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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

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bobinator
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In reply to Bob in Houston • 12:02p, 10/24/17
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It doesn't cost very much to set up a stream though, so I'd think any amount would be helpful to charity.

Plus there are thousands of Longhorns and Aggies in areas that aren't going to drive to Houston on a Wednesday night for a scrimmage that might watch it if it's streamed.

In that way the KU/MU game was a little bit different since it was on a Saturday.
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11:52p, 10/24/17
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Tomorrow will be ugly for both teams. The more I think about it, the more I find this game to be inconsequential to this season's results. Good for the players and fans but I don't see it as having any predictive value.
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12:53a, 10/25/17
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Hence an exhibition game. It will mean more to the media and the fans than the players and coaches. It's a teaching moment for the coaches and gives them an opportunity to see the team play against another D1 team.
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8:21a, 10/29/17
 
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