Texas A&M Basketball
Bruce Pearl lauds A&M for honoring Anthony Mason
Not present at Texas A&M's Saturday night blowout of Auburn was Tigers guard Antoine Mason — the team's second-leading scorer — who did not make the trip. He was instead in New York, with his father Anthony, who died earlier in the day.
The Aggies took notice.
Then, so did Bruce Pearl.
A&M held a moment of silence at the game in honor of Anthony Mason. The Aggie equipment staff also embroidered black ribbons on Auburn's jerseys in support of the Mason family.
"I want to thank the Texas A&M administration and the basketball program for a really first-class gesture before the game," an emotional Pearl said. "That really was very, very kind, very, very thoughtful, and it meant a lot to us. And it really kind of makes me proud that Texas A&M is part of the SEC family, because that was what family does.
"The other thing their equipment staff did was they got these pins for us, and they embroidered them on our players’ jerseys. We had the jerseys in the locker room this afternoon and they went in and got everything, they took care of everything.
"That’s just, those are the kind of stories you don’t hear in sports when teams are competing like that. That’s pretty special, and it meant a lot to our team."
The Aggies took notice.
Then, so did Bruce Pearl.
A&M held a moment of silence at the game in honor of Anthony Mason. The Aggie equipment staff also embroidered black ribbons on Auburn's jerseys in support of the Mason family.
"I want to thank the Texas A&M administration and the basketball program for a really first-class gesture before the game," an emotional Pearl said. "That really was very, very kind, very, very thoughtful, and it meant a lot to us. And it really kind of makes me proud that Texas A&M is part of the SEC family, because that was what family does.
"The other thing their equipment staff did was they got these pins for us, and they embroidered them on our players’ jerseys. We had the jerseys in the locker room this afternoon and they went in and got everything, they took care of everything.
"That’s just, those are the kind of stories you don’t hear in sports when teams are competing like that. That’s pretty special, and it meant a lot to our team."
Bruce Pearl: Texas A&M 'first class' for helping Auburn honor Anthony Mason http://t.co/PJfO9OgyP7 pic.twitter.com/LNwYaE6wCU
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) March 1, 2015
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