Texas A&M basketball made their mark with a wildly successful 2022-23 basketball season, and although their postseason campaign ended prematurely in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament, their achievements are beginning to reap more rewards.
According to College Hoops Today, multiple sources have informed that the Aggies will partake in a home-and-home series with Ohio State, with the first matchup due on November 10 in Columbus, Ohio. The subsequent return game will be in College Station during the 2024-25 season.
There is yet to be a timetable for an official announcement.
The home-and-home series has been one of the great fruits of inter-conference play, with two schools from opposing conferences going head-to-head as a means of either reigniting an old rivalry or putting an attractive matchup on paper to the test.
When it’s all said and done, the conference helps two power-conference schools beef up their respective schedules.
NEWS: Ohio State and Texas A&M will begin a home-and-home series on November 10th in Columbus, according to multiple sources.
Return game in College Station during the 2024-25 season.https://t.co/CZn7rt33Qz
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) April 24, 2023
The Buckeyes are coming off a 16-19 (5-15 Big Ten) record last season, finishing 13th in their conference while ranking 49th in KenPom. It was a down year, by all means, after they finished 20-12 (12-8 Big Ten) the year prior and advanced to the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
As the Buckeyes look to rebound next year, what better way to sharpen their iron than facing one of the breakout teams of the 2022-23 season?
Buzz Williams’ Aggies finished 25-10 (15-3 SEC) last year en route to making their second consecutive SEC title game and punching their ticket to March Madness for the first time since 2018. With many of their starters coming back, headlined by All-SEC guard Wade Taylor IV, many outlets have already pegged A&M as a Top 25 team in a handful of way-too-early prediction rankings.
The SEC and Big Ten flexed their competitive depth after leading the 2023 NCAA Tournament with eight team bids respectively, so it’s exciting to see this home-and-home series with the Aggies and Buckeyes coming to fruition.
At the very least, we get to see two renowned athletic programs go at it on the hardwood. A possible best-case scenario? We witness the beginning of a thrilling inter-conference rivalry for years to come.
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