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We are playing aggy (UT Mens BBall)
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http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/108166/bracket-breakdown-battle-4-atlantis
Tournament: Battle 4 Atlantis
When and where: Nov. 25-27 at the Imperial Arena in Paradise Island, Bahamas
Teams involved: Texas, Syracuse, Connecticut, Michigan, Charlotte, Texas A&M, Washington, Gonzaga
Initial thoughts: Is this the year someone knocks out a ceiling tile?
The draw and charm of these early-season tournaments is not just where they are played in terms of location, but where they are played in terms of gyms. The Maui Invitational, for example, uses the Lahaina Civic Center, a tiny little bandbox that also hosts a sweet craft fair during the year.
At the Battle 4 Atlantis, it’s the Imperial Arena, which goes by the Imperial Ballroom the rest of the year. It’s a huge meeting space, amazingly transformed into a gym for the tourney. Yet watching it on television every year, the ceilings appear so impossibly low you can’t help but think an arcing shot will literally go through the roof.
Tournament: Battle 4 Atlantis
When and where: Nov. 25-27 at the Imperial Arena in Paradise Island, Bahamas
Teams involved: Texas, Syracuse, Connecticut, Michigan, Charlotte, Texas A&M, Washington, Gonzaga
Initial thoughts: Is this the year someone knocks out a ceiling tile?
The draw and charm of these early-season tournaments is not just where they are played in terms of location, but where they are played in terms of gyms. The Maui Invitational, for example, uses the Lahaina Civic Center, a tiny little bandbox that also hosts a sweet craft fair during the year.
At the Battle 4 Atlantis, it’s the Imperial Arena, which goes by the Imperial Ballroom the rest of the year. It’s a huge meeting space, amazingly transformed into a gym for the tourney. Yet watching it on television every year, the ceilings appear so impossibly low you can’t help but think an arcing shot will literally go through the roof.
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BTHO aggie!
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Good. A&M is drastically overrated and Texas is drastically underrated.
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has anybodyS hoops team been rated at all for this season?
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Their recruiting class should help but Thomas and Davis are nowhere close to being ready to contribute. Which is the problem, A&M really doesn't have any bigs outside the two FR from the '15 class. Ridley, Cleare and Ibeh should abuse A&M inside.
Also, outside of House A&M really doesn't have a perimeter threat. Maybe Gilder and Hogg can help this year, but I never trust FR.
The biggest problem for A&M is Kennedy might be the worst coach in D1 basketball. A&M hasn't made the tournament in his 4 year tenure which is laughable since the SEC is a joke.
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We could be playing Washington twice in a week in two different countries that are not the US
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I'm thinking of the food these guys will be eating. From Mandarin duck one week to conch the next week!
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Go look in the recruiting threads where I said he was drastically underrated in HS (he was a top 50 player too). I haven't been this excited over a basketball recruit in some time, that includes Myles Turner.
We will see if Davis buys into defense and the system early on, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's the best pure scorer we have on campus.
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Aggies lost 79-47 to the Nigerian National Team in their first game on their Europe trip. Nigeria is talented but I didn't expect it to be that bad.
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