Update, 5:45 p.m. April 24: According to a tweet from Ericka Downey, the woman who donated a kidney for former Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie's transplant, everything went well with the surgery.
We have a date. Kidney transplant is confirmed for Tuesday, April 24 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Pray for @mdowneyNSU. I’m a terrible patient. ud83dude02
— Ericka Downey (@D2Diva) April 2, 2018
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SAN ANTONIO -- Other than his fiery sideline moments and occasional caustic retorts to college basketball reporters, Billy Gillispie isn't much on expressing emotion.