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Tennessee eliminates Texas, 62-58

Despite several opportunities, Texas came up short against Tennessee.

The Texas Longhorns’ basketball season ended on Saturday night. The team lost to the Tennessee Volunteers, 62-58.

Despite several chances to get back into the game, Texas seemed incapable of making it interesting until late.

Tennessee had perhaps its worst offensive performance of the year. The team shot 3-for-25 from behind the three point arc and 34% from the field. Yet it was the Vols’ suffocating defense that rendered the Longhorns incapable of a comeback.

Texas struggled to hit the three as well going 7-for-23. Even so, its inefficiency from its top two scorers made offense more difficult.

Longhorns guard Max Abmas and forward Dylan Disu combined to go 7-for-28 on the way to 22 combined points. Guards Tyrese Hunter and Chendall Weaver each added 13 points to lead the team in scoring.

The recurring issue of the season reared its head on Saturday. The team simply didn’t have enough offensive contributors from its lackluster portal haul. And despite 22 missed three point baskets from Tennessee, Texas couldn’t make them pay offensively in response.

The Longhorns failed to duplicate their 2023 NCAA tournament run. They’ll look to regroup in the offseason following the second round loss.

Texas to face winner of Virginia, Colorado State in NCAA tournament

Texas was given a No. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament.

The Texas Longhorns’ bracket is set. Head coach Rodney Terry and company were given a No. 7 seed.

The No. 7 designation is a surprising one, but one that Terry’s squad certainly isn’t arguing against. The Longhorns are slated to play the winner of a No. 10 seed play-in game between Virginia and Colorado State.

The storylines abound for Texas players and coaches as we enter the first weekend. Virginia transfer Kadin Shedrick could face his former team should the Cavaliers win their first game.

Former Longhorns head coach Rick Barnes’ Tennessee Volunteers are the No. 2 seed in the same bracket as Texas. A potential reunion with Barnes is set to take place in the round of 32 should both teams advance out of their first matchup with a win.

Texas will await the results of the game between Virginia and Colorado State before taking the court. It will look to make a surprise run after reaching the Elite Eight last season.

Everything Buzz Williams had to say after Texas A&M’s home loss to No. 5 Tennessee

Here’s what Texas A&M Head Coach Buzz Williams had to say after embarrassing loss to Tennessee

Texas A&M (15-12, 6-8 SEC) fell on the road to the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers (21-6, 11-3 SEC), getting blown out 86-51.

Two weeks ago, after the Aggies defeated then No. 6 Tennessee, it looked like they would be the team to beat moving forward. Man, how times have changed during that period, with A&M going 0-4 and the Vols going 4-0.

The offense for Texas A&M has become predictable, and teams now smother the high pick, not allowing the guards to drive and forcing them to take jump shots. As a result, we have seen a dramatic drop off in the shooting percentage, back to where they were about a month ago.

There is not a lot of time left on the clock, and in most situations, a team with an almost .500 overall record combined with a below .500 conference record in the NCAA tournament would be out the window. However, with six Quad 1 wins under their belt, they still have a puncher’s chance at making the dance if they can pull off a few wins late. Coach Buzz Williams knows they must return to the drawing board to salvage the season.

“We have work ahead of us. We have to figure out how to turn this. It has been a long two weeks.”

Below, you can watch the full post-game presser with Coach Buzz.

Texas A&M will host No. 20 South Carolina at Reed Arena on February 28 at 6:30 p.m. CT.

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Social media reacts to Texas A&M’s 86-51 blowout loss to No. 5 Tennessee

Social media reacts to Texas A&M losing by over 30 points to No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night

Texas A&M (15-12, 6-8 SEC) was blown out on the road to No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers (21-6, 11-3 SEC), with the Vols getting their revenge from two weeks ago.

I’m at a loss for words, but I shouldn’t be based on the last two weeks. Defenses have figured out the Aggie offense and have been turning A&M into a jump-shooting team. In the first game against Tennessee, the Aggies out-rebounded the Vols and consistently got to the basket. Saturday was a completely different story.

Tennessee was not playing around and jumped on the Aggies early and often. After the first 16 minutes of the game, the Vols broke the game wide open when things were still somewhat close. A&M was never able to recover and got beat down, losing by 35 points, the worst in Buzz Williams’ coaching career.

The fan base and media contributors are exhausted from the current Aggies basketball team as they get blown out by another Top 25 team, and they flocked to social to share their reactions throughout the game.

Post Game: Texas A&M drops fourth straight in blowout loss to No. 5 Tennessee

Texas A&M gets run off the court in an embarrassing blowout loss to No. 6 Tennessee

Texas A&M (15-12, 6-8 SEC) gets blown out on the road to No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers (21-6, 11-3 SEC), with the Vols getting their revenge from two weeks ago.

Tennessee started off much better this time around, jumping out to an 11-3 lead in the first five minutes of the game. Wade Taylor, not wanting the game to get out of hand early, hit three straight shots from beyond the arc for all nine of the Aggie’s points early. A&M tightened and forced multiple offensive fouls to pull the game into a 15-15 tie. The shooting struggles continued to linger from the previous two games, sitting at 33% halfway through the first half.

