based on fans ans school ROI i am not sure there has been a more successful sport at A&m over the last two decades.

This is the reason Bucky came here because he is smart enough to know that we are the perfect place to build this and there is no tradition in basketball. We have never been past the sweet 16 and i believe we are going to fly by that in the next 4/5 years with Bucky in charge. He is coming here to win a title and he fully believes that and I do as well. We are so lucky to have him and he will get it done and we are gonna be a formdable team next year. I will always remember this team as what they did was incredible without their best player and in essence playing a 5 guard lineup every game.

We finished tied for 4th in the SEC 11-7 preseason pick 13th to last.
Won on the road at Texas, Auburn, Oklahoma, LSU, Georgia, missing others but what a year.

Won first round NCAA game got beat by one of the best teams in the nation.

So excited for a full year of Buckyball and even recruiting along with who we already have committed.

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TxAg76 said:

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Charlie Moran said:

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Observations from yesterday

Cougs had better length and height
Cougs played with a lot of discipline- they never allowed themselves to be sped up by our press. They broke it , then would set up their half court offense. They didn't get sucked into a hurried transition game
Our 3 point shooters were well guarded leading to empty possessions or Rashaun shooting from distance- lower percentage shots and no chance for him to rebound


Finally Nebraska fans fully committed to their team. A program with ZERO tournament wins essentially bought out a road venue and willed their team to a Sweet 16. We couldn't even muster a thousand fans to an arena 2 1/2 hours from DFW. Pretty embarrassing IMO and definitely doesn't help us moving forward as a program.

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Nebraska has a good coach now.
And he's worked to build them up into a pretty good team.

But let's not act like they've been getting that kind of fandom since his arrival.

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They're also a 4 seed, so they had reasonable expectation of winning round one. Tons of fans are making that trip just to witness history.
When we were a 3 seed in '16 we had a great crowd in OKC because we were good and fans had the expectation of getting to see two games and two wins. 10 seeds just aren't getting a lot of fans to travel unless it's a Mizzou situation where it is in your backyard and there's no travel required.

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We had a terrible crowd in OKC in 2016.Aggies don't follow basketball. 3600 Ags at the very max.

Topher17 said:

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TxAg76 said:

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Charlie Moran said:

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Observations from yesterday

Cougs had better length and height
Cougs played with a lot of discipline- they never allowed themselves to be sped up by our press. They broke it , then would set up their half court offense. They didn't get sucked into a hurried transition game
Our 3 point shooters were well guarded leading to empty possessions or Rashaun shooting from distance- lower percentage shots and no chance for him to rebound


Finally Nebraska fans fully committed to their team. A program with ZERO tournament wins essentially bought out a road venue and willed their team to a Sweet 16. We couldn't even muster a thousand fans to an arena 2 1/2 hours from DFW. Pretty embarrassing IMO and definitely doesn't help us moving forward as a program.

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Nebraska has a good coach now.
And he's worked to build them up into a pretty good team.

But let's not act like they've been getting that kind of fandom since his arrival.

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They're also a 4 seed, so they had reasonable expectation of winning round one. Tons of fans are making that trip just to witness history.
When we were a 3 seed in '16 we had a great crowd in OKC because we were good and fans had the expectation of getting to see two games and two wins. 10 seeds just aren't getting a lot of fans to travel unless it's a Mizzou situation where it is in your backyard and there's no travel required.

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Very good points

Latent post. Born in Nebraska. Deep ties to this day and Ag grad. The schools have very siimilar vibes and love them both, but there is no place like Nebraska. The wife said Nebraska could sell out a chess match and she's not from Nebraska and not wrong.
Are the Huskers good enough to win the natty? Nope. Just beat Iowa.

Ler's see what happens with the crowd in Houston. Regardless, the Iowa-Husker rivalry is deep regardless of the sport.