Led by Wade Taylor, the Aggies are a good College Basketball odds defensive team and strong rebounders. Now the question is if the Aggies can get past the second round, which Williams has not yet been able to do in his tenure.
When Buzz Williams arrived to take the job as head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies, he inherited an underachieving program. Buzz Williams has proven why he is one of the great turnaround artists in the sport. As he previously did at Marquette and Virginia Tech, Williams has made Texas A&M a perennial contender.
2025 NCAA Tournament First Round Thursday Texas A&M Aggies vs. Yale Bulldogs
| Date and Time: | Thursday, March 20, 2025, 7:25 p.m. ET |
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| Location: | Ball Arena, Denver, CO |
| TV Coverage: | TBS |
| Team | Spread | Total | ML | |
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| Yale | +7½ -110 | 139 -110 | +275 |  |
| Texas A&M | -7½ -110 | 139 -110 | -330 | |
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Yale Bulldogs Team Overview
Late on, Yale has covered two of its previous five games and has gone under the sportsbook total in five of its last six outings. John Poulakidas is first among Yale scorers with 19.2 points per game.
Overall, the Yale Bulldogs are 22-7 straight up, 17-9 against the spread, and 13-13 over/under the total. Yale has national metrics of 21st for scoring offense, 12th for field goal percentage, 15th for 3-point field goal percentage, 132nd for free throw percentage, and 25th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Yale is 106th for scoring defense, 19th for field goal percentage permitted, 139th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 46th for defensive rebounding.
Texas A&M Aggies Team Overview
Late on, Texas A&M has covered two of its previous seven games and has gone over the College basketball lines total in five of its last seven outings. Wade Taylor is first among Texas A&M scorers, with 15.7 points per game.
Overall, the Texas A&M Aggies are 22-9 straight up, 16-13-2 against the spread, and 12-19 over/under the total. Texas A&M has national metrics of 185th for scoring offense, 322nd for field goal percentage, 332nd for 3-point field goal percentage, 272nd for free throw percentage, and 13th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Texas A&M is 47th for scoring defense, 22nd for field goal percentage permitted, 159th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 22nd for defensive rebounding.
Tre Johnson scored 20 points, and Tramon Mark added 15, as Texas helped its NCAA Tournament hopes. In the second round of the SEC tournament at Kansas City, Mo, Texas scored a 94-89 victory in double overtime against Texas A&M. Meanwhile, Kadin Shedrick scored 14 points, and Jordan Pope added 13 as the Longhorns advanced to the SEC quarterfinals.
Texas won the game on five free throws in the final 37 seconds of the second OT. Including two from Pope with 13 seconds left. Texas A&M missed six shots from the floor and a free throw in the final two minutes.
Wade Taylor scored 29 points. Manny Obaseki added 17 for Texas A&M. Andersson Garcia scored 13 points with 10 rebounds, Henry Coleman scored 10 with 13 rebounds.
Texas A&M forced overtime on Coleman’s bucket with 31 seconds left in regulation. He was fouled on the play but missed the free throw for a late lead. In turn, Mark missed a potential game-winner at the end of regulation for Texas.
Texas A&M vs. Yale SBG Free Picks
Yale offers more March Madness betting value as a quality underdog on this occasion.
Texas A&M vs. Yale SBG Best Bet: Yale Bulldogs.