How to Watch: No. 15 Alabama Basketball vs Texas A&M
The SEC basketball schedule had a new wrinkle in it this year, with every team getting a "bye week" at some point during the season, meaning each team has a Saturday to Saturday stretch where it doesn't play during the midweek.
For Alabama basketball, this week is its bye week, and it came at a great time, with the Crimson Tide having just played back-to-back road games against Auburn and LSU.
After the bye, Alabama turns its attention to the Texas A&M Aggies, who have won five of their last seven games and vaulted to near the top of the SEC standings.
The Aggies have been a thorn in head coach Nate Oats' side throughout his Alabama tenure. Oats is just 1-3 against Texas A&M, with his lone win coming in last season's SEC tournament championship game. Oats has never beaten the Aggies in the regular season.
To add to the intrigue of the game, Alabama will be honoring its 2004 Elite Eight team, and wearing new uniforms that incorporate the Crimson Tide's retro "block-A" logo.
Texas A&M is still led by one of the best guard duos in the SEC, Wade Taylor IV and Tyrece Radford, which makes the Aggies a dangerous matchup for any team, especially one that's struggled as much as Alabama defensively.
How to Watch: No. 15 Alabama vs Texas A&M
Who: No. 15 Alabama (17-7, 9-2 SEC) vs Texas A&M (15-9, 6-5 SEC)
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 11 a.m. CT
Where: Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TV: ESPN
Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network (Play-By-Play: Chris Stewart, Analyst: Bryan Passink). The pregame show will begin one hour prior to tipoff.
Series: Alabama leads, 12-11
Last Meeting: Alabama and Texas A&M met in Nashville last season for the 2023 SEC Championship. The Crimson Tide dominated the Aggies in the rematch, 82-63 after losing their lone regular season meeting just a week earlier.
Alabama's Brandon Miller scored 23 points, taking away tournament MVP honors, leading the Crimson Tide to its second SEC Tournament title in three years.
Last Time Out, Alabama: The Crimson Tide bounced back with a road victory against LSU, scoring a whopping 109 points en route to a 17-point win. Mark Sears scored his seventh consecutive 20-point game, totaling 23. Latrell Wrightsell Jr., Nick Pringle, Rylan Griffen and Aaron Estrada also scored 15-plus points.
Last Time Out, Texas A&M: Coming off a big upset of No. 6 Tennessee 85-69 in College Station, where guards Tyrece Radford and Wade Taylor IV combined for 52 points on 17 of 35 from the field, the Aggies fell hard on Tuesday night, suffering a bad loss on the road against Vanderbilt at the hands of a buzzer-beating shot from Ezra Manjon. It was just Vanderbilt's second win during the conference slate this season.
Series: Alabama leads 12-11 with the first matchup occurring on Dec. 19, 1958.
Alabama Leaders:
- Scoring: Mark Sears (20.5 PPG)
- Rebounding: Grant Nelson (5.7 RPG)
- Assists: Aaron Estrada (4.0)
Texas A&M Leaders:
- Scoring: G Wade Taylor IV (19.9 PPG)
- Rebounding: F Andersson Garcia (9.2 RPG)
- Assists: G Wade Taylor IV (3.8 APG)
