*****GAME THREAD - Texas Longhorns vs. Texas A&M Aggies*****

[HornSports Staff]

The Texas Longhorns won’t be playing the Texas A&M Aggies anytime soon on the football field, but that won’t stop the two from competing on the hardwood.  The Longhorns will face the Aggies on Sunday at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth in the Lone Star Showdown.

These two teams met last in the Bahamas in 2015, with Texas A&M defeating Texas 84-73 in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Shaka Smart and the Longhorns are off to a 7-1 start with their lone loss coming on the road to the Georgetown Hoyas.  Texas defeated UAB at home 67-57 earlier in the week. Redshirt sophmore Andrew Jones tied a career-high 20 points and hit 6-8 from three point range in the win over the Blazers. Jones is averaging 12.4 points per game, second only to junior point guard Matt Coleman (13.8 ppg).

Texas A&M has lost three straight, including three straight in the Orlando Invitational over the Thanksgiving weekend. The Aggies lost to Harvard, Temple and Fairfield and head into Sunday’s contest with a 3-4 record. Junior guard/forward Savion Flagg leads the Aggies in scoring with 10.7 points per game and 14 assists. Senior forward Josh Nebo follows with 10 points per game and 5.3 rebounds. Nebo ranks second as the nation’s active leader in career blocks.

Aggie head coach Buzz Williams in his his first year in College Station after spending the previous five seasons at Virginia Tech, where he guided the Hokies to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

The Longhorns have won five of the last six against the Aggies and Sunday’s contest will mark the second time the two schools have played since Texas A&M joined the Southeastern Conference.

What: Texas Longhorns (7-1) vs. Texas A&M Aggies (3-4)
When: Sunday, December 8, 2019
Time:  2:00 PM CST
Venue: Dickies Arena
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Television: ABC
The Line: Texas -9.5
Last Meeting Between the Two Teams: Texas A&M defeated Texas A&M 84-73 (11/25/2015)
All-Time Series Record: Texas leads Texas A&M 137-86

The Coaches



[COLOR= #520101]Texas A&M Aggies[/COLOR]


Head Coach:  Buzz Williams
Head Coaching Experience: 13th year as a head coach
Years as Head Coach at Texas A&M:  1
Career Record:  256-159
Career Record at Texas A&M:  3-4


[COLOR= #993300]Texas Longhorns[/COLOR]


Head Coach:  Shaka Smart
Head Coaching Experience: 11th year as a head coach
Years as Head Coach at Texas:  5
Career Record:  241-123
Career Record at Texas:  78-67


Watch what Texas Basketball players have to say about playing Texas A&M:

 

[MikeV73]

25 point spread?  Interesting...

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

25 point spread?  Interesting...

aggy is terrible.

They had like 18 points at the half in B2B losses at the Orlando tourney - against Harvard and Temple. Plus a loss to powerhouse Fairfield. They suck.

https://12thman.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Spread is Texas -9.5.  Typo!

 

[MikeV73]

Spread is Texas -9.5.  Typo!

I have no problem winning by 25?

 

[longhorn_mig]

Texas should cover that spread...emphasis on should...

 

[MikeV73]

Ramey is a lazy passer.  Forcing passes and causing TOs.

 

[hookemhorb]

Texas up by 10 at the half--27 to 17. Both teams not shooting well. Another Texas team that plays down to the competition.

 

[drgilbert]

Our offense sucks. Shaka has been truly disappointing 

 

[TB14]

Always great to beat Aggy! No matter how shitty they are!

 

[MikeV73]

Baker played a few minutes, good dunk cutting through the lane for the pass.  However, can he please stop chucking 3s?  He hasn’t made one this season, and we don’t need him to shoot from outside to make the team successful.  7 footer, quit camping out on the 3 point line and get some damn rebounds inside. 

 

[MikeV73]

Our offense sucks. Shaka has been truly disappointing 

I heard Harrell might be available.

 

[lshorn79]

Well, we did cover the spread.

We never shot well enough to get aggy out of their zone, which kept us from driving effectively to the basket.

 

[83Dee]

This goes into the “a wins a win” category.  A pretty poor effort against one of the worst Aggie basketball teams I’ve ever seen.  

Do we have anything in the playbook other than jacking up 3s?  I know, I know... we are 8-1.  

 

[83Dee]

I heard Harrell might be available.

Well done Mike73.  

 

[tejasrulz]

An ugly 1st half for sure but the Horns played better in the 2nd half. As they say, an ugly win is better than a pretty loss.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[Huskie1]

I went to the game. Ags are terrible and I wasn’t impressed by the Horns. They bust their butt on defense and look good when they get out and run but in the half court it’s pretty brutal. High screen and roll is about all you get for any movement on offense. I really wish they would run some type of motion offense. 
I hope they continue to improve as they head into conference play. 
 

And just for the record, even the crowd was kinda meh. Not much excitement in the building from either fan base. 

 

[MikeV73]

I went to the game. Ags are terrible and I wasn’t impressed by the Horns. They bust their butt on defense and look good when they get out and run but in the half court it’s pretty brutal. High screen and roll is about all you get for any movement on offense. I really wish they would run some type of motion offense. 
I hope they continue to improve as they head into conference play. 
 

And just for the record, even the crowd was kinda meh. Not much excitement in the building from either fan base. 

Is that arena home to any college team, or is it simply an events center?