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Hairopoulos: How Billy Kennedy ended up an Aggie, turned around Texas A&M's program

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March 23, 2016; Anaheim, CA, USA; Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy and players gather at mid court following practice the day before the semifinals of the West regional of the NCAA Tournament at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Amid all the madness of how Texas A&M advanced to the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16, coach Billy Kennedy and wife, Mary, embraced.

To get to this point, playing Oklahoma on Thursday night in the Honda Center, it had taken only a 30-year career and learning to live with the early stages of Parkinson's disease.