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Houston Roundball Review: Women's Hoops (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
KANSAS CITY, MO -- This transcript is from my interview with Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair . This part centers around the Aggies and Coach Blair's thoughts on the 2009 - 2010 season. HRR : Give me your thoughts on the team thus far through these practices. Coach Blair : We look like a talented AAU team with a lot of athleticism and speed. Now, what we’ve got...
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Houston Roundball Review: Women's Hoops (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
KANSAS CITY, MO -- Gary Blair , head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies, is never at a loss for words. He's a good basketball coach; but, he's also a great quote for the media. Coach Blair can inform you, charm you, and answer questions during any press conference. During the 2009 Big 12 Women's Basketball Media Day, Coach Blair answered a few of my questions about the Big...
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Houston Roundball Review: Women's Hoops (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... position just shooting over them and going to the rack. In the timeout (early in the game), Coach (Gary Blair) talked to us and then we got it going." Danielle Adams (6'1") led the Aggies with a game-high 15 points off the bench. Adams added four rebounds; four assists; 1 blocked shot; and 1 steal for good measure. "I thought we played very well in spots in the first...
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... for another reason. The sixth-year AU head coach will face the man who gave her her first job, Gary Blair.Fortner was hired by Blair as a graduate assistant for the 1986-87 season at Stephen F. Austin. Fortner would eventually be hired on as assistant coach, as Blair and the Ladyjacks put together a 112-18 record over four seasons, advancing to the NCAA Tournament three...
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Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... Coliseum."Right now, the best thing about our team is balance," A&M head coach Gary Blair said. "Our opponents don't know who to stop. We are trying to have four players in double figures every game and still play our pressure defense. This was the best job that we've done on the press this year. We were able to force some turnovers and tire them out a little."The Aggies (3-0) played...
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Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Texas A&M coach Gary Blair can coach, recruit and schedule with anyone in the country.Sunday, he left it to the women's basketball fans at Reed Arena to anoint the crowd favorite, and they fell in love with Danielle Adams.The 6-foot-1 junior scor ...
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Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Aggie to go back to work against RiceThe Texas A&M women's basketball team is hopeful that life after Duke will be just as rewarding, even though at times it might not be as glamorous.The 15th-ranked Aggies, coming off a 95-77 victory over the then-sixth-ranked Blue Devils, return to a more normal nonconference schedule starting with the Rice Owls at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Reed Arena.A&M head coach Gary...
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Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair is intent on ending a season at the Final Four, but for now he'll settle for a championship-type game to open the season.The Aggies will play host to the sixth-ranked Duke Blue Devils at 2 p.m. Sunday ...
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Houston Roundball Review: Women's Hoops (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... Adams does not look like the stereotypical basketball player; however, as Aggies head coach Gary Blair told the media, Adams "knows how to play the game". Adams became a crowd favorite Sunday afternoon. She hit one three-point shot in the first half which started some buzz in the crowd; however, Adams drained two more threes in the second half (as if to say 'I can make this...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... as a timeout was called. "The first five minutes of the second half were ugly," Texas A&M coach Gary Blair said. "They could have got right back in the ball game, but every time we would screw up, they would screw up going the other way. When we were playing our worst five minutes of the game they didn't take advantage of it." The win improved Texas A&M's all-time record against the...
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Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... against sixth-ranked Duke."I had no idea we could get off to that good of a start," A&M head coach Gary Blair said. "Our kids were hooked up and ready to play. We've mentioned all week how good this [OCU] team is and we've casually mentioned that Syracuse's men's team got beat by a Division II team, Texas Tech's women got beat by Lubbock Christian and this team was ranked higher than...
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hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Nolan for nine years. He has a passion for the game,” said Texas A&M women’s basketball head coach Gary Blair during Big 12 Media Days in late October. Blair was the head coach of the women’s team at Arkansas from 1993 to 2003. “He also has a passion for young ladies, as most of you know,” continued Blair. “His daughter died of leukemia. His wife was one of our biggest...
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Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... come in for a football weekend and be able to enjoy the total Aggie experience," A&M women's coach Gary Blair said. "It's not only a chance for our fans to attend Midnight Yell Practice and see both the men's and women's basketball teams go through their drills, but more importantly a chance to introduce them to the new players on two basketball teams that have been to four-straight...
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Aggie Sports (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... Grant from a 27-8 team."I like the makeup of our team because we're reloading," A&M head coach Gary Blair said. "I don't think we're rebuilding. The talent is here. What we've got to do is just learn how to turn talent into basketball players and to be able to contribute."That's the case throughout the conference as personnel losses will force programs to dig deeper into their rosters....
