Texas A&M Aggies NCAA Basketball Betting
Buzz Williams has garnered some positive momentum over the last three seasons at Texas A&M, leading the team to three top-35 finishes in KenPom and two NCAA Tournaments. He’s got an extremely strong core returning for year six at College Station and a roster that should be the best he’s had while at A&M.
Wade Taylor IV (19 ppg, 4 rpg, 4 apg) may be the single most important player returning to their school in all of college basketball this season. Taylor may love to shoot and score the ball more than anyone else in the country, averaging over 16 field goal attempts per game, over eight of which come from behind the three-point line. While Taylor’s efficiencies dropped off last season, We are expecting a slight tick back up, with hopefully a bit more scoring surrounding him this season. Regardless of whether he’s efficient or not, Taylor singlehandedly keeps A&M in a lot of games, if not by his scoring, then by his playmaking and defensive capabilities.
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Continuing the list of returners in the backcourt, Manny Obaseki (7 ppg) must be mentioned. In the final eight games of the season, we finally saw Obaseki starting to break out, something A&M fans had hoped would happen at the start of last year. The hope now is that Obaseki can fill much of the scoring load that was lost by the departure of Tyrece Radford. Jace Carter (7 ppg, 5 rpg) and Hayden Hefner (5 ppg) both spent time at the two and three for Buzz Williams last season, although they failed miserably in their roles as shooters. Part of the reason why this A&M didn’t match up to the hype was the lack of shooting, and it stemmed from Taylor all the way down. I’ve got hopes that Jace Carter can be another guy to step up alongside Obaseki, now entering year two with the Aggies after transferring in from UIC, he can hopefully bounce back as a shooter.
Three players in the frontcourt also return for the Aggies, led by Henry Coleman III (9 ppg, 6 rpg). Coleman’s numbers have slightly diminished over his three seasons with the Aggies, although that’s more on the fact that the Aggies have a lot of different guys they use than anything Coleman has done. Solomon Washington (7 ppg, 6 rpg) is coming off of a solid sophomore year, starting 20 games for the Aggies and putting up similar numbers to Coleman. Both Coleman and Washington are great rebounders, but the king of them all is Andersson Garcia (6 ppg, 9 rpg). Even at 6-7, Garcia is one of the best rebounders in college basketball, especially on the offensive end, averaging 4.3 orpg. With how many shots the Aggies missed last season, it was probably hard not to end up with a lot of offensive rebounds, but all three of Coleman, Washington, and Garcia were vital to keeping this team afloat.
The Aggies lost three players this offseason, all due to graduation. Tyrece Radford (17 ppg, 7 rpg) was a big loss. An important player on both sides of the court and an ultra-experienced leader. Deep bench pieces Eli Lawrence (2 ppg) and Wildens Leveque (2 ppg) were the other two departures for the Aggies.
Buzz Williams added three transfers to the roster this season, all of whom have much experience and should have an impact from day one. Zhuric Phelps (15 ppg, 4 rpg at SMU) may be the most exciting of the trio, another scoring guard and good defender to add to the mix. The worry with the addition of Phelps is that the team’s shooting issue doesn’t get addressed, as Phelps shot 21.6% from behind the arc last season at SMU.
Williams has improved the Aggies, but more is expected this season.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2024 |
Lost Second Round vs. (1) Houston, 95–100 (OT) |
| 2023 |
Lost First Round vs. (10) Penn State 59–76 |
| 2018 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (3) Michigan, 72–99 |
| 2016 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (2) Oklahoma, 63–77 |
| 2011 |
Lost First Round vs. (10) Florida State, 50–57 |
| 2010 |
Lost Second Round vs. (4) Purdue, 61–63 (OT) |
| 2009 |
Lost Second Round vs. (1) Connecticut, 66–92 |
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