sincereag said:

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It was a crushing blow when we lost Gillispie to Kentucky. I remember the total feelings of despair when he bolted to Lexington.

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nelsonagholor said:

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agcrock2005 said:

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sincereag said:

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It was a crushing blow when we lost Gillispie to Kentucky. I remember the total feelings of despair when he bolted to Lexington.

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I'm already feeling the BAS effects and thinking about how soon someone is going to poach Bucky.

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I'm thinking about our games against Alabama and Florida this week but you can do that if you like to be miserable

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milner79 said:

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Pichael Thompson said:

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I remember being shocked when Billy went to Kentucky...

I couldn't fathom why he walk away from what he was building here

It also made zero sense to me that he would rather follow others at Kentucky rather than continue to blaze his own path as our goat

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1. It's Kentucky. He's a basketball coach. Come on.
2. Billy had demons nipping at his heels and needed a change of scenery. It is possibly true that the change of scenery was mandated for him. Unfortunately, Lexington wasn't the answer, either. I do hope all that is behind him forever more.

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Luke The Drifter said:

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Those BCG teams were fun. Even the games we lost were entertaining…including the ones where we got blown out. I remember a game in Austin where we lost something like 90-50 and Gillispie allowed one of our dudes (I'm old and the dudes name escapes me) to foul out in the first half. Texas was on fire, we couldn't do anything right, and Gillispie was like, "Eff it…we're gonna flush this game tape and never look at it again…"

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jaxisback said:

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Anyone else attend the St Joes NIT game at Reed in Gillespie's first season?

I'll never forget that game. It was an NIT game. It was an opponent we had basically no history with. We lost. It was still one of the most electric games that's ever been played at Reed.

That's how hungry A&M was at that time for a decent basketball program. I know "morale victories" are frowned upon, but that was a loss that almost every Aggie left the building thinking "we've got a real life basketball program."

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old ag 2003 said:

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Luke The Drifter said:

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Those BCG teams were fun. Even the games we lost were entertaining…including the ones where we got blown out. I remember a game in Austin where we lost something like 90-50 and Gillispie allowed one of our dudes (I'm old and the dudes name escapes me) to foul out in the first half. Texas was on fire, we couldn't do anything right, and Gillispie was like, "Eff it…we're gonna flush this game tape and never look at it again…"

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Marlon Pompei I believe. He got 4 fouls in just a few minutes. He was impressively unskilled for a D1 player.

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sincereag said:

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It was a crushing blow when we lost Gillispie to Kentucky. I remember the total feelings of despair when he bolted to Lexington.

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I've always said this would be Bucky's worst team. Obviously. But remember when BCG went to Kentucky and started getting the blue chip guys? And they didn't buy into his vision and play style? It just didn't work. There is a difference in philosophies, but who's to say when Bucky gets those more sought after recruits that there' just not as hungry and don't buy into the intensity and effort required on both ends of the court?

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Divining Rod said:

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2004-2005 we had a new coach with high hopes- one who came with a little more higher profile success at turnarounds. What we didn't have, was a recent (15yr or so) record of success. Aggie basketball was in the dumps. But the season and feelings we went through were similar to what's happening now (in my view anyway).

We started out winning, (10-0 or so) and thinking ...maybe... just maybe.. this will work. Then we went to #2 Kansas, an impossible task, and played them to a 60-65 loss. The next week we beat #10 Texas and we knew Gillispie was the real deal. We ended up going from a 7-21 record to 21-10 in Gillispie's first year here.

That year and the following few were some of the best in Aggie history as far as fun and pride. This year the feeling is so similar- immense pride in this team and this coach- turning the basketball world on its ear. Everything was so unknown and unexpected this year.

Just appreciate the ride however long it lasts and wherever it ends.

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old ag 2003 said:

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Luke The Drifter said:

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Those BCG teams were fun. Even the games we lost were entertaining…including the ones where we got blown out. I remember a game in Austin where we lost something like 90-50 and Gillispie allowed one of our dudes (I'm old and the dudes name escapes me) to foul out in the first half. Texas was on fire, we couldn't do anything right, and Gillispie was like, "Eff it…we're gonna flush this game tape and never look at it again…"

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Marlon Pompei I believe. He got 4 fouls in just a few minutes. He was impressively unskilled for a D1 player.

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Divining Rod said:

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jaxisback said:

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Anyone else attend the St Joes NIT game at Reed in Gillespie's first season?

I'll never forget that game. It was an NIT game. It was an opponent we had basically no history with. We lost. It was still one of the most electric games that's ever been played at Reed.

That's how hungry A&M was at that time for a decent basketball program. I know "morale victories" are frowned upon, but that was a loss that almost every Aggie left the building thinking "we've got a real life basketball program."

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For the record, that was a 3rd round quarterfinal game- win and we were headed to the Big Apple Final 4.

We had already defeated Clemson at Reed and DePaul on the road in only the 2nd time in 18yrs that we made any post-season tourney. Thanks again, Billy Clyde!

An UNBELIEVABLE season!

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