That feeling...

...you get when you wake up and it is all over. Yup, that was this morning. Today is probably my least favorite day of the year because today is the day after basketball.

There are many things to say about last nights loss, but I don't really want to analyze it and think about the loss. I truly have grown up, a couple of years ago I would have just stayed in bed and be grumpy after a first round loss in the conference tournament. But, I am learning to accept it :D I just hope I don't have to experience it much in the future.

This season was nothing like anyone was expecting. I don't really want to hash out all the injuries again, because that has been talked about enough. Instead I would rather talk about how much fun my first season of being an AGGIE! I have been an Aggie for my whole life, but this season was different. This season I swiped my card 18 times (I missed 2 games) to enter the most amazing building in Logan: The Spectrum. It was absolutely positively the best 4 months. I dreamed of this moment and it was beautiful. This season taught me patience. It taught me to never give up. It taught me that life is short and basketball is just game. It taught me that Coach Morrill is a pretty smart guy. I would imagine you think I am crazy because how can watching basketball teach me these things? I don't really know, but it did.

Yesterday at lunch my parents and I (mostly me) hashed out memories of past Aggie teams. I hope that someday there will be something worth remembering from this 2012-2013 squad. So for me here is a few thoughts from this year.

• Coach Morrill amazes me. That man had to make some major adjustments in the middle of the season and only once did I hear him get after the team for not playing up to their ability. This man believed in the used-to-be-bench players and convinced a lot of Aggies, at least me, to believe in them too. Someday I hope to meet you, Coach, because I've got a lot of questions....
• This team played with something that I didn't see very often last season and that was passion. There was something awesome about the last half of the season watching this team fight. I think the reason I loved this team so much was because it was the fire they played with even though they were faced with their fair share of adversity. 

Wow, that is all I got for this year. Some may ask, what about a national tournament (i.e. like last years tourney)? To you I will quote Coach Morrill

“I think we’re done, I don’t think we’ll be given an opportunity and on the slight chance that we are invited with all the injuries and everything ... maybe we should just shut it down.’’ 

I believe that is exactly what Coach will do, shut this season down. To many injuries and to many surgeries that need to be done so, folks I think this season is done.

Today starts a new goal. Win a Mt. West Conference Championship. Somehow I believe that this goal will be met. I mean look at how good the WAC was to us. If you would like a nice trip down memory lane, take a look at this video

So, I just want to say a quick THANK YOU! To my readers, I don't really know how many there are but thanks. I really love writing my thoughts and talking Aggie Basketball.

So, Thank you and GO AGGIES!

Love, Kylie  

Is it really the end?

I have purposefully delayed this blog entry because I didn't want to face the fact that this basketball season is winding down rather fast and I am not sure I am like it. I have a love hate relationship with March. Love because of the madness and the endless games I can watch. Hate, because of the senior nights the fact that I will have to wait another 7 months before I am back in the Spectrum.

I was not able to attend the final home game this year due to other commitments that I had. It was a downer, but I have learned that there are indeed more important things than basketball. Shocker I know!! I am super proud with the way the team ended the regular season. Wins are wins in my book. I would just like to give a huge shot out to Spencer Butterfield for his 20 rebounds against Texas State March 7th. That is impressive. That guy plays hard basketball and I really enjoy watching him play.

With Saturday's win the Aggies notched there 21st win this season and also the Aggie basketball program earned its 1,500th win. That is pretty neat. Who knew that we would get 21 wins after all of the adversity this team experienced? I mean that is pretty neat.

All-WAC honors were handed out on Sunday. Two Aggies (Spencer and Jarred) received All-WAC 2nd team honors as well as named to the All-Newcomer Team. I read that this is the first time in 14 years we did not have a 1st Team All-Conference team. I guess that can be attributed to the fact that those in the running were sitting on the bench for the last half of conference play.

Thursday night the Aggies play number 4 seed UT Arlington at 9:30 Utah time in a first round match-up in the WAC tournament.Coach Morrill every year says that the tournament is a new season and anything can happen. So let the Madness begin!

I am still available if anyone needs to fill a seat down to Las Vegas....