No. 21 Texas A&M was selected to its 10th straight NCAA Tournament on Monday night, and begins its 2015 NCAA Tournament in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, March 21 at 3 p.m. against UALR, with television coverage on ESPN2.
The Aggies (23-9) enter the 64-team tournament as a 6-seed in the Greensboro Regional. The Aggies open the tournament inside Wells Fargo Arena against 11-seed UALR (28-4), who won the Sun Belt Tournament.
The Aggies are one of nine schools to have qualified for at least 10 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, joining Baylor, Connecticut, DePaul, Duke, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford, and Tennessee. This is A&M's 12th overall NCAA Tournament appearance.
The winner of the A&M-UALR game faces the winner between 3-seed and host No. 9 Arizona State (27-5) and 13-seed Ohio (27-4).
Texas A&M leads the all-time series with UALR 5-0, most recently topping the Trojans 83-54 on Nov. 17, 2011. The Aggies hold a 4-1 edge over hosts Arizona State all-time, but fell to ASU 89-64 in the 2009 NCAA Sweet 16. Texas A&M and Ohio have never met.
The winner of the Tempe First and Second Round Site faces the winner of the Tallahassee First and Second Round Site in the Greensboro Regional.
Tickets are available now through the 12th Man Foundation Ticket Office here. Tickets will be distributed in Tempe. Additional information such as will call gate and exact ticket pricing will be forwarded once details are known. Tickets will be made available for the second round should the Aggies advance.