TEXAS A&M WOMEN S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT | FIRST ROUND | VS TROY MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2021 TIPOFF: 5 P.M. | SITE: FRANK ERWIN CENTER | AUSTIN, TEXAS 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS /// TWITTER: @AGGIEWBB /// INSTAGRAM: @AGGIEWBB /// FACEBOOK: AGGIEWOMENSHOOPS /// #GIGEM Athletics Communications: Brandon Collins | [email protected] | Cell: (832-465-3791) 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS TEXAS A&M TROY 23-2 Overall, 13-1 SEC AGGIES TROJANS DATE A&M RK. OPP. RK. OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Nov. 25 13 - Lamar SECN+ W, 77-61 Nov. 28 13 19 at Depaul SECN+ W, 93-91 TEAM RECORD: 23-2 TEAM RECORD: 22-5 Dec. 2 12 - Lamar SECN+ W, 80-63 CONFERENCE RECORD: 13-1 (SEC) CONFERENCE RECORD: 15-2 (Sun Belt) Big 12 / SEC Challenge, Reed Arena, College Station, Texas RANKING: No. 4 AP/ No. 4 Coaches RANKING: N/A Dec. 6 12 25 at Texas ESPN W, 66-61 HEAD COACH: Gary Blair HEAD COACH: Chanda Rigby Dec. 10 10 - at Little Rock ESPN+ W, 79-56 Dec. 13 10 - Abilene Christian SECN W, 77-59 Dec. 15 10 - Sam Houston State SECN+ W, 99-69 Dec. 20 10 - Rice SECN+ W, 57-53 ABOUT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Dec. 28 9 - Northwestern State SECN+ W, 112-26 • A&M is the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program history, and are Dec. 31 9 RV Tennessee ESPNU Postponed 8-1 against teams that are currently in March Madness. Jan. 3 9 - at Florida SECN W, 92-67 • The Aggies are 27-15 in the big dance, and 13-3 in opening round games. Jan. 7 8 10 Kentucky SECN W, 77-60 Jan. 10 8 13 at Arkansas SECN W, 74-73 • Coach Blair is 39-24 all-time in the tournament, and 19-2 in the first round. Jan. 14 7 - at LSU SECN+ L, 61-65 • Blair is fourth among active head coaches in tournament appearances (26). Jan. 17 7 14 Mississippi State ESPN2 W, 69-41 • This is the first meeting between the Trojans and Aggies. Jan. 24 8 - at Missouri SECN W, 70-66 Jan. 28 8 - at Auburn SECN W, 84-69 QUICK HITS Jan. 31 8 22 Georgia SECN W, 60-48 Feb. 4 7 - LSU SECN W, 54, 41 • The Aggies are one of five programs to have made the NCAA Tournament Feb. 7 7 16 Arkansas SECN W, 69-67 15-consecutive seasons (Uconn - 31, Tennessee - 39, Baylor - 17, Stanford - 33) Feb. 11 6 - at Vanderbilt - No Contest • The Maroon & White are the SEC Regular Season Champions for the first time ever, Feb. 14 6 16 Tennessee ESPN W, 80-70 and this is the first regular season conference crown since their 2006-07 Big 12 title. Feb. 19 5 - Missouri SECN+ Canceled Feb. 21 5 - at Ole Miss SECN W, 66-55 • A&M earned it’s first SEC regualr season championship, and the sixth conference title Feb. 25 3 - at Alabama SECN+ W, 73-67 ever (2-Regular season - Big 12 2006-07, SEC 2020-21 4-Tournament Titles - 96, 08, 10, 13) Feb. 28 3 5 South Carolina ESPN2 W, 65-57 • The Aggies secured their highest AP ranking in program history earlier this season (No. 2), and finished with the highest ranking in the final poll ever for A&M at No. 4. SEC Tournament, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C. March 5 2 - LSU SECN W, 77-58 • A&M records its best start through the first 25 games of the year in program history at 23-2. March 6 2 16 Georgia ESPNU L, 74-68 • The Aggies secured their 16th-straight season with 20-or-more victories in a season dating back to the 2005-06 season. NCAA Tournament, San Antonio, Multiple Sites March 22 4 - Troy ESPN2 5 p.m. • A&M is tied for the most ranked wins (nine) in the NCAA, and has the most wins in the SEC (23). March 24 NCAA Second Round TBD TBD • Gary Blair was named a Naismith Coach of the Year Finalist for the third time in his career. March 27-28 NCAA Sweet Sixteen TBD TBD March 29-30 NCAA Elite Eight TBD TBD • Texas A&M’s Ciera Johnson, N’dea Jones and Kayla Wells have started 89-consecutive games. April 2 NCAA Final Four TBD TBD • N’dea Jones (First Team), Aaliyah Wilson (Second Team), Destiny Pitts (6th Woman) and April 4 NCAA Championship TBD TBD Ciera Johnson (Scholar-Athlete) all garnered All-SEC accolades this week. • Jones and Wilson were named AP Honorable Mention All-Americans for the first time in their careers this season, becoming the 12th and 13th AP All-Americans in program history. RADIO • Jones was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after the first week of college basketball, and Monday: The Zone 1150 AM/93.7 FM to end the SEC regular season. (Tom Turbiville/PxP, Steve Miller/Analyst) • Wilson was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after wins against No. 10 Kentucky and No. 13 Arkansas. PROJECTED STARTERS TV NO. NAME POS. HT. CL. PTS STAT HOMETOWN Monday: ESPN2 2 Aaliyah Wilson G 5-11 Gr. 12.6 5.8 rpg Muskogee, Okla. (Beth Mowins/PxP, Renee Montgomery/Analyst) 5 Jordan Nixon G 5-8 So. 9.5 3.0 apg New York, N.Y. 11 Kayla Wells G 6-0 Gr. 11.7 2.6 rpg Dallas, Texas 31 N’dea Jones F 6-2 Gr. 12.3 10.3 rpg Lawrenceville, Ga. 40 Ciera Johnson C 6-4 Gr. 10.0 7.2 rpg Duncanville, Texas 2020-21 TEXAS A&M WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND REGIONALS NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL REGIONALS SECOND ROUND FIRST ROUND SEMIFINALS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS Stanford (25-2) 1 1 UConn (24-1) Alamo S SUN 3/21, 10 p.m., E1 SUN 3/21, 8 p.m., E1 Alamo N Utah Valley (13-6) 16 16 High Point (22-6) Oklahoma St. (18-8) 8 8 Syracuse (14-8) Texas St. SUN 3/21, 1 p.m., E2 SUN 3/21, 5:30 p.m., E2 Mary's Wake Forest (12-12) 9 9 South Dakota St. (21-3) Missouri St. (21-2) 5 5 Iowa (18-9) Alamo S St. MON 3/22, 7:30 p.m., EU SUN 3/21, Noon, E1 Mary's UC Davis (13-2) 12 12 Central Mich. (18-8) Alamo N Arkansas (19-8) 4 4 Kentucky (17-8) MON 3/22, 2 p.m., E1 SUN 3/21, 2 p.m., E1 Texas Wright St. (18-7) 13 13 Idaho St. (22-3) Oregon (13-8) 6 6 Michigan (14-5) UTSA MON 3/22, 10 p.m., E2 SUN 3/21, 3 p.m., E2 Alamo N South Dakota (19-5) 11 11 FGCU (26-2) Georgia (20-6) 3 3 Tennessee (16-7) Texas St. MON 3/22, Noon, E2 SUN 3/21, 2 p.m., ABC Mary's Drexel (14-8) 14 San Antonio 14 Middle Tenn. (17-7) Texas Northwestern (15-8) 7 April 4 7 Virginia Tech (14-9) State St. MON 3/22, 4p.m., EU SUN 3/21, Noon, EU Mary's UCF (16-4) 10 10 Marquette (19-6) Alamo S Louisville (23-3) 2 ESPN 2 Baylor (25-2) MON 3/22, 8 p.m., E1 San Antonio San Antonio SUN 3/21, 4 p.m., ABC Alamo S Marist (18-3) 15 April 2 April 2 15 Jackson St. (18-5) Texas South Carolina (22-4) 1 ESPN ESPN 1 NC State (20-2) State SUN 3/21, 6 p.m., E1 NATIONAL CHAMPION SUN 3/21, 4 p.m., E1 Alamo N Mercer (19-6) 16 16 N.C. A&T (14-2) Oregon St. (11-7) 8 8 South Fla. (18-3) Texas SUN 3/21, 7:30 p.m., E2 SUN 3/21, 9:30 p.m., E2 State Texas Florida St. (10-8) 9 9 Washington St. (12-11) Texas Georgia Tech (15-8) 5 5 Gonzaga (23-3) State SUN 3/21, 4:30 p.m. EU MON 3/22, 4 p.m., E2 St. Mary's SFA (24-2) 12 12 Belmont (20-5) West Virginia (21-6) 4 4 Indiana (18-5) UTSA St. SUN 3/21, 8 p.m., EU MON 3/22, 2 p.m., EU Mary's Lehigh (10-5) 13 13 VCU (16-10) Texas Texas (18-9) 6 6 Rutgers (14-4) State MON 3/22, 8 p.m., E2 MON 3/22, Noon, EU State Texas Bradley (17-11) 11 11 BYU (18-5) UCLA (16-5) 3 3 Arizona (16-5) Alamo N MON 3/22, 10 p.m., E1 MON 3/22, 2 p.m., E2 Texas Wyoming (14-9) 14 14 Stony Brook (15-5) Alamo N Alabama (16-9) 7 7 Iowa St. (16-10) MON 3/22, Noon, E1 MON 3/22, 6 p.m., E1 Alamo S North Carolina (13-10) 10 10 Michigan St. (15-8) Maryland (24-2) 2 2 Texas A&M (23-2) Texas MON 3/22, 4 p.m., E1 MON 3/22, 6 p.m., E2 Alamo S Mount St. Mary's (17-6) 15 15 Troy (22-5) 2021 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Complete bracket released on ESPN Selection Show, Monday, March 15 at 7 p.m. ET. FIRST-ROUND - March 21 and 22 and SECOND-ROUND - March 23 and 24. SWEET 16 - March 27-28 and ELITE 8 - March 29-30.