Texas A&M went ice-cold for the rest of the half after keeping it tight most of the time. Tyrece Radford had another rough day in the office, scoring only three points in the first 20 minutes. The same went for Wade Taylor; after scoring the first nine points early, he was scoreless the rest of the half. Jace Carter led all scorers with ten points, but the team as a whole dropped to 27% shooting overall and 21% from three going into halftime down 37-27.

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Tennessee got off to a quick start again, hitting back-to-back three-points, followed by a massive dunk after a missed Aggie three-pointer, extending their lead to 47-32 just a few minutes into the second half. Things went from bad to worse as the Aggies continued to miss shots while Zakai Ziger found teammates at will to go up 59-39 midway through the half.

The energy was sucked out of the Maroon & White, nothing would fall, and eventually, A&M’s once consistent defense started getting picked apart. Up by 30 points, the Vols started pulling starters and continued to improve their resume with an 86-51 blowout win.

NOTE: Aggies shot 27.3% overall, 20.6% from three, and 53.3% from the free throw.

Below are the Aggies critical contributors from the game:

Wade Taylor IV:  11 points / 5 assists

Tyrece Radford:  11 points / 4 rebounds

Jace Carter:  10 points / 6 rebounds

Tennessee’s top contributors:

Dalton Knecht: 24 points / 7 rebounds

Zakai Zeigler:  9 points / 14 assist

Jonas Aidoo: 18 points / 14 rebounds

Texas A&M will host No. 20 South Carolina at Reed Arena on February 28 at 6:30 p.m. CT.

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How to watch: Texas A&M vs. No. 5 Tennessee basketball game

Texas A&M is hoping to sweep No. 5 Tennessee while hanging on to NCAA tournament hopes

Texas A&M (15-11, 6-7 SEC) will be in Knoxville to face No. 5th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (20-6, 10-3 SEC) Saturday at 7 p.m. CT.

It’s crunch time in Aggieland with five games left in the regular season. Now is the perfect time for A&M to get another Quad 1 win on their resume and move back to .500 in conference play. The Aggies are a good ball club but just have been on the wrong side of too many close games. A win over the Vols could be a shot in the arm they need to make a run leading up to March Madness.

Tennessee could lose the rest of their games and still make the tournament, and a loss against A&M wouldn’t be that bad. However, the Vols are on a mission to improve their seeding and will look to avoid the season sweep by beating a struggling Texas A&M squad. Revenge may not be the motivation but it sure is in the back of everyone’s mind in Thompson-Boling Arena Saturday night.

The A&M SEC opponents are hosting Kentucky, Florida, and Tennessee at Reed Arena to highlight the home slate. The Aggies’ road foes include Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt.

Texas A&M Basketball is treading water in newest bracketology update

Ahead of facing the No. 5 Tennessee on the road, Texas A&M has continued to fall in Joe Lunardi’s newest bracketology update.

Texas A&M’s (15-11, 6-7 SEC) free fall has reached epic proportions just two weeks after defeating the highly ranked Tennessee Volunteers inside a packed Reed Arena, seemingly cementing their place in the NCAA Tournament.

Barring a collapse with eight games remaining on the schedule, ESPN’s “bracketologist” Joe Lunardi had the Aggies squarely slated at a 7-seed heading into their road matchup against Vanderbilt. Still, their once hopeful trip to Nashville was just the start of what has become a complete disaster.

After falling to the Commodores on a last-second shot, losing 100-75 against Alabama on the road was no surprise, but what shocked every Aggie on Tuesday night was the lack of urgency coupled with one of the poorest shooting performances on the year in the Aggies’ underwhelming 78-71 loss to Arkansas.

According to Lunardi, Texas A&M has now gone from squarely in the field to drop all the way down to the “last team in,” and if this squad still wants a shot at taking part in any postseason festivities outside of the N.I.T, finishing 4-1, or at worst, 3-2 (winning every home game), is only way forward.

From a NET rankings perspective, A&M’s impressive six Quad 1 wins are the only reason they’re still in the tournament conversation. At the same time, their four Quad 3 losses will be heavily taken into account by the selection committee.

Texas A&M will hit the road to face No. 5 Tennessee on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7:00 p.m. CT. The game will air on ESPN.

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Tennessee men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes can’t get over upset loss to Texas A&M

“I’m going to put a new drill in. Anytime you see a coach on the floor, you have to run over him. You have to hit him,” Barnes said Monday.

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team upset No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night at Reed Arena 85-69.

Unlike the Aggies’ other Top 10 win from earlier this season in overtime against No. 6 Kentucky, the margin of victory was decisive. However, if you ask Volunteers head coach Rick Barnes, the game’s outcome was swayed by Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams accidentally entering the court during live play.

“Absolutely should have been a technical foul. Absolutely, 100%,” Barnes said Monday night during Vol Calls, the exclusive statewide radio show for Tennessee Athletics. “Tobe (Awaka) avoided him. I’m going to put a new drill in. Anytime you see a coach on the floor, you have to run over him. You have to hit him. Don’t avoid him. That was a ridiculous play.

