Team Profile: Texas A&M Aggies
Good wins: Baylor, Texas, Oklahoma State, Clemson (neutral), at Missouri
Bad losses: none
Strengths
Coaching: Mark Turgeon and his Aggies are one of the most successful programs in the country that no one talks about. They will be making their third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament under Turgeon’s team has advanced past the first round in each of [...]
Big 12 Confidential (Pre-Conference Wrap)
Another non-conference season has come and gone, and with the exception of the Kansas vs. Michigan State game on Saturday, the rest of the conference will play their first conference games of the season this weekend.
It’s hard to believe that’s true–the last couple of months have been a relative blur. North Carolina, the one team [...]
What we’ve learned so far about the Big 12 Conference (South Division)
The Big 12 Conference is riding the wave of last season’s success, and it has Oklahoma, Baylor, Kansas and Texas among others to thank for bringing it back to the top of the college basketball pecking order.
Big early-season wins have been the norm for a couple of teams, as the Big 12’s cream continues to [...]
Big 12 Confidential (Week 8)
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What a week this should be for the Big 12 Conference. It seems just like yesterday we were talking about the conference getting six bids into the tournament, and now with the recent play of a few teams (namely Oklahoma, Baylor and Texas A&M), it could be looking at only five tickets.
Let’s take a [...]
Bubble Watch: 2/26/08
First, the recap:
Big Ten: Ohio State. The Big Ten’s weekly entrant in this column is one loss away from dropping out of the bracket. OSU is an abysmal 1-8 against the RPI Top 50. Fortunately, or unfortunately, for them they still have three opportunities to improve that record: @Indiana, H-Purdue, and H-Michigan State [...]
Big 12 Confidential (Week 7)
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With the Big 12 season winding down, it’s time to once again take another look at where all six major contenders stand in terms of chances of getting into the Big Dance.
Week 8 should give us a lot to talk about with the conference tournament quickly approaching, so this week’s edition of the “Confidential” [...]
Big 12 Confidential (Week 6)
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Ah, the Big 12 Conference; it’s good to see you’re back in rare form again!
Just when you think you have the Big 12 all figured out this year, the conference turns around throws a Dice-K gyroball your direction.
The “consistent” play from Kansas? Gone.
Baylor’s Cinderella run? It’s hanging on like one of those [...]
Big 12 Confidential (Week 5)
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I was thinking about writing a huge post on the resignation of former Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight and the impact it could have on the team in the coming weeks, but I figured most of us have already gotten their fill of the story from ESPN.com and the rest of the crew that [...]
NCAA Tournament Bubble Watch: 2/6/08
First, a review of last week’s Bubble teams:
Big Ten – Ohio State Buckeyes. Ugh. Bucks had a chance to solidify their profile last week, but lost at a scrappy Iowa. We’re now starting the all-important “Last 10 games,” and as bad as the Big Ten is this year, Ohio State’s schedule is pretty rough. [...]
Arizona vs Texas A&M
Year one in the post-Billy Gillispie era is going better than expected for the Texas A&M Aggies. With new head coach Mark Turgeon running the show at A&M, the Aggies off are to a 7-0 start for the fourth straight season and have shown the nation that they again plan to make a major push [...]

