#6 Texas A&M vs. #15 Texas (9:00 pm ET, on The Deuce, baby!)- No, you haven't forgotten to keep up with that The Far Side page-a-day calendar your mother bought you. It's not football season. Nope, we're about to turn the page on February, and the uber-event of Wednesday night (other than Lost, which those of us on the west coast will be able to see after the game, no DVR required) is a hoops contest between these traditional Lone Star State rivals. At stake, in one form or another, is a crack at the Big 12 title. Both teams are chasing Kansas, who UT will play Saturday, and both can still catch the Jayhawks. We're not breaking out our TI-81s to explain it all, but suffice to say the loser tonight has a Texas sized crimp tossed in those plans.
With a win, A&M can solidify state bragging rights, a swank seed in the tourney, and help reverse some seriously bad rivalry mojo. Fair to say their fancy, non-Aggie neighbors in Austin have had the upper hand athletically over the last decade or so. And while the Horns show up with the biggest gun in any fight- that would be the I'm-so-freakin'-good-I-renamed-the-Greg-Oden-Sweepstakes freshman forward Kevin Durant (averaging 24.7/11.3, with 1.8 blocks and an infinite amount of "Holy crap!"s a game), the Aggies have the better record, and their own star in senior guard Acie Law IV (17.6 ppg, 46.3% from downtown). Very cool name, very good player, Texas-sized game.
BK
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