Texas A&M (25-9, 15-3 SEC) was deemed a 7-seed by the NCAA Selection Committee and the pitchforks were immediately drawn out on social media.
It wasn’t just the Aggies’ fateful that came to the team’s defense, for the most part, the larger college basketball landscape was just as bewildered as to how A&M could be seeded so low following their juggernaut end to the regular season.
After all, this is a team that stormed to a 15-3 SEC record, one game behind first-place Alabama. They defeated the Crimson Tide, Tennessee, and Arkansas at home. They’ve won at Auburn and Missouri and punched their ticket back to this year’s SEC title game.
It’s near impossible to ignore that body of work, even if you place an equal amount of weight on the Aggies’ non-conference record this season. A&M’s rebound in the latter half of the season made them a force to be reckoned with, which is arguably why no team wanted to draw them as a No. 5 seed, let alone a No. 7 seed.
Best of luck to the No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions, whom the Aggies will meet in the First Round on Thursday. The same goes for the No. 2 Texas Longhorns, should we get a future SEC preview in the Second Round.
After Selection Sunday, Twitter provided some notable reactions from the Aggie fan base and even a few buffoons. If you need a good laugh throughout the day, check out some of these takes below:
Committee underseeded A&M specifically to set up a matchup, which is bullshit. But it’ll be a wild scene if the Ags can take down the Nittany Lions.
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) March 12, 2023
Net rankings of 7th seeds….
42, 41, 33, 19
what a joke @NCAA….I freaking hate basketball.
— wafflehouseAg (@JimboFeacher) March 12, 2023
Their nonconference was horrifically bad, both in terms of strength of schedule and results. They obviously figured it out in SEC play, but they were a borderline tourney team well into February because of it. pic.twitter.com/VjOLggaBtu
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) March 12, 2023
I actually LOVE what the committee did with Texas A&M.
DO NOT REWARD POWER LEAGUE TEAMS WHO DON’T SCHEDULE IN THE NON-CONFERENCE.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 12, 2023
Last month, Joe Lunardi told me that the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee might punish Texas A&M after Buzz’s comments last year.
I can’t help but think about that…
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