As a first year Aggie (Grad Student) and Tulane Alum it is nice to finally have a school that wins at sports.  The Aggie basketball team should do pretty well this year, they have quite a bit of talent, a good coach, and pretty good fans.  

    I say pretty good because it is obvious that this school is not yet a basketball school.  We are getting there and the fans are starting to get up and cheer and keep cheering, but it just isn't quite there yet. But saying that,however, does not take away how VERY impressed I was at the end game  with how the fans stayed in it.  UTEP called timeouts after every Aggie score for about 30 seconds after the 2 minute mark to try to kill momentum, and take the fans out of it, but we didn't bite.  We stayed standing and cheering.  

    On a basketball note: We HAVE to learn how to create on offense.  We spent almost all game against UTEP jacking up outside shots and three's that weren't open.  We need someone on our team who is a threat to penetrate (and then does it) and big men who can consistently post up and score off of it.  I think Deandre will get there as the big guy.  I think Derrick Roland can be the penetrator we need.  He came up big at the end of the game with some nice layups.