Texas A&M Basketball Embarks on Majestic Run for Title!
USA Today's final NCAA Tournament bracket prediction show Texas A&M as an 11-seed facing 6-seed North Carolina in the first round.
Texas A&M (21-11) ended the 2025-2026 regular season with a 21-10 record, including an 11-7 finish in SEC play under first-year head coach Bucky McMillan. 20-plus wins, including five Quad 1 victories, almost always mean earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, which seemed like a pipe dream before the season began. After back-to-back wins over Kentucky and LSU to end the regular season, McMillan's veteran squad, entirely built from the transfer portal, endured the peaks and valleys that come with the territory of playing in the SEC, starting things off with a bang after building a 7-1 record in SEC play, only to finish the month of February with a 2-6 record, including a miserable four-game losing streak.
However, senior forward Rashaun Agee, who earned third-team All-SEC honors after leading the Aggies in scoring and rebounds, has continued to play at an elite level, and even after Thursday's 20-point loss to Oklahoma in the SEC Tournament, the USC transfer recorded his 13th double-double of the season, which is a program single-season record. Over the last week, the Aggies have been widely projected as a 10-seed in the NCAA Tournament , including ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi, who has kept A&M at the 10-seed line before and after the program's SEC Tournament exit. However, USA TODAY's final bracket prediction places the Aggies as an 11-seed, facing 6-seed North Carolina in the first round.
Again, I can safely say that 99% of us in the media are confident that Texas A&M will earn a 9, 10, or 11-seed, while the latter two will be more beneficial, and give McMillan's veteran squad a real shot at making to the second round, and, possibly, the Sweet 16 if we see the team that ended the regular season on a high note. Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Cameron on X: @CameronOhnysty .
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