pavilion in December 1971. That UCLA team went 30-0 that year, was #1 all year, had five future NBA/ABA players, was coached by John Wooden, and was led by sophomore and player-of-the-year Bill Walton. It remains the worst loss in program history.

Now we are finally good enough to beat the #1 team…and with room to spare. A&M, you've come a long way, baby! Congratulations!

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11:19p, 3/4/25
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We watched Texas Aggies history, tonight! Way to go, Aggies!!!
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11:26p, 3/4/25
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That's a neat memory (other than the outcome). I wonder how a small school from College Station got to be on the schedule vs one of the greatest dynasties of all time.
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In reply to William_C_G • 11:36p, 3/4/25
William_C_G said:
One of my earliest memories of A&M basketball is listening on the radio to A&M losing to #1 UCLA 117-53 at Pauley Pavilion in December 1971. That UCLA team went 30-0 that year, was #1 all year, had five future NBA/ABA players, was coached by John Wooden, and was led by sophomore and player-of-the-year Bill Walton. It remains the worst loss in program history.

Now we are finally good enough to beat the #1 team…and with room to spare. A&M, you've come a long way, baby! Congratulations!

What year are you sir?
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In reply to Ag13 • 11:37p, 3/4/25
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Yes, this was during UCLA's 88-game winning streak from 1970-74. I'm sure Shelby Metcalf agreed to play UCLA. To be fair to Shelby, he could not have realized how bad the beatdown would be. Four of UCLA's five starters did not play for them the year before. Three of them were sophomores (including Walton) and had to play on UCLA's freshmen team the year before. I believe the other had been injured during his sophomore year. We were UCLA's fourth game that year.
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In reply to Heineken-Ashi • 11:43p, 3/4/25
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Class of 1986, but I grew up up in B-CS and saw my first Aggie basketball game during the 1969-70 season, when Mike Heitmann and Steve Niles were our stars.
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In reply to Ag13 • 12:43a, 3/5/25
Ag13 said:
I wonder how a small school from College Station got to be on the schedule vs one of the greatest dynasties of all time.



i guess same reason houston christian was on OUR schedule
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5:06a, 3/5/25
True but pathetic we can't sell this game out with 70k students on senior night vs top ranked team in a desperate game
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In reply to Coryhub • 7:05a, 3/5/25
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Coryhub said:
True but pathetic we can't sell this game out with 70k students on senior night vs top ranked team in a desperate game
Desperate?
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In reply to Coryhub • 8:23a, 3/5/25
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If you looked at the crowd and thought that the student population was the problem then you are insane.
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In reply to NativeAg3 • 9:08a, 3/5/25
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The problem is you are trying to apply reason to his post.
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9:43a, 3/5/25
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Is this a Virginia Slims commercial?
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sixpakdad
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In reply to Ag13 • 12:01p, 3/5/25
Ag13 said:
That's a neat memory (other than the outcome). I wonder how a small school from College Station got to be on the schedule vs one of the greatest dynasties of all time.
I watched West Texas State from Canyon lose to Kentucky in Rupp Arena 121-67 in 1978 during my postgrad. days. I wondered at the time who arranged that meeting. I also saw A&M beat Ky in the UKIT a few weeks later
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