Preview: Texas A&M Basketball vs. Texas

• Who: Texas A&M Aggies 19-9 (9-6 in SEC) vs. Texas Longhorns 17-11 (8-7 in SEC)
• What: 16th conference game of the season for both teams
• When: Saturday, February 28 at 3:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Reed Arena (College Station, Texas)
• TV/Streaming: ESPN2
• Radio: 1620 AM/94.5 FM, TAMU Sports Network, SiriusXM 382
• Radio Announcers: Andrew Monaco (play-by-play), John Thornton (color analyst)
• Last Season: The Aggies finished last season with a 23-11 record, including an 11-7 finish in the SEC and would be eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Longhorns finished 19-16 and 6-12 in SEC play, they would make the tournament as a 13 seed and would go on to lose in the quarterfinals against the Tennessee Volunteers.
• Series History: The Aggies are 9-14 all-time against the Longhorns, but this series is dominated by the home team. The Aggies are 7-2 all-time when playing in Reed Arena.

Meet the Coaches

• Bucky McMillan, Texas A&M: McMillan is in his first year as the head coach for the Aggies and he spent the last five seasons as the Samford head coach, leading them to an NCAA Tournament appearance and one NIT Appearance. He played college basketball from 2002-2006 at Alabama Birmingham-Southern.

• Sean Miller, Texas: Miller is in his first season as the head coach at the Forty Acres, leaving Xavier, where he was the head coach since 2022. He has a 503-206 record overall as a head coach since 2004. He played five seasons in Pittsburgh as a point guard, earning All-Big East honors once.

What to Know About the Longhorns

The Longhorns are one of the top offensive teams in college basketball, finding a way to put a lot of points up in a hurry. They are led on offense by guard Dailyn Swain, who leads the Longhorns in points per game (18.0), assists per game (3.2), and field goal percentage (56.2).

However, the Longhorns are also known to give up a ton of points in a hurry, too, especially in late-game situations where they have shown signs of collapse. Finding a way to keep offensive pressure on for the Aggies will need to be a priority in this one.

Neither of these teams is the same one as when they faced off early on in the conference schedule, and a win could do a lot of heavy lifting in the final stretch for either of these teams' resumes.