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Texas A&M basketball to face Texas in exhibition game for Harvey relief

October 20, 2017
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Pending clearance from the NCAA, the Texas A&M basketball program will face the Texas Longhorns in an impromptu exhibition game to benefit Hurricane Harvey relief efforts next Wednesday, October 25 in Houston. The game is expected to be cleared today and an official announcement should follow.

The Aggies and Longhorns will tip off at 7:00 pm at Tudor Fieldhouse on the campus of Rice University. Tickets will be on sale soon, and all proceeds will be directed to help Texans impacted by the devastating Category 4 storm.

Longtime rivals, A&M and Texas quit playing yearly when Texas A&M left the Big 12 to join the Southeastern Conference in 2012. They played an early season contest on November 25, 2015 in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas, with the Aggies winning 84-73. SEC media this week projected Texas A&M to finish third in the conference with Robert Williams tabbed as the co-player of the year. Big 12 coaches predicted Texas will finish fourth in that league.

This game will be a good test of the progress Billy Kennedy's team has made in preparing for the upcoming season. It's virtually all upside for the team, as the new roster additions will get an early taste of high major competition before the season officially begins.

Fans of both schools have strong opinions about whether the Aggies and Longhorns should play one another, but an exhibition match to benefit Harvey relief offers the players and fans a chance to enjoy a true rivalry game for an important cause.

This also gives Aggie fans a chance to see a tough early season matchup close to home. Though A&M is slated to face West Virginia, Oklahoma State and either Pitt or Penn State, USC and Arizona in the first month of the season, those games are in Germany, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

Texas A&M has provided ticket information for the event:

ALL proceeds will go directly to the Rebuild Texas Relief Fund (https://www.rebuildtx.org). Tickets will go on sale Sunday (Oct. 22) at 5 p.m. Central and will be available for purchase via TicketMaster online at www.TicketMaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. The seating capacity for Tudor Fieldhouse is 5,208.
  • Courtside seats: $1,000
  • Lower Bowl seating (including mezzanine level): $150
  • Upper Side seating: $35
  • Upper End Zone seating: $20
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Texas A&M basketball to face Texas in exhibition game for Harvey relief

45,942 Views | 73 Replies | Last: 7 yr ago by dgrogers88
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BTHO tu!!
ddugat
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Can J.J. Caldwell play in this?
GrayMatter
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Will this game count towards Caldwell's suspension?
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IN IN IN IN
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Kill 'em.
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Nice!

Logan, will this be available online streaming?
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Whoever came up with this idea needs recognition. Brilliant.
John Cocktolstoy
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swc93 said:

Whoever came up with this idea needs recognition. Brilliant.
Your welcome.
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halfastros81
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Quote:

Can J.J. Caldwell play in this?

that was one of the first things I thought of as well.
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halfastros81 said:

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Can J.J. Caldwell play in this?

that was one of the first things I thought of as well.
We don't want him to. Make him sit it out and count as one of the 5-game suspensions.
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I hear what you're saying but I doubt it will count since it's an exhibition. If it doesn't count as one of the 6 I hope they let him play. More game experience is better.
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halfastros81 said:

I hear what you're saying but I doubt it will count since it's an exhibition. If it doesn't count as one of the 6 I hope they let him play. More game experience is better.
It is a 5-game suspension and they are counting the exhibition game vs. Tarleton as one of the suspended games. So will be interesting to see if they also count this one against the suspension as well.
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So... ??? Crickets...
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swc93 said:

Whoever came up with this idea needs recognition. Brilliant.


Kansas and Mizzou came up with it last week. We copied it. It's still a good move to copy it.
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Definitely do not want to make a habit of playing these whiners.
This will always be a lose-lose situation.
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If we win it will always be just an exhibition game.

If we lose, well never hear the end of it...
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coastsrs said:

If we win it will always be just an exhibition game.

If we lose, well never hear the end of it...


Hard to believe the biggest game of the 2017-2018 basketball season is now only 4 days away.
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Pumpkinhead said:

coastsrs said:

If we win it will always be just an exhibition game.

If we lose, well never hear the end of it...


Hard to believe the biggest game of the 2017-2018 basketball season is now only 4 days away.
I wonder if these games could somehow influence the NCAA committee. For example if there was a situation where it was a clear cut choice between us being a 3 or a 4 and Texas being a 3 or a 4. All else being as equal as possible and one team blows the other out of the water on Wednesday that HAS to impact that decision, no?
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Who is officiating because this is tu?
Baby Billy
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MidTnAg said:

Definitely do not want to make a habit of playing these whiners.
This will always be a lose-lose situation.

Not it's not.
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Why would you play this in Houston??? You're asking the people we're helping to pay for it? This should be played in Austin, SA, or College Station.
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aggiebrad94 said:

Why would you play this in Houston??? You're asking the people we're helping to pay for it? This should be played in Austin, SA, or College Station.


Don't be silly. It makes complete sense to do it in Houston.
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Discounted tix to area affected, and bringing revenue to area affected...how does this help???
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John Cocktolstoy
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Plus there will be some talent in the Rice gym for once!!!
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halfastros81 said:

I hear what you're saying but I doubt it will count since it's an exhibition. If it doesn't count as one of the 6 I hope they let him play. More game experience is better.
I want JJ to play as well.

I'd be shocked if this can go to the suspension as a non-scheduled game...but then it's an internal suspension, so who knows.
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KnightAg said:

Discounted tix to area affected, and bringing revenue to area affected...how does this help???

You're an idiot.
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TMartin said:

Who is officiating because this is tu?
So this.

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coastsrs said:

If we win it will always be just an exhibition game.

If we lose, well never hear the end of it...

We should do this every year.
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Fairly big baseball game on TV at the same time now. Not sure too many will care about this one.
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jml2621 said:

halfastros81 said:

I hear what you're saying but I doubt it will count since it's an exhibition. If it doesn't count as one of the 6 I hope they let him play. More game experience is better.
I want JJ to play as well.

I'd be shocked if this can go to the suspension as a non-scheduled game...but then it's an internal suspension, so who knows.
It should either count towards the suspension or he should be allowed to play.
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Just got my seat!
GE
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Got my tickets. This is going to be awesome. Williams and Bamba are going to draw the scouts
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GE said:

jml2621 said:

halfastros81 said:

I hear what you're saying but I doubt it will count since it's an exhibition. If it doesn't count as one of the 6 I hope they let him play. More game experience is better.
I want JJ to play as well.

I'd be shocked if this can go to the suspension as a non-scheduled game...but then it's an internal suspension, so who knows.
It should either count towards the suspension or he should be allowed to play.
If we don't see Caldwell play at all in this game on Wed. then it seems a decent assumption that they decided to count it towards the suspension. If he plays, then of course they didn't.
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