NCAA Tournament March Madness

#33 Texas A&M

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Projected seed: 9

Texas A&M’s placement makes sense because the résumé mixes clear high-value moments with damaging setbacks, leaving the team on the right side of the bubble but not comfortably inside. Road wins at Auburn and Texas and a neutral-site victory over Florida State show the Aggies can beat quality opponents away from home, and a home win over LSU is a legitimate marquee result, yet that upside is counterbalanced by an ugly loss at Oklahoma State, a neutral loss to SMU and a nonconference stumble against UCF along with an inconsistent outing at Tennessee. Many of the other wins came against weak opponents and therefore add little, so the upcoming run of road tests at Alabama, Arkansas and LSU, big home dates against Kentucky and Texas and more manageable home opportunities against Missouri and Mississippi will determine whether the résumé solidifies or remains vulnerable. If A&M can collect a couple of signature road or neutral wins and avoid more bad losses the standing will move up, but dropping the big away games will likely keep them where they are.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Northwestern LA271W98-68
11/6TX Southern311W104-70
11/9@Oklahoma St72L87-63
11/14UCF45L86-74
11/18Montana151W86-81
11/21Manhattan333W109-68
11/25MS Valley St365W120-84
11/28(N)Florida St101W95-59
12/2@Pittsburgh100W81-73
12/7(N)SMU37L93-80
12/14Jacksonville289W112-75
12/21East Texas A&M295W118-77
12/29Prairie View332W111-82
1/3LSU50W75-72
1/6@Auburn26W90-88
1/10Oklahoma61W83-76
1/13@Tennessee21L87-82
1/17@Texas35W74-70
1/21Mississippi St83W88-68
1/24South Carolina87W92-69
1/31@Georgia3440%
2/3@Alabama1727%
2/4@Alabama1727%
2/7Florida836%
2/11Missouri5977%
2/14@Vanderbilt1221%
2/18Mississippi7379%
2/21@Oklahoma6157%
2/24@Arkansas2230%
2/25@Arkansas2230%
2/28Texas3562%
3/3Kentucky3261%
3/7@LSU5050%