Coming off a second-round NCAA Tournament appearance last season, No. 13 Texas A&M will travel to Orlando to play UCF on Monday in the season opener for both teams. After reaching the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament, the Aggies lost in the Big Dance to No.
1 seed Houston 100-95 in overtime, finishing with a 21-15 record. They went 9-9 in regular-season SEC play. Texas A&M finished with six wins in its final eight games following a late-season five-game losing streak.
"The one thing that we need to see if we can ever do is, can we not have a miniature slump that causes problems?" Aggies coach Buzz Williams said. "We've had bits and pieces of those with each passing year." "Can there be a crescendo without a distinct drop? We haven't been able to do that yet, but hopefully with our team and our staff, this is the year we can continue to get better but not maybe fall off the cliff for a week or two weeks.
" Aggies senior guard Wade Taylor IV is one of the nation's most electric players and holds 13 season school records, including the most 3-pointers in a season (98 in the 2023-24 campaign). An All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection for the second time, Taylor averaged 19.1 points, 4.
0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.
Forward Andersson Garcia (6-foot-7) was the SEC's top rebounder last season at 9.1 boards per game. Solomon Washington and Henry Coleman III will be key frontcourt pieces.
The Aggies' length and experience make them a tou.
