University Station – When Texas A & M Men’s Basketball Welcome to Auburn to Reed Arena on Tuesday evening, it will be the first match that the Aggies played when he was classified outside the top 15 of the AP survey since December 9.
A&M has lost four consecutive games, with an average margin of victory of more than 11 points, and welcomes Tigers Auburn n ° 1 for the senior evening.
This type of section would frustrate all the teams, but if you ask the head coach Buzz Williams, his players manage it as well as ever.
“I have never seen a better response. They were great,” Williams told journalists on Monday. “I think each game is an autonomous game and I think there are lessons to learn if you win or if you lose, but I think our guys have answered all these things.”
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The Tigers (27-2, 15-1) are the best team that the Aggies will play on their regular season slate, and that happens at a time when they may need a victory.
“Our guys know who we play … (playing team n ° 1) has only occurred nine times (in the history of the program) … so they are delighted with what is at stake when we enter the last week of the season,” continued Williams.
Despite the loss of four consecutive and the taking suddenly in the potential sowing scenarios, the record of 14-9 A&M in the Quad 1 and Quad 2 A games Joe Lunardi of ESPN considering them as a locking of the NCAA tournament.
With two games to play, the Aggies hope to find a pace when they enter the playoffs.
“We have experience of how we will respond to good things and experience the way we will respond to adversity. And good or evil, I believe in these guys,” said Williams about his team.
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Tuesday’s match includes a team of tigers led by player of the year Johnie Broome. Broome, a senior striker, leads the team in marked points (18.4) rebounds (10.8) and assists (3.3). Auburn is second in the SEC in the rating offensive (85.4) and fourth in score defense (68.8) while showing six players on average more than 10 points per game.
“I would say that (Auburn) is the best (A&M will have faced) since we are here,” said Williams. “This is the best that the League has ever been, and it’s the best team of the best league … Their talent talks about itself.”
Last season, Auburn obtained the best of A&M, beating the AGGIES 66-55. A&M held Broome in check with only 10 points, but the current Denver Nuggets Stronger Jaylin Williams lost 22 points in the exit to lead all the players.
A&M was led by striker Henry Coleman III who finished with 17 points and five rebounds. Coleman is on average 7.7 points per game this season.
Tuesday match
N ° 21 Texas A&M (20-9, 9-7) vs n ° 1 Auburn (27-2, 15-1), 8 p.m., ESPN
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