In the 2006–07 season, A&M started ranked at #13. The Aggies fell in the second round to LSU on the final shot of the game. The Aggies reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1987 as a 12-seed, upsetting fifth-seed Syracuse in the first round. The team finished with a league record of 10–6 and a win in the Big 12 Tournament, Texas A&M's first since the conference first began play in 1996–97. Gillispie's second year featured further improvement, with the Aggies defeating three ranked opponents in Colorado, Texas, and Syracuse. The team earned an NIT bid, Texas A&M's first postseason in 11 years, reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament. Along the way, the team defeated ranked, in-state rivals Texas and Texas Tech. The Aggies, though picked by Big 12 coaches to finish last in the conference, immediately improved under Gillispie, winning their first 10 games and finishing at 21–10, 8–8 in conference. Since 2004 Gillispie era Īfter Watkins resigned, Billy Gillispie, was hired out of UTEP after leading the Miners to an NCAA Tournament appearance and having the largest turnaround of any team in the nation, from 6–24 in 2002–03 to 24–8 in 2003–04. He resigned after going winless (0–16) in conference play in 2004. While a good recruiter, Watkins never finished above seventh in the Big 12. After Barone finished last in the Big 12 Conference in 1998, Melvin Watkins was hired out of UNC-Charlotte. It was in 1994 that he finished with a 10–4 league record for 2nd place in the Southwest Conference and was invited to the NIT. Barone lasted seven years as head coach of the program, finishing below. Tony Barone was hired from Creighton in 1991 to replace Davis. He was soon placed on a two-year probation by the NCAA and coached at a community college in Florida. He resigned after one season at 8–21 and Texas A&M began investigating recruiting violations by Davis. was hired prior to the 1990–91 season, after posting a 50–12 (.806) record in two seasons at Idaho. John Thornton finished out the 1990 season as head coach after Metcalf was fired. 500 in conference play only twice, and posted an overall record of. And I thought I was being generous." Metcalf finished his career at A&M with an overall record of 438–306, making him the all-time winningest men's basketball coach in Southwest Conference history.Īfter Metcalf was fired, A&M went through the next 14 years making only one postseason appearance ( 1994 NIT), finished above.
When asked by the media what happened between the two, Metcalf remarked, "I made a comment that I didn't think John David was all that bright. He was fired by former A&M football player and then-athletic director John David Crow after coaching 19 games of the 1989–1990 season.
In his 26 years as head coach at Texas A&M, he won six Southwest Conference titles, two Southwest Conference tournament titles, and led A&M to six NCAA Tournament and four NIT appearances. His impact was immediate, winning the Southwest Conference with a 13–1 conference record for Texas A&M's first title in 13 years. Shelby Metcalf took over the A&M basketball program in 1963. See also: Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball seasons Metcalf era The Aggies are currently coached by Buzz Williams who was hired on April 3, 2019, prior to the start of the 2019–2020 season. Texas A&M has appeared in the NCAA tournament 15 times, most recently in 2023. Since 1998, the teams has played its home games at Reed Arena, a 12,989-capacity arena in College Station, Texas on the campus of Texas A&M University. The Aggies compete in the Southeastern Conference. The Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college basketball.
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