2022–23 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team

2022–23 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
2022–23 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 17
Record	25–10 (15–3 SEC)
Head coach	Buzz Williams (4th season);
Associate head coach	Devin Johnson
Assistant coaches	Steve Roccaforte; Lyle Wolf;
Home arena	Reed Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team were led by fourth-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25-10, 15–3 in SEC play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Arkansas and Vanderbilt to advance to the championship game, where they lost to Alabama. The Aggies received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed, where they were defeated in the first round by Penn State.

ConferenceSoutheastern Conference

CoachesNo. 25

APNo. 17

Record25–10 (15–3 SEC)

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2022–23 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Alabama†	16	–	2	.889	31	–	6	.838
No. 17 Texas A&M	15	–	3	.833	25	–	10	.714
Kentucky	12	–	6	.667	22	–	12	.647
No. 23 Missouri	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
No. 20 Tennessee	11	–	7	.611	25	–	11	.694
Vanderbilt	11	–	7	.611	22	–	15	.595
Auburn	10	–	8	.556	21	–	13	.618
Florida	9	–	9	.500	16	–	17	.485
Mississippi State	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Arkansas	8	–	10	.444	22	–	14	.611
Georgia	6	–	12	.333	16	–	16	.500
South Carolina	4	–	14	.222	11	–	21	.344
Ole Miss	3	–	15	.167	12	–	21	.364
LSU	2	–	16	.111	14	–	19	.424

† 2023 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Aaron Cash	0	G	6'6"	201	Junior	San Francisco, CA	Transferred to UT Arlington
Marcus Williams	1	G	6'2"	197	Sophomore	Dickinson, TX	Transferred to San Francisco
Quenton Jackson	3	G	6'5"	173	GS senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Hassan Diarra	5	G	6'2"	196	Sophomore	Queens, NY	Transferred to UConn
Jalen Johnson	11	F	6'6"	210	GS senior	Baton Rouge, LA	Graduated
Everett Vaughn	12	F	6'10"	255	Junior	Bellaire, TX	Walk-on; didn't return
Zach Walker	24	G	6'4"	199	Senior	Deer Park, TX	Graduate transferred to Texas Southern

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Dexter Dennis	0	G	6'5"	210	GS senior	Baker, LA	Wichita State
Khalen Robinson	1	G	6'0"	180	Junior	Little Rock, AR	Arkansas
Erik Pratt	3	G	6'5"	180	Junior	Lake Worth, FL	Seward County CC
Andersson Garcia	11	G/F	6'7"	210	Junior	Moca, DR	Mississippi State
Julius Marble II	34	F	6'8"	245	Senior	Dallas, TX	Michigan State

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Solomon Washington #45 SF	New Orleans, LA	G. W. Carver High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Nov 8, 2021
Solomon Washington #45 SF	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (81)
Jordan Williams PG	Houston, TX	Second Baptist	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Oct 16, 2020
Jordan Williams PG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Texas A&M 2022 Basketball Commitments". Rivals. Retrieved September 19, 2022. "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 4, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		Texas A&M–Kingsville	W 90–47		15 – Washington	8 – Coleman III	5 – Obaseki	Reed Arena College Station, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Louisiana–Monroe	W 87–54	1–0	18 – Taylor IV	7 – Coleman III	4 – Coleman III	Reed Arena (6,262) College Station, TX
November 11, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Abilene Christian	W 77–58	2–0	21 – Taylor IV	11 – Coleman III	2 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (6,782) College Station, TX
November 17, 2022* 3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 24	vs. Murray State Myrtle Beach Invitational Quarterfinals	L 79–88	2–1	19 – Radford	6 – 4 Tied	6 – Radford	HTC Center (1,321) Myrtle Beach, SC
November 18, 2022* 11:00 a.m., ESPNU	No. 24	vs. Colorado Myrtle Beach Invitational Consolation round	L 75–103	2–2	13 – Hefner	5 – 2 Tied	3 – 2 Tied	HTC Center (1,332) Myrtle Beach, SC
November 20, 2022* 3:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	vs. Loyola–Chicago Myrtle Beach Invitational 7th place game	W 67–51	3–2	13 – Coleman III	6 – Garcia	2 – 3 Tied	HTC Center (1,267) Myrtle Beach, SC
November 25, 2022* 12:00 p.m., FS1		at DePaul	W 82–66	4–2	31 – Radford	7 – 2 Tied	6 – Coleman III	Wintrust Arena (2,703) Chicago, IL
November 30, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		SMU	W 83–64	5–2	23 – Coleman III	6 – Radford	9 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (6,956) College Station, TX
December 3, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		vs. Boise State Battleground 2K22	L 71–86	5–3	16 – Taylor IV	5 – 2 Tied	6 – Taylor IV	Dickies Arena (2,812) Fort Worth, TX
December 11, 2022* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2		Oregon State	W 72–54	6–3	16 – Dennis	7 – 2 Tied	6 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (7,044) College Station, TX
December 17, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Memphis	L 79–83	6–4	25 – Taylor IV	10 – Radford	3 – Dennis	FedExForum (11,544) Memphis, TN
December 20, 2022* 1:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Wofford	L 62–67	6–5	20 – Taylor IV	6 – Dennis	3 – Tied	Reed Arena (6,518) College Station, TX
December 27, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Northwestern State	W 64–52	7–5	24 – Coleman III	10 – Radford	3 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (6,551) College Station, TX
December 30, 2022* 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+		Prairie View A&M	W 86–66	8–5	20 – Radford	6 – Coleman III	3 – Coleman III	Reed Arena (7,174) College Station, TX
SEC regular season
January 4, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Florida	W 66–63	9–5 (1–0)	17 – 3 Tied	6 – Dennis	2 – Taylor IV	O'Connell Center (7,023) Gainesville, FL
January 7, 2023 5:00 p.m., SECN		LSU	W 69–56	10–5 (2–0)	17 – 2 Tied	9 – Marble	6 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (9,319) College Station, TX
January 11, 2023 7:30 p.m., SECN		No. 20 Missouri	W 82–64	11–5 (3–0)	16 – Radford	12 – Dennis	6 – Radford	Reed Arena (6,916) College Station, TX
January 14, 2023 5:00 p.m., SECN		at South Carolina	W 94–53	12–5 (4–0)	20 – Taylor IV	11 – Coleman III	3 – 4 Tied	Colonial Life Arena (10,883) Columbia, SC
January 18, 2023 6:00 p.m., SECN		Florida	W 54–52	13–5 (5–0)	19 – Marble	16 – Dennis	5 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (12,126) College Station, TX
January 21, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN		at Kentucky	L 67–76	13–6 (5–1)	22 – Radford	6 – 3 Tied	7 – Taylor IV	Rupp Arena (20,017) Lexington, KY
January 25, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 15 Auburn	W 79–63	14–6 (6–1)	30 – Radford	9 – Radford	4 – Taylor IV	Neville Arena (9,121) Auburn, AL
January 28, 2023 7:30 p.m., SECN		Vanderbilt	W 72–66	15–6 (7–1)	18 – Coleman III	8 – Garcia	7 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (12,646) College Station, TX
January 31, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Arkansas	L 70–81	15–7 (7–2)	18 – 2 Tied	14 – Coleman III	6 – Radford	Bud Walton Arena (19,200) Fayetteville, AR
February 4, 2023 7:30 p.m., SECN		Georgia	W 82–57	16–7 (8–2)	15 – 2 Tied	8 – Garcia	6 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (12,640) College Station, TX
February 7, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		Auburn	W 83–78	17–7 (9–2)	22 – Taylor IV	7 – Marble	7 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (10,248) College Station, TX
February 11, 2023 7:30 p.m., SECN		at LSU	W 74–62	18–7 (10–2)	23 – Taylor IV	8 – Garcia	4 – Taylor IV	Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,328) Baton Rouge, LA
February 15, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		Arkansas	W 62–56	19–7 (11–2)	18 – Taylor IV	11 – Dennis	4 – Taylor IV	Reed Arena (11,315) College Station, TX
February 18, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Missouri	W 69–60	20–7 (12–2)	21 – Taylor IV	10 – Dennis	6 – Taylor IV	Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO
February 21, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 25	No. 11 Tennessee	W 68–63	21–7 (13–2)	25 – Taylor IV	9 – Marble	3 – Gordon	Reed Arena (12,989) College Station, TX
February 25, 2023 2:30 p.m., SECN	No. 25	at Mississippi State	L 62–69	21–8 (13–3)	21 – Taylor IV	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Humphrey Coliseum (6,065) Starkville, MS
February 28, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 24	at Ole Miss	W 69–61	22–8 (14–3)	13 – Radford	8 – Gordon	7 – Taylor IV	SJB Pavilion (6,008) Oxford, MS
March 4, 2023 11:00 a.m., CBS	No. 24	No. 2 Alabama	W 67–61	23–8 (15–3)	28 – Taylor IV	7 – Tied	4 – Radford	Reed Arena (12,989) College Station, TX
SEC tournament
March 10, 2023 6:00 p.m., SECN	(2) No. 18	vs. (10) Arkansas Quarterfinals	W 67–61	24–8	18 – Taylor IV	11 – Coleman III	3 – Taylor IV	Bridgestone Arena (17,989) Nashville, TN
March 11, 2023 2:30 p.m., ESPN	(2) No. 18	vs. (6) Vanderbilt Semifinals	W 87–75	25–8	25 – Taylor IV	7 – Dennis	5 – Radford	Bridgestone Arena (17,528) Nashville, TN
March 12, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPN	(2) No. 18	vs. (1) No. 4 Alabama Championship	L 63–82	25–9	14 – Dennis	9 – Coleman III	3 – Taylor IV	Bridgestone Arena (18,690) Nashville, TN
NCAA Tournament
March 16, 2023* 8:55 pm, TBS	(7 MW) No. 17	vs. (10 MW) Penn State First Round	L 59–76	25–10	19 – Dennis	9 – Garcia	3 – Radford	Wells Fargo Arena (16,728) Des Moines, IA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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