TEXAS A&M FORWARD JOSEPH JONES yanks down a rebound against Colorado. The Aggies won Saturday's game, 87-69.

Boulder, Colo. ? Acie Law’s father drove all the way up from Dallas – in an ice and snow storm no less – and arrived with a minute left to play in Texas A&M’s victory over Colorado.

He thought the Aggies played pretty well in his brief glimpse.

It wasn’t until Law’s father talked with A&M coach Billy Gillispie in a hallway that he found out the real story. Although the eighth-ranked Aggies beat Colorado, 87-69, on Saturday night for their eighth straight win, Gillispie wasn’t pleased.

“They just whipped us and made us like it,” he said. “They outplayed us, outcoached us, out every-thinged us. We didn’t deserve to win. We got whipped.”

Gillispie’s biggest complaint was the Aggies’ lackadaisical defense. The Buffaloes became the first team to score more than 65 points against the Aggies, who came in allowing the third-fewest points per game in the country (52.7).

“We never had a sincere desire to think,” Gillispie said. “We try to play hard, smart and together. I thought we played together and that was about it.”

The lapses on defense aside, the Aggies (15-2, 3-0 Big 12) are still off to their best start since opening 16-2 in 1959-60. The last time Texas A&M started 3-0 in league play was 1993-94 when it was a member of the Southwest Conference.

“You can’t continue to play like we’re playing and continue to win,” Gillispie said.

Law, in foul trouble most of the game, had 21 points for the Aggies. Josh Carter scored 19 – including five three-pointers – before fouling out late.