INDIANAPOLIS – Texas A&M is headed to March Madness as the No. 9 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament as the selection committee revealed the field of 68 for the 2024 Division I Men's Basketball Championship on Sunday.
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The Aggies (20-14) earned an at-large bid in the South Region and will face No. 8-seed Nebraska (23-10) on Friday, March 22 at 5:50 p.m. CT at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The game will be broadcast on TNT and feature Spero Dedes (play-by-play) and Jim Spanarkel (commentary) on the call with Jon Rothstein courtside as the third member of the crew.
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The winner of the game will face the Houston-Longwood winner on Sunday, March 24 with a trip to the South Regional at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on the line.
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TEXAS A&M NCAA NOTABLES
TICKET INFORMATION
The individual school ticket allotments for the first and second rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament are extremely limited. For ticket information or to purchase tickets for the FedExForum, please visit its website or TicketMaster.com. Current students wishing to purchase tickets to the FedExForum may email tickets@12thmanfoundation.com by noon, Monday, March 18.
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The Aggies (20-14) earned an at-large bid in the South Region and will face No. 8-seed Nebraska (23-10) on Friday, March 22 at 5:50 p.m. CT at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. The game will be broadcast on TNT and feature Spero Dedes (play-by-play) and Jim Spanarkel (commentary) on the call with Jon Rothstein courtside as the third member of the crew.
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The winner of the game will face the Houston-Longwood winner on Sunday, March 24 with a trip to the South Regional at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on the line.
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TEXAS A&M NCAA NOTABLES
- Texas A&M is making back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in more than a decade. The only other time the Aggies have made NCAA trips in consecutive seasons was 2006-11 when they made six straight trips.
- The 2023-24 Aggies are Williams' 10th team advancing to the NCAA Tournament.
- Williams holds a 10-9 record in the NCAA Tournament.
- Texas A&M will be making its 16th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament, as the Aggies hold a 13-16 record in the big dance.
- A&M's NCAA appearances (16): 1951, 1964, 1969**, 1975, 1980**, 1987, 2006*, 2007**, 2008*, 2009*, 2010*, 2011*, 2016**, 2018, 2023, 2024 (* 2nd round / ** Sweet Sixteen)
- A&M's tournament seeding history:Â #3 (2007, 2016), #5 (2010), #6 (1980), #7 (2011, 2018, 2023), #9 (2008, 2009, 2024), #12 (1987, 2006)
- Nebraska and Texas A&M were both members of the Big 12 Conference with the Cornhuskers holding a 12-8 advantage in the all-time series. The most recent meeting was in 2011 with the Cornhuskers tallying a 57-48 in Lincoln, Nebraska.
TICKET INFORMATION
The individual school ticket allotments for the first and second rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament are extremely limited. For ticket information or to purchase tickets for the FedExForum, please visit its website or TicketMaster.com. Current students wishing to purchase tickets to the FedExForum may email tickets@12thmanfoundation.com by noon, Monday, March 18.