***Official 2023-24 Predictions and Expectations Thread***

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With our first exhibition coming up this weekend, let's go ahead and do this:

Here's last season's prediction thread. Truly some unbelievable correct predictions there, even if we took a really wild route to get to some of them.

2023-24 Predictions:

Overall regular season record (31 games): 25-6
Conference regular season record: 14-4
Postseason tournament? Which one? Seed: NCAA's, 3 seed
Conference champion: Tennessee, by a game over us
National champion: Purdue

The stat other than score, turnovers, and free throw and three-point percentage that you're watching early in the season is: block percentage against, we were absolutely horrible at this last year, getting more than 10% of our shots blocked. Our ability to score in the paint is going to be the difference between this team being good and this team being great, and this should be a key indicator early along with our 2pt% (also bad last year.)

Bold predictions:
Taylor IV becomes our second consensus All-American (Law IV)
We won't have any Q4 losses and we go undefeated at home
Solo will be one of our best 3-4 or so players by the end of the season, but won't start that way
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Wade Taylor will be the NCAA Tournament MOP as he leads us to our first ever national championship. Nothing else matters.
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Non-conference record- 10-3
Conference record- 12-6
Overall record- 22-9
NCAA Tourney 5 seed

SEC Champs- Arkansas
National Champions- Marquette

Bold Prediction- Aggies make Elite 8.
Not Bold Prediction- Despite going further than any other Aggie team we will still be upset and mad,

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Overall regular season record (31 games): 24-7
Conference regular season record: 14-4
Postseason tournament? Which one? Seed: NCAA 4 seed
Regular Season Conference champion: Tennessee
SEC Tournament Champion: Texas A&M
National champion: Duke
The stat other than score, turnovers, and free throw and three-point percentage that you're watching early in the season is:
Steals and blocks-how many can we get defensively
Bold predictions:
Solo becomes a full-time starter
Marble finishes as the team's 3rd leading scorer, averaging 11 PPG
Ags make the Sweet 16
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Overall - 24-7
Conference - 13-5
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2023-24 Predictions:

Overall regular season record (31 games): 26-5
Conference regular season record: 15-3
Postseason tournament? Which one? Seed: NCAA's, 3 seed
Conference champion: Texas A&M
National champion: Purdue

The stat other than score, turnovers, and free throw and three-point percentage that you're watching early in the season: Offensive rebounding.

Bold predictions:
Wade Taylor is SEC POY and a finalist for National POY.
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zooguy96 said:

2023-24 Predictions:

Overall regular season record (31 games): 26-5
Conference regular season record: 15-3
Postseason tournament? Which one? Seed: NCAA's, 3 seed
Conference champion: Texas A&M

That's a 1 or 2 seed whiteout a doubt.
bobinator
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He's just throwing in the bonus prediction that we get screwed by the committee again
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I expect a good season
phorizt
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bold predictions:
This goes down as the best team in A&M basketball history. Wade Taylor cements himself on the Mt Rushmore of A&M basketball.

nothing too crazy
MarcAg
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I might want to change my prediction

phorizt
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MarcAg said:

I might want to change my prediction


changing my predictions...

we're finished
Know Your Enemy
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MarcAg said:

I might want to change my prediction



Oh for ****'s sake what now?
The Marksman
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This could be really, really bad. Hopefully nothing too serious...
Jumbo Fister
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can't be grades this early right?
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Well that ruined my day
Know Your Enemy
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I hope I'm just overreacting but at this point I don't expect to see him play for us again.
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Get to specifying, Olin.
Know Your Enemy
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frenchtