Selection Sunday is usually a day for celebration, but for the teams that find themselves on the outside looking in at the NCAA tournament, the evening can take on a very different sort of mood.
In that particular category this year is Texas A&M. The Aggies bubble burst on Sunday night.
Despite a miraculous run to the SEC tournament championship game, Texas A&M (23–12, 9–9) was left out of the field of 68 on Sunday. The NCAA selection committee revealed that the Aggies were the fourth team out of this year’s bracket.
Buzz Williams’s team got hot at exactly the right time this past week, even if it ultimately wasn’t enough.