September 22, 2004
The Texas A&M men?s basketball team will play a record 18 home games this season, A&M coach Billy Gillispie said Wednesday.
The previous record was 15 home games at G. Rollie White Coliseum in 1991-92. This year?s total does not include a pair of exhibition games, one on Nov. 12 and another to be added later.
The Aggies play their first 10 non-conference games at home, starting with North Carolina A&T on Nov. 19. The home stand concludes with a game against Houston on Nov. 29. The Aggies play their lone non-conference road game on Jan. 2 against Penn State in State College, Pa.
The Aggies will play Big 12 South Division opponents Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Baylor twice each on a home-and-home basis. A&M faces North Division teams Kansas State, Missouri and Iowa State at home and Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado on the road. The Big 12 Tournament will be March 10-13 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City.
"We?re pleased with our schedule, although it?s not exactly what we were shooting for," Gillispie said. "We were trying to get into a tournament, but that fell through in late August, so we had to add a couple of non-Division I schools (Trinity and UT-Permian Basin). We?re happy with it, but it?s not the schedule we hope to have in the future."
2004-05 TEXAS A&M MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Date Day Opponent Site Time
TBA TBA Exhibition College Station TBA
Nov. 12 Fri. Basketball Travelers (Exh.) College Station 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 Fri. North Carolina A&T College Station 7 p.m.
Nov. 23 Tue. Trinity College Station 7 p.m.
Nov. 27 Sat. Texas-Permian Basin College Station 3 p.m.
Dec. 1 Wed. Oakland College Station 7 p.m.
Dec. 4 Sat. Prairie View A&M College Station 7 p.m.
Dec. 11 Sat. Alabama A&M College Station 7 p.m.
Dec. 15 Wed. Louisiana-Monroe College Station 7 p.m.
Dec. 19 Sun. Chicago State College Station 7 p.m.
Dec. 22 Wed. Grambling College Station 7 p.m.
Dec. 29 Wed. Houston College Station 7 p.m.
Jan. 2 Sun. at Penn State State College, Pa. 1 p.m.
Jan. 5 Wed. at Kansas (ESPN Regional) Lawrence, Kan. 8 p.m.
Jan. 12 Wed. Texas {State Farm Lone Star Showdown} (Fox SN) College
Station 7 p.m.
Jan. 15 Sat. at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas TBA
Jan. 18 Tue. Oklahoma (ESPN Regional) College Station 8 p.m.
Jan. 22 Sat. Kansas State (ESPN Regional) College Station 3 p.m.
Jan. 26 Wed. at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 7 p.m.
Jan. 29 Sat. Baylor (Fox SN) College Station 5 p.m.
Feb. 2 Wed. at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. TBA
Feb. 5 Sat. Missouri (Fox SN) College Station 6 p.m.
Feb. 12 Sat. Oklahoma State College Station TBA
Feb. 16 Wed. at Texas {State Farm Lone Star Showdown} (Fox SN)
Austin, Texas 7 p.m.
Feb. 19 Sat. at Colorado (ESPN Regional) Boulder, Colo. 3 p.m.
Feb. 22 Tue. Iowa State (CTN) College Station 7 p.m.
Feb. 26 Sat. Texas Tech (ESPN Regional) College Station 3 p.m.
March 2 Wed. at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 7 p.m.
March 5 Sat. at Baylor (ESPN Regional) Waco, Texas 12:30 p.m.
March 10-13 Thu.-Sun. Big 12 Tournament Kansas City, Mo.
TBA
*All dates and times are subject to change
Listed times are local times at game sites