A&M won because Bill self is a terrible crunch time coach.
That and Billy G is a &@#%ing genius. Seriously. Not only was he smart about winning the game @ku, but did you see last night how, when down 3 and fouled, he damn near came back AGAIN in second overtime? A&M should have lost in regulation, but because of Billy G(And Acie Law) they took it to OT. Then they should have lost in OT, but again Acie "I've got huge &@#%ing balls" Law bails them out. Second overtime, when up by 3 Rick Barnes makes a smart decision and fouls Acie before he can get the three up with like 1 second left. He sinks the first FT, and then before any player in a Texas uniform is even paying attention tosses it up and hits rim. A&M gets the rebound and last shot, down 2.
Now, they missed it, but that's execution and not coaching. The point is that Billy G is ready for ANY situation, and so are his players. Not to mention he's EXCELLENT at developing players. Remember last year when we beat A&M at home and they had a shot to win it..TWICE? Guess who took those shots? Acie Law. And he was wide open both times, and missed. Now, only a year later, Law makes those shots double teamed and blindfolded.
Huggs was right. We have a lot of really good coaches in the Big XII. My personal favorites, not in any particular order, are Bob Knight, Bob Huggins, Rick Barnes, and Billy Gillespie. I really like Jeff Capel too, so given some time to build at OU he may join this list.
