Aggies Begin NIT Run Tuesday vs. Montana
Mar 15, 2015 | Men's Basketball
2015 NIT Opening Round:
No. 7 Seed Montana (20-12) at No. 2 Seed Texas A&M (20-11)
Tuesday, March 16, 2015 · 8 p.m. (CT)
Reed Arena (12,989) · College Station, Texas
TV: ESPNU (For more info – 12thMan.com/TV)
Mike Morgan, Play-by-Play
Joe Dean, Jr., Commentary
RADIO: Texas A&M Radio Network
Dave South, Play-by-Play
Al Pulliam, Commentary
Local: WTAW 1620 AM (College Station/Bryan)
LIVE AUDIO/STATS: 12thMan.com
LIVE MOBILE LIVE STATS: tamustats.com
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M men's basketball team will make the 20th post-season tournament appearance in program history as Sunday the Aggies accepted a bid to the National Invitation Tournament.
Texas A&M (20-11) is the No. 2 seed in the Temple Quadrant of the tournament and will host No. 7 seed Montana (20-12) on Tuesday at 8 p.m. inside Reed Arena. ESPNU will broadcast Tuesday's action from Aggieland with the winner advancing to face the victor of Central Michigan-Louisiana Tech in the tournament's round of 16.
Tuesday's contest will be nationally televised on ESPNU with Mike Morgan calling the play-by-play and Joe Dean Jr. providing color commentary. Additionally, radio coverage will be provided on the Aggie Sports Network, which can be heard locally in the Bryan/College Station area on WTAW (1620 AM).
“Obviously, we're disappointed that we are not in the NCAA Tournament but our guys practiced well yesterday and are excited about being in the NIT,” Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy said. “We're playing a very good Montana team that was 14-4 in their league and is a very experienced, veteran team.”
Tickets for Tuesday's contest are on sale through the 12th Man Foundation by logging on to 12thmanfoundation.com or calling (979) 845-2311. Prices are set for $15 for reserved seats, $10 for general admission and $4 for students.
The NIT trip is the seventh in program history and the first since 2005 when the Aggies advanced to the tournament's third round and parlayed that success into trips to the NCAA Tournament each of the next six seasons.
TEXAS A&M IN THE NIT / POST-SEASON TOURNAMENTS
• The Aggies are making their 20th appearance in a post-season tournament (12 NCAA / 7 NIT / 1 CBI).
• Texas A&M has made six previous trips to the NIT (1979, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1984 & 2005), owning a 6-6 record in the event.
• A&M has advanced to the NIT's third round on three occasions (1979, 1982 & 2005).
• In College Station, A&M has hosted three previous NIT games (2-1), most recently two games during the 2005 NIT.
• A&M head coach Billy Kennedy has led four squads to post-season tournament berths during his career as a head coach, including the 2010-11 Murray State team to an appearance in the NIT.