“That’s a blatant technical foul and you’ve got to call it. They just said they’d take care of it, but they had already been warned about being out of the box and all sorts of things. It’s just a missed call.”

In the spirit of continuing to disregard the fact that the final score was separated by 16 points, Barnes continued his rant.

“If officials don’t do their job in that situation and they let one coach start doing this or that, it’s going to wake up the other coach and they’re going to have their hands full,” Barnes said. “From the beginning, if you just make it clear — and I don’t think any coach has a problem when you gotta walk out of the box to get closer to halfcourt to maybe have your team hear you or something. I don’t think that, but you can’t be on the court. If you feel like someone is constantly abusing it, because I know this, they won’t let that happen in the NCAA Tournament. Believe me. When the tournament rolls around, the one thing they say (is), ‘You’ve got to stay in the box. You’ve got to stay in the box.’ They’re adamant about it.”

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Watch: Top plays from Texas A&M’s upset win over No. 6 Tennessee

Check out the highlights from the Aggies decisive win over the Vols at Reed Arena

Don’t look now, but the Aggie basketball team is surging at the right moment after knocking off a hot Tennessee Vols team. Tyrece Radford has been essentially unstoppable driving to the basket and Wade Taylor has looked like the SEC Player of the Year the last few weeks. They had one of their better shooting outputs of the season at 46.7% from the field and 39.3% from beyond the arc.

The high-energy pair of Soloman “Solo” Washington and Andersson “The Dominican Dennis Rodman” Garcia did a lot of the dirty work in the paint. Together, they combined for 17 points and a mind-blowing 24 rebounds, with 12 of those being offensive rebounds.

Over the past two games, Garcia has pulled off an unbelievable personal feat, recording 33 rebounds in the span three days.

Coach Buzz Williams discussed some adjustments to prepare for the No. 6 Tennessee Vols.

“Offensively we made some unique adjustments that we’ve never done. And defensively, we did the same. So much attention went to three [Dalton Knecht] and rightfully so, but those other guys, if they play without three, they’re more than good enough to beat us. So, we had to make unique adjustments that our staff was spot on with. Our guys absorbed it, and as the game was going those adjustments were helpful. Then, we began to expand on it because the players were picking up on some of it. Any time that’s happening I think that’s a sign of great growth for your group.”

The Aggies have something cooking and Buzz is the chef making all work.

Below, you can check out some of the best highlights from the win on Saturday.

Post Game: Texas A&M blows out No. 6 Tennessee behind Tyrece Radford’s 27 points

Texas A&M is one of the hottest team in the SEC right now after another big win over the No. 6 ranked Tennessee Vols

Texas A&M (15-8, 6-4 SEC) upset the No. 6-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (17-6, 7-3 SEC) 85-69 inside Reed Arena on Saturday after an impressive showing from Wade Taylor and Tyrece Radford.

The Aggies got off to a hot start, playing aggressively and shooting efficiently everywhere on the court to grab a 22-15 halfway through the first 10 minutes of the game. Wade Taylor IV was feeling it early, hitting three after three and causing havoc on the defensive side of the ball as well.

Tennessee did an excellent job of answering back, but A&M kept the pressure up, never allowing the Vols to gain any ground, holding on to a 39-26 late in the first half. Taylor and Tyrece Radford combined for 27 points to close out the half. Taylor did his damage from deep, going 5-7 from the three-point line, while “Boots” Radford attacked the basket relentlessly. The Aggies were a step ahead of the Vols, with a 42-26 lead going into the locker room.

Out of the half, both teams missed a pair of shots, but a dose of solid defense by the Aggies led to a Soloman Washington three, causing Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes to call a timeout. The timeout did little to help as they remained behind the ball, falling by 20.

Radford followed his strong first half with a solid start to the second half with seven points in the first 6 minutes. The pestering Aggie defense was causing visible frustration to the Vols ball handlers, forcing them into turnovers that would lead to points as A&M held a 57-36 lead at the 11:30 mark in the half.

Tennessee tried to mount a comeback, stretching the defense full court and cutting the lead 12 as the Aggies started to go a little cold from the field. However, A&M got things together and extended the lead to 19 points with under a minute left.

The elite duo of Taylor and Radford combined for 52 points, while the duo of Andersson Garcia and Soloman Washington combined for 24 rebounds. Texas A&M is starting to look like a Top-25 team again, knocking off the No. 6 Tennessee Vols 85-69.

With the victory, A&M has earned their sixth all-important Quad 1 win, with plenty of opportunities to add to their NCAA Tournament resume in the next two weeks.

NOTE: Andersson Garcia eclipses the 500-career rebounding mark in the first half.

Below are the Aggies critical contributors from the game:

Wade Taylor IV:  25 points / 3 rebounds / 7 assists

Tyrece Radford:  27 points / 5 rebounds / 5 assists

Andersson Garcia:  6 points / 17 rebounds

Soloman Washington:  11 points / 7 rebounds / 3 blocks

Tennessee’s top contributors:

Dalton Knecht: 22 points / 7 rebounds

Zakai Zeigler: 15 points / 6 assist

Texas A&M will return on the road to take on Vanderbilt on February 13 at 6:00 p.m. CT.

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