Tag: gary blair
Coaches credit mental strength of athletes during pandemic season
There’s a reason most people don’t become collegiate student-athletes.
The time management skills, the attention to multiple details and the high-level execution required for this...
Indiana, Arizona are first-time dancers in the Elite 8
Both Indiana and Arizona punched their tickets to the Elite 8 for the first time in program history Saturday by upsetting higher-seeded opponents.
The Hoosiers...
Clutch Nixon, Aggies ready for the Sweet 16
It started as Jordan Nixon grabbed a defensive rebound under the opposite basket with 7.2 seconds remaining in overtime.
She dribbled up the left side...
Teams bringing a lot more than game into the NCAA Tournament
As the first round of the NCAA Tournament begins tomorrow, teams are bringing much more than usual into competition.
The cancelation of last year’s tourney...
No. 3 Texas A&M rises to take SEC regular-season title
College Station, Texas - After a dominating season in which they lost only once, No. 3 Texas A&M erased any doubt Sunday as they...
Nixon ready to take on the season, and a business, after...
It is not often, these days, that anyone sees Texas A&M guard Jordan Nixon without a smile on her face.
Whether she is posing for...
Coach’s Chair: Gary Blair, Texas A&M University
Since being named head coach in 2003, coach Gary Blair has guided Texas A&M into the ranks of the elite. The Aggies have won...
Carter’s school record 46 points elevates Texas A&M over USC
Los Angeles - Freshman Chennedy Carter's school-record 46 points lifted No. 19 Texas A&M over USC, 75-74, Friday night.
The young guard shot 17-28 and...
UCLA emphatically punches Sweet 16 ticket with 75-43 rout of Texas...
Los Angeles - There was only one question coming into Monday's NCAA Tournament second round match up at Pauley Pavilion: would UCLA dominate Texas...
Texas A&M stages biggest comeback in Tournament history to stun Penn
Los Angeles - For the first three quarters of Saturday's NCAA Tournament opener, 12th-seeded Penn dominated fifth-seed Texas A&M. They out shot them, 50...