COLLEGE STATION- The No. 18 Texas A&M women's basketball team was selected to its 11th straight NCAA Tournament on Monday night, and begins its 2016 NCAA Tournament in College Station on Saturday, March 19 against Missouri State.
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This is the fourth time in five years that Texas A&M has hosted First and Second Round action. A&M led the nation in total attendance at the First and Second Rounds in 2014.
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The Aggies (21-9) enter the 64-team tournament as a 4-seed in the Dallas Regional, earning rights to host. The Aggies open the tournament on Saturday, March 19 (3 p.m., ESPN2) inside Reed Arena against 13-seed Missouri State (24-9), who is the automatic qualifier out of the Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Aggies have been selected as a Top 4 seed for the ninth time in the past 10 years, but the format where the Top 4 seeds automatically host First-and-Second Round games started just last season. The Aggies last were selected to the Dallas Regional in 2011, when the Aggies knocked off Georgia and Baylor in the American Airlines Center on the way to a NCAA title.
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College Station also welcomes 5-seed Florida State (23-7), an at-large out of the ACC and 12-seed Middle Tennessee, the automatic qualifier out of C-USA, on March 19 (12:30 p.m., ESPN2), with the winner facing either A&M or Missouri State in the Second Round on March 21 in Reed Arena.
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The winner of the College Station First-and-Second Round Site faces the winner of the Waco First-and-Second Round Site, that features Baylor (33-1), St. John's (23-9) Auburn (19-12) and Idaho (24-9).
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The Aggies are one of eight schools to have qualified for at least 11 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, joining Baylor, Connecticut, DePaul, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford, and Tennessee.
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Tickets are available by contacting the 12th Man Foundation Ticket Office here: https://www.12thmanfoundation.com/ticket-center/women's-basketball.aspx.
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This is the fourth time in five years that Texas A&M has hosted First and Second Round action. A&M led the nation in total attendance at the First and Second Rounds in 2014.
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The Aggies (21-9) enter the 64-team tournament as a 4-seed in the Dallas Regional, earning rights to host. The Aggies open the tournament on Saturday, March 19 (3 p.m., ESPN2) inside Reed Arena against 13-seed Missouri State (24-9), who is the automatic qualifier out of the Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Aggies have been selected as a Top 4 seed for the ninth time in the past 10 years, but the format where the Top 4 seeds automatically host First-and-Second Round games started just last season. The Aggies last were selected to the Dallas Regional in 2011, when the Aggies knocked off Georgia and Baylor in the American Airlines Center on the way to a NCAA title.
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College Station also welcomes 5-seed Florida State (23-7), an at-large out of the ACC and 12-seed Middle Tennessee, the automatic qualifier out of C-USA, on March 19 (12:30 p.m., ESPN2), with the winner facing either A&M or Missouri State in the Second Round on March 21 in Reed Arena.
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The winner of the College Station First-and-Second Round Site faces the winner of the Waco First-and-Second Round Site, that features Baylor (33-1), St. John's (23-9) Auburn (19-12) and Idaho (24-9).
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The Aggies are one of eight schools to have qualified for at least 11 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, joining Baylor, Connecticut, DePaul, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford, and Tennessee.
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Tickets are available by contacting the 12th Man Foundation Ticket Office here: https://www.12thmanfoundation.com/ticket-center/women's-basketball.aspx.