Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Prev Year: | 2018–19 |
Next Year: | 2020–21 |
Team: | Texas A&M Aggies |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Record: | 16–14 |
Conf Record: | 10–8 |
Head Coach: | Buzz Williams |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Devin Johnson |
Asst Coach2: | Jamie McNeilly |
Asst Coach3: | Lyle Wolf |
Stadium: | Reed Arena |
The 2019–20 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies were coached by first-year head coach Buzz Williams. The Aggies played their home games at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the season 16–14, 10–8 in SEC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were set to take on Missouri in the second round of the SEC tournament. However, the remainder of the SEC Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Aggies finished the season 14–18, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in 11th place. They defeated Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC tournament[1] before losing to Mississippi State.[2]
On March 15, 2019, the school fired head coach Billy Kennedy after eight seasons.[3] [4] On April 3, the school hired Virginia Tech head coach Buzz Williams as the team's next head coach.[5]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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3 | G | 6'4" | 199 | Graduate transferred to Gonzaga | ||||
Chris Collins | 12 | G | 6'2" | 181 | Walk-on; graduated | |||
Brandon Mahan | 13 | G | 6'5" | 200 | Transferred to UCF | |||
Isiah Jasey | 15 | F | 6'10" | 246 | Transferred to SMU | |||
John Brown | 20 | F | 6'10" | 220 | Transferred to West Texas A&M | |||
Christian Mekowulu | 21 | F | 6'9" | 245 | Graduated | |||
Frank Byers | 22 | G | 5'10" | 180 | Graduated | |||
John Walker III | 24 | F | 6'9" | 196 | Transferred to Texas Southern | |||
Cameron Alo | 33 | G | 5'9" | 174 | Walk-on; left team for personal reasons |
The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.[6]
Media poll | ||
1 | Kentucky | |
2 | Florida | |
3 | LSU | |
4 | Auburn | |
5 | Tennessee | |
6 | Alabama | |
7 | Mississippi State | |
8 | Ole Miss | |
9 | Georgia | |
10 | South Carolina | |
11 | Arkansas | |
12 | Texas A&M | |
13 | Missouri | |
14 | Vanderbilt |
|-!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=|Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| SEC tournament|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|March 12, 2020
6:00 pm, SECN| style="text-align:center"| (7)| vs. (10) Missouri
Second round| colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak[7] | style="text-align:center"|Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN|-