Texas A&M Aggies Men's Hoops Season Opener: Preview, How to Watch, Betting Odds

The Texas A&M Aggies will take to their home court for the first time of the season against the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions, looking to keep coach Buzz Williams' perfect season opener streak alive.

Matt Guzman | Nov 6, 2023

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After a long offseason, the Texas A&M Aggies will officially be back at Reed Arena for the first game of their 2023-24 campaign.

Expectations are high — the Aggies' performance a year ago made sure of that. Despite a disappointing early loss in the NCAA tournament, Texas A&M set records with 15 conference victories, which for everyone except the organizers of the "don't rank us" propaganda, is a good thing.

This season, the Aggies boast a much more difficult non-conference schedule, and looking at last year's schedule alone, that doesn't bode well. Non-conference losses were the downfall of Texas A&M a year ago, so finding ways to win early on will be crucial, and coach Buzz Williams made that clear.

"Texas A&M wasn’t very good in non-conference play,” Williams said of last year's squad. “If you look at any of the games at Myrtle Beach, we were awful. There was a lot of embarrassment at Christmas. … [but] I think the competitive spirit of our players [helped our improvement].”

Against Texas A&M Commerce, that competitive spirit will be on display for the first time this year. Buzz Williams is 4-0 in season openers since taking the helm of the Aggies in 2019, and between that and all of the Aggies' returning starters, they should be able to notch a win to open up their season.

In fact, anything less would be concerning.

Ahead of the Aggies' season opener against the Lions, here's what you need to know:

Texas A&M Aggies coach Buzz Williams claps at his team from the sidelines / © USA TODAY Sports

WHAT: Texas A&M Aggies (0-0) vs. Texas A&M-Commerce Lions (0-0)

WHERE: Reed Arena, College Station, TX (12,989)

WHEN: Monday, Nov. 6 2023, 7 p.m. CST

TELEVISION: ESPN+

RADIO: 1620 AM/94.5 FM, TAMUSN, SiriusXM 383

Betting via SI SportsBook

SPREAD: Texas A&M -21.5

TOTAL: 140.5

MONEYLINE: Texas A&M -5000, LSU +1300

Published Nov 6, 2023

MATT GUZMAN

Matt Guzman is a sports journalist and storyteller from Austin, Texas. He serves as a credentialed reporter and site manager for San Antonio Spurs On SI and a staff writer for multiple collegiate sites in the same network. In the world of professional sports, he is a firm believer that athletes are people, too, and intends to tell stories of players and teams’ true, behind-the-scenes character that otherwise would not be seen through strong narrative writing, hooking ledes and passionate words.