{"id":212812,"date":"2026-03-20T11:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/212812\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:31:22","slug":"channel-time-announced-for-texas-am-vs-houston-in-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/212812\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel, time announced for Texas A&#038;M vs. Houston in NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas A&amp;M&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas A&amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s<\/a> fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, and first under coach <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/everything-texas-m-hc-bucky-040708023.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bucky McMillan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bucky McMillan&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucky McMillan<\/a>, started off with a bang, as the 10-seed Aggies were <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/social-media-reactions-texas-ms-031928612.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:utterly dominant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;utterly dominant&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">utterly dominant<\/a> in the first round against 7-seed Saint Mary&#8217;s, holding the Gaels to 50 points, including 38% from the field, while senior forward Rashaun Agee led the game with 22 points, and nine rebounds on the night.<\/p>\n<p>Headed to the Round of 32, Texas A&amp;M will stay in Oklahoma City and will now face 2-seed Houston, which defeated 15-seed Idaho 78-47 on Thursday night. For the first time in two seasons, both teams will square off in the second round after losing 100-95 in overtime in a game that went down to the final possession, while former star forward Andersson Garcia&#8217;s game-tying three-pointer to send the game into OT still lives in all our memories.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This season, Houston remains one of the best teams in the country, led by star freshman guard Kingston Flemings, while sharpshooter Emanuel Sharp continues to be a nightmare matchup in the NCAA Tournament after going 3-3 from beyond the arc on Thursday. For the Aggies to have a shot, matching their elite defensive performance and hitting open threes is the key to keeping pace with the Cougars.<\/p>\n<p>After Houston&#8217;s victory, the official tip times for every second-round matchup on Saturday were announced, with Texas A&amp;M vs. Houston set for 5:10 p.m. and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MM_MBB_TV\/status\/2034833984488603769?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:airing on TNT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;airing on TNT&quot;}\" class=\"link \">airing on TNT<\/a>. If Texas A&amp;M can somehow get past the Cougars, Texas A&amp;M will make the Sweet 16 for the first time in nearly 20 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aggieswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@AggiesWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@AggiesWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@AggiesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X\u00a0(formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AggiesWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&amp;M news, notes and opinions.\u00a0Follow Cameron on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronOhnysty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@CameronOhnysty;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@CameronOhnysty&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@CameronOhnysty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Aggies Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/mens-basketball\/2026\/03\/20\/channel-time-announced-for-texas-aggies-basketball-houston-march-madness-round-of-32\/89239958007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Channel, time announced for Texas A&amp;M vs. Houston in March Madness;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Channel, time announced for Texas A&amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Channel, time announced for Texas A&amp;M vs. Houston in March Madness<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, and first under coach Bucky McMillan, started off with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,3112,24268,3042],"class_list":["post-212812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-rashaun-agee","tag-texas-am"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}