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Texas A&M looks to punch its ticket against No. 9 Tennessee

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Texas A&M entered the Southeastern Conference tournament on the bubble for an NCAA Tournament bid, knowing it would take a strong showing to have a shot to continue its season.

After one overtime win and two wins against Top 25 teams, the Aggies can remove all questions and earn an outright tournament berth with a win Sunday over No. 9 Tennessee in the SEC title game in Tampa.

Texas A&M (23-11), the eighth seed, hasn’t won the conference tournament since joining the SEC in 2012. Second-seeded Tennessee (25-7) has lost in the championship game four times since last winning it in 1979.

Texas A&M will play its fourth game in four days after it started its tournament excursion Thursday with a dramatic 83-80 overtime win over Florida, thanks to a Hassan Diarra buzzer-beater.

Next, the Aggies took out the tournament’s top seed, No. 4-ranked Auburn. It was the first time since 1982 the Aggies had defeated a team ranked in the top five in the country, and they led by as many as 20 points…

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