It wasnt full but it looked good on TV.

When I glance at other games on TV you rarely see a "packed" arena unless it's a rivalry game or one of the blue-blood bball schools. Reed doesn't look any worse than most at this point of the season.

I love the end of that press conference and agree 120%!

I love his pressers. Reminds me of Jimbo in that regard. Great personality, funny and engaging.

aggie-1997 said:

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Nothing solves an attendance problem like a winning program.

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Now we need to build tradition. Where have all of our traditional chants and basketball specific fan stuff gone!? We had a good culture for a while.

Whatever happened to the Rowdies?

Where did the net hats come from? That was a cool promo.

Have they not given out any more since the first game?

This guy is really awesome. He's a great coach, but he really seems to be a better person. I watched a game early in the year, and it was pretty rough. Don't have really high expectations for the team of Bucky. Just kind lost interest. But I have been watching them since conference started and to see the growth is amazing.

Bucky has this kinda low key "awe shucks" vibe that I think is a great fit for Aggie Basketball. Don't take things too seriously. I love what he said: College is supposed to be fun! We want everyone to have a blast.

So far so good! If he can keep delivering, the fanbase is going to show up in a big way.

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St Hedwig Aggie said:

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As I keep telling a good Ag friend…we are first and foremost a program that can get 41000 students to a football game, next we are a baseball school…Aggie baseball has always been the second most popular sport at A&M.

MBB still a distant third but Bucky seems happy to have accepted the challenge to change that!

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Baseball is dwindling nationwide. Men's bball is way more fun as a student than a baseball game.

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This is about as uninformed a take as could be. College baseball is better and more popular than ever with NIL, scholarship changes, and a smaller MLB draft resulting in more elite players going to and staying in college.

It's okay to like basketball (though it is a far inferior game), but you don't have to make inaccurate statements about other sports to prop up the one you prefer.

aggie-1997 said:

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They need a couple of people at the TMF who part of their job is to facilitate the transfer of tickets from wealthy donors with good seats to " Good Ags " in need of tickets

Lots of BMA's would rather see the tickets go to waste than go through the minor hassle of listing and transferring them on the ticket exchange

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Wrighty said:

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St Hedwig Aggie said:

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As I keep telling a good Ag friend…we are first and foremost a program that can get 41000 students to a football game, next we are a baseball school…Aggie baseball has always been the second most popular sport at A&M.

MBB still a distant third but Bucky seems happy to have accepted the challenge to change that!

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Baseball is dwindling nationwide. Men's bball is way more fun as a student than a baseball game.

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This is about as uninformed a take as could be. College baseball is better and more popular than ever with NIL, scholarship changes, and a smaller MLB draft resulting in more elite players going to and staying in college.

It's okay to like basketball (though it is a far inferior game), but you don't have to make inaccurate statements about other sports to prop up the one you prefer.

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Baseball is the only collegiate sport that the product has improved with NIL

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aggie-1997 said:

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Now we need to build tradition. Where have all of our traditional chants and basketball specific fan stuff gone!? We had a good culture for a while.

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The blame should be placed on the yell leaders first. Students second.

It's the yell leaders who are supposed to start those offensive chants. It's my assumption yell leaders of old transfer their knowledge to the next group.

Maybe the Covid year put an end to the chants. Maybe it was inept Gillespie years that sucked the life out of the arena.

I have not been to a game in a long time, because the atmosphere was so lackluster the last time I went.

Last time I checked they don't read the Batt and yell boring while the other team is being announced. That was always a highlight of the experience.

I think you mean the Kennedy years.

I think Covid may have been when it died.

Bob, do you have contact with the yell leaders? I'll pitch in some food money if you can take a few to dinner and pitch the boards ideas.

Not only do they still read The Batt, The Batt actually prints special edition yell cards that read "BTHO [opponent] that are given to the entire student section