Tuesday, February 27, 2007
For the past week, all I’ve heard on ESPN is that Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Ohio State, UCLA and Kansas are the only six teams that have separated themselves for No. 1 seed consideration. One team is noticeably absent from that list — Texas A&M.
Tell me, what have those six teams done to separate themselves from Texas A&M? The Aggies only have four losses, as few as anyone but Ohio State. They lost at UCLA, but who can blame them? They lost at LSU, but so did Florida. They were swept by Texas Tech, but North Carolina was swept by a similar team in Virginia Tech.
They have a road victory against Kansas; none of the other six have a victory even close to as good as that. They are also tied for the lead in the Big 12 Conference.
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So please, I’d really like to know what eliminated Texas A&M from the running for a No. 1 seed.
So please, I’d really like to know what eliminated Texas A&M from the running for a No. 1 seed.
Its resume is better than Kansas’. OK, so Kansas is demolishing teams lately and Texas A&M is still just winning fairly close games. But Texas A&M doesn’t have a loss like Oral Roberts on its resume, and its victory at Kansas is better than Kansas’ against Florida on a neutral court.
Texas A&M’s argument against the rest of the field should always go back to its victory in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas is at a disadvantage against Texas A&M just because of that victory.
But compare Texas A&M to others in contention, and the Aggies could say that they’ve had a better season than any.
Ohio State’s accomplishments don’t measure up to Texas A&M’s. The Buckeyes have only defeated two ranked teams all year in Wisconsin and Tennessee, and both of those came at home. By the way, Tennessee only has one conference road victory this season. Ohio State also lost at North Carolina, at Florida and at Wisconsin. Those were their only three chances to match the Aggies’ victory at Kansas, and they failed.
Then there’s North Carolina, Florida and Wisconsin. All are slumping at the wrong time, each having lost two games recently. At this point, either could easily be a No. 2 seed behind Texas A&M.
The UCLA Bruins are the only team that has a significant advantage against Texas A&M, and that’s just because of its head-to-head win.
If Texas A&M wins at Texas and then wins the Big 12 Tournament, I don’t see how a No. 1 seed could be denied to Billy Gillispie’s team. Better yet, the Aggies should go to the South Regional in San Antonio, Texas. I think they deserve it. My message to the tournament committee: At least consider it.
Robinett is an Austin, Texas, senior in journalism.
— Edited by Joe Caponio
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