Anyone else get completely hyped and nervous for these games? I see tons of people just watching thr game and totally relaxed like watching a movie.

That is not me. I stepped away from coaching partly because it just wore me down all basketball season. My team plus all the Aggie games really wore on me. Now, I'm not Joseph Jones level (puking before the games), but I'm up there.

Question. Who gets really nervous and what do you do to cope?

I just assume we're going to lose. Makes it a lot easier watching the game.

I'm honestly not as nervous as I was on Thursday.

AggieNattie said:

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I'm honestly not as nervous as I was on Thursday.

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I get less nervous each round because as we advance we are less likely to win and we've accomplished more.

If we make it past the sweet 16 I won't be nervous at all because it's all gravy at that point.

Just give me another week with this team.

I used to be that way, when I was in school or my early 20s. As a man in my late 30s with a family, job, and my own hobbies, it feels inappropriate to let Aggie sports dictate my mood or wreck me emotionally.

I still follow it closely, since it is one of my main sources of entertainment, but now that I'm almost old enough to have kids as old as these players, I just take it in stride…enjoy the highs but don't mope about the lows.

I get extremely nervous and have for years. Only way I can cope is listen to game on radio, now that we have elite professional broadcaster. Radio feed is usually 10 seconds ahead of TV. If something good happens I turn to TV, if a bad play, I continue doing chores around the house which calms me down. If we win, I rewatch game later, if we lose delete. Not for everyone but works for me and keeps my anxiety levels down.