Texas A&M (16-7, 8-2) began their week off within the worst method potential, having to deal head-on with weather-related journey disruptions on their technique to face Arkansas on Tuesday evening, in the end falling to the Razorbacks 81-70 in certainly one of their worst capturing performances (34% from the sphere) of the season.
Quick ahead to Saturday evening, because the Aggies returned residence to face Georiga inside Reed Enviornment to the tune of 12,640 followers, blasting the Bulldogs 82-57 in a sport that was by no means in query from tip-off. Facet to facet, each performances clearly contradict Texas A&M’s true functionality on the courtroom, however extra importantly, the Aggies now sit in third place within the SEC at 8-2, with loads of alternatives to proceed elevating their profile within the eight video games remaining in opposition to opponents comparable to Auburn, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, and Alabama.
After incomes their sixteenth victory on Saturday, the Aggies now sit ranked thirty eighth within the Kenpom Rankings and forty first within the Internet Rankings, each extremely regarded throughout the Match choice course of.
Sure, media pundits will proceed to state that to ensure that the Aggies to be taken severely as a possible match crew, extra “Quad 1” victories are a should, with a number of remaining on the February schedule involving the packages listed above. Nevertheless, Texas A&M has been one of the vital constant SEC groups because the begin of convention play whereas holding an 11-1 residence document, but exterior focus will unsurprisingly proceed to shine on their 5 non-conference losses.
To conclude, Head coach Buzz Williams has his crew centered, energized, and simply having enjoyable evening after evening, figuring out that the relationships they’ve constructed with each other all through the season will solely gas their starvation to realize what they’ve got down to do because the finish of final season’s NIT run: earn a coveted NCAA Match bid.
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