June 30, 1999
Texas A&M will play host to Kansas on Jan. 17 at Reed Arena as part of ESPN's series of nationally-televised "Big Monday" match ups, highlighting the Aggies' 1999-2000 schedule.
The game is scheduled for an 8 p.m. tipoff and will mark the first nationally-televised game at Reed Arena, which opened last season. A&M's last "Big Monday" appearance was an 81-80 loss to Texas at G. Rollie White Coliseum in 1998.
The Aggies will play 11 home games, not including two exhibitions, 12 road games and three neutral-site games. On Dec. 11, the Aggies will place Rice at the Compaq Center in Houston as part of a doubleheader that includes the Houston-Valparaiso game. A&M will also play in the Cable Car Classic in Santa Clara, Calif., a tournament that includes Mississippi State, LaSalle and Santa Clara.
The Aggies will play all five south division schools in the Big 12 on a home-and-home basis while playing north division teams Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska at home and Missouri, Kansas State and Iowa State on the road.
The 26-game schedule includes 11 games against teams that advanced to post-season play last season, including eight games against teams that played in the NCAA Tournament. The Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament will be March 9-12 in Kansas City.
"We hope this schedule gives the young kids we have coming in a chance to get their feet wet," A&M coach Melvin Watkins said. "The schedule gets progressively tougher and hopefully by January and February our players will have logged some minutes and have gotten a taste of what college basketball is all about."
For season ticket information, contact the Athletic Ticket Office at 409-845-2311.
Date Day Opponent Site Time
Nov. 11 Thu. EXHIBITION COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
Nov. 16 Tue. EXHIBITION COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
Nov. 27 Sat. NORTH CAROLINA A&T COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
Nov. 29 Mon. at North Texas Denton, Texas 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 1 Wed. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
Dec. 5 Sun. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE STATION 1 p.m.
Dec. 8 Wed. at Tulane New Orleans, La. 7 p.m.
Dec. 11 Sat. vs. Rice
(Compaq Center) Houston, Texas 6 or 8 p.m.
Dec. 18 Sat. at Lamar Beaumont, Texas 7 p.m.
Dec. 21 Tue. at Dayton Dayton, Ohio 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 29-30 Wed-Thu. at Cable Car Classic
(Santa Clara, LaSalle, Mississippi State) Santa Clara, Calif.
Jan. 5 Wed. CENTENARY COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
Jan. 8 Sat. * at Oklahoma
(ESPN Plus) Norman, Okla. 3 p.m.
Jan. 12 Wed. * TEXAS COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
Jan. 15 Sat. * at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas TBA
Jan. 17 Mon. * KANSAS
(ESPN-TV, National) COLLEGE STATION 8 p.m.
Jan. 22 Sat. * OKLAHOMA STATE
(ESPN Plus) COLLEGE STATION 12:45 p.m.
Jan. 26 Wed. * at Iowa State Ames, Iowa TBA
Jan. 29 Sat. * at Missouri
(ESPN Plus) Columbia, Mo. 12:45 p.m.
Feb. 2 Wed. * BAYLOR COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
Feb. 5 Sat. * at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. TBA
Feb. 12 Sat. * COLORADO COLLEGE STATION 2 p.m.
Feb. 16 Wed. * at Baylor Waco, Texas TBA
Feb. 19 Sat. * TEXAS TECH
(ESPN Plus) COLLEGE STATION 3 p.m.
Feb. 23 Wed. * at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. TBA
Feb. 26 Sat. * at Texas
(ESPN Plus) Austin, Texas 12:45 p.m.
March 1 Wed. * OKLAHOMA COLLEGE STATION 7 p.m.
March 4 Sat. * NEBRASKA
(ESPN Plus) COLLEGE STATION 12:45 p.m.
March
9-12 Thu-Sun. Big 12 Tournament Kansas City, Mo.
Home games in BOLD, played at Reed Arena (12,500).
(Schedule is tentative, as of June 30, 1999.)