Game 31 - Conference Game #18 - Regular Season Finale

Aggies Record: (20-10, 10-7)
Aggies Kenpom: 37
Opponent: lsu (15-15, 3-14)
Opponent Kenpom: 62
Quad Opportunity: Quad 2
Date: March 7th
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Pete Maravich Assembly Center - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Streaming: SEC Network
Betting Spread: Texas A&M -3.5
Radio: https://12thmanfoundation.evenue.net/event/B25/MB01?RSRC=SIDEARM&RDAT=sgl
Live Stats: https://12thman.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary


Game Preview
Season finale… 10 conference wins, 20 overall wins, on the right side of the bubble, one last game. A win and it's pretty much time to polish off our nicest pear of leather shoes and get to dancing.

What a season this has been. What feels like both just yesterday and eons ago, Bucky Ball made its debut in Reed Arena. Three's were flying, Aggies were pressing, basketball was fun. As most seasons go it has its highs and lows. We saw record offenses, we saw some rough non conference losses, we saw a near perfect start to conference play, we endured a 4 game skid, we lost to them orange losers at home, but as their backs were against the wall, postseason hopes on the line, the Aggies found their groove again and found the fun in basketball as they used a 40-10 turnaround to take down Kentucky and get this ship back on course.

At 5pm the Aggies are on the road in Baton Rouge to cap off the first regular season of the Bucky McMillan era in College Station. What a debut it's been for the former high school and So-Con coach. We can make this an emotional, look how far we've come, look how we've beat the odds type story. But we can save the sentimental talk for later. We got one more game and many more to follow.

A win tonight pretty much guarantees our name being called on selection Sunday, which is 8 days from now. Right now LSU stands in the way. LSU is having yet another rough year as their coach is on the hottest of hot seats. They are 3-14 headed into their senior night. Their best player has been hurt all year. Despite some strong showings, they just haven't been able to put together many wins. Hopefully they're unable to do so once more.

The Aggies started their 2026 SEC regular season against the Tigers in a turnover filled game where the Aggies just struggled to put LSU away, even surrendering a lead late. This is a team that doesn't rebound well so I want to see us exert our physicality inside. I expect Agee to lead the way in scoring. However, there's plenty of Ags who can take over a game. In March, you can't rely on one person to carry the burden. The Ags have seen different players step up on different nights whether it's Agee, Griffen, Clemence, Dominguez, Hill, Pop, the Aggies have depth and weapons. The thing I found the most exciting on Tuesday was seeing guys like Dominguez or Pop play with a lost more confidence and swagger. These guys may have just found their groove again, so LSU and the ncaa field better watch it.

Just one more game stands between this squad and the postseason. Let's go into Baton Rouge and take another road W. The SEC standings are jumbled up in the middle, a win clears it up but the Aggies can land anywhere from 5 to 8 just with a win. But we'll deal with the postseason about 7pm. First let's BTHO lsu so we can get to dancing my friends!!

Time to punch that ticket , earn a first round bye , & Finish in the top half of the SEC standings

BTHO LSU

Went to the grocery store this morning to gather some supplies ahead of the game. Made a detour down the cereal aisle when a smug looking mascot was staring at me from the front of what felt like a hundred boxes. So I started dropping all the Frosted Flakes into my cart.

A family came along and a young child reached for the final box the same time my arm was coming in to shove the cursed cereal into my cart. The parents looked on with shock as I snatched the box out of the kid's hands and haphazardly chunked it to the top of the pile. The child looked up at me and asked if he could please have his favorite cereal. I did him one better and pulled out my 2006 box of Wheaties featuring the Fightin' Texas Aggies. The dad was pissed. The mother was proud. Another house divided, but it made no matter to me. (12-7 baby.)

After getting home and firing up the pit, I started chunking box after box into the flames just to watch the tigers burn. Minutes later, as my fuel was running low, my wife pulls into the driveway. She yells out to me, "is that a fire in our backyard!?" I retort, "it's symbolism for a GameDay post on TexAgs." She then lifts the gate to the back of her SUV and says, "well, looks like you're running low on boxes. Hopefully these CORNDOGS burn just as well."

We watched the symbolism burn down to a few embers and then in unison we spoke, "that's exactly what we're gonna do to 'em Ags."

NyAggie said:

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Crazy that we are a double or loss and a 1 point loss away from having already clinched a double bye

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Not to mention getting robbed at Bama with their illegal player