Buzz Williams Addresses Texas A&M Aggies 'Inconsistency'

The Aggies found themselves trailing by double digits at different points in the game, but both times they were able to crawl back, finishing just short in the end.

Feb 22, 2025; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Buzz Williams reacts during the second half against the Tennessee Volunteers at Reed Arena. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images | Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images

The rough patch of the 2025 season for the No. 12 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball continued Wednesday night in front of the home crowd at Reed Arena with an 86-84 loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores.

The Aggies quickly found themselves as victims to a 15-2 scoring run by Vandy in the first half, before storming back and nearly tying the score at halftime, 34-32.

Feb 26, 2025; College Station, Texas, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores forward Devin McGlockton (99) fouls Texas A&M Aggies guard Zhuric Phelps (1) during the first half at Reed Arena. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images | Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images

The second half was almost a direct repeat of the first half. After spending five minutes locked in a 44-44 tie, Vanderbilt finally bounced in a layup and went on another scoring run to pull away from Texas A&M.

But yet again, the Aggies clawed back, even scoring 20 points in the last two minutes of play, including five points by Zhuric Phelps in the last 12 seconds, but in the end, the deficit was too much for the Maroon and White to overcome and they ended up taking their third consecutive conference loss.

Thankfully, it seems as though head coach Buzz Williams has been able to pick out what has been bogging the Ags down as of late: flat-out inconsistency.

"I think we did good things, but there were too many tangible and intangible things," Williams told the press after the game. "We didn't hit our ceiling and that includes me. We have to figure out how to hit our ceiling in the things we can touch and the things we can't touch. There can't be as much inconsistency as there has been over the past 10 days. It's an outlier stat. We're just not doing as good of a job as we have proven that we can do."

Putting those "outlier stats" to bed will not get any easier for Williams and the Aggies this weekend, as they hit the road to take on the No. 3 Florida Gators in Gainesville for a Saturday night showdown.

It seems as though Williams was right when he said the Aggies couldn't keep counting on more second half comebacks earlier in the season.

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