Texas A&M basketball (6-2) earned a few quality wins while participating in the inaugural Players Era Festival Tournament in Las Vegas. They finished fifth in a stacked tournament with several top-25 teams.
Coach Buzz Williams has a solid team that will win several games this season but if they want to make it past the second round of the NCAA tournament, they must shoot the ball better. Against Quad1/2 teams they are struggling to above 40% from the field and 30% from three, but it’s still early and Buzz is still working out his best rotation when points are needed.
There was a lot of movement in the poll this week behind No. 1 Kansas with Oregon making the biggest jump from unranked to No. 12 after winning the Players Era Festival. Memphis also made a big jump back into the rankings to No. 16 and the Aggies despite going 2-1 during the tournament dropped two spots to No. 22
Below is the most recent AP Top 25 Poll after Week 4:
- Kansas 7-0
- Auburn 7-0
- Tennessee 7-0
- Kentucky 7-0
- Marquette 8-0
- Iowa State 5-1
- Gonzaga 7-1
- Purdue 7-1
- Duke 5-2
- Alabama 6-2
- Wisconsin 8-0
- Oregon 8-0
- Florida 8-0
- Cincinnati 6-0
- Baylor 5-2
- Memphis 6-1
- Houston 4-3
- Pittsburg 7-1
- Illinois 6-1
- North Carolina 4-3
- Oklahoma 7-0
- Texas A&M 6-2
- Ole Miss 6-1
- San Diego State 4-2
- UConn 5-3
Others receiving votes:
Michigan St. 108, Arkansas 104, Texas 97, Michigan 95, Arizona St 89, Indiana 72, Drake 58, Xavier 33, Utah St. 28, Louisville 27, West Virginia 26, Clemson 25, BYU 24, Dayton 24, Texas Tech 22, Nebraska 22, Mississippi St. 20, Ohio St. 19, Maryland 13, UCLA 13, Creighton 12, Saint Mary’s 11, Georgia 10, St. John’s 7, Loyola Chicago 4, Florida St. 3, DePaul 3, UC Irvine 2, Columbia 2.
Texas A&M will return to Bryan-College Station at 8:00 pm CST on Dec. 3 to face Wake Forest at Reed Arena. The game can be watched on ESPN2.
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