Acie Law IV didn't set any school records in the Aggies' double-overtime loss to Texas, but he scored 33 points and also hit a three-pointer to send the game into the first extra session.

The last time that the Texas A&M senior guard played against Texas, he went for a school-record 15 assists.

Or did he?

After a thorough review of the tape from the Aggies 100-82 victory over Texas on Feb. 5, there's no way that Law really tied the school record. In fact, we had him for 11 assists.

The stat guy in College Station had an off-night - and not just for the Aggies. He was being overly generous for both teams.

How else to explain the fact that Texas actually took eight assists away from its players after reviewing the film.

``After normal film review, to maintain the integrity in the statistics, we felt it was in the best interest to remove eight of our assists from the game," Texas sports information director Scott McConnell said.

``Assists are really a subjective statistic," countered Texas A&M sports information director Collin Killian.

Here's the definition of an assist (if you care). A player is credited with an assist when the player makes, in the judgment of the statistician, the principal pass contributing directly to a field goal. Only one assist is to be credited on any field goal and only when the pass was a major part of the play. ... An assist should be more than a routine pass that just happens to be followed by a field goal.
 
There's no logical explanation for how Aggies guard Acie Law IV picked up one assist late in the game.

It went like this: Law threw a lazy pass to Antanas Kavaliauskas at the top of the key. Kavaliauskas tossed it to the right side to Josh Carter, who drove to the basket for a hoop and a foul.

The Aggies stat crew credited Law with the assist.

Are you kidding me?

I wasn't aware that Texas A&M had a hockey program.

We looked back at two other home games in College Station and found no improprieties in terms of handing out freebies when it comes to assists, but we truly didn't have the time to double-check every home game. All we know is that the Aggies were credited with 24 assists on 25 field goals against Winthrop earlier in the season. It was 22 of 25 against Iowa State.  

``Wow," said one Division 1 head coach.

In games at College Station, the Aggies are assisting on astonishing 79 percent of their baskets. That's beyond efficient. That's ridiculous.

``That's unfathomable," one D-1 head coach said.

On the road, it's a more realistic 43 percent.

Law is a heck of a player, but let's not put him in the class of Kevin Durant for Big 12 Player of the Year. His assist numbers are inflated. The question is how inflated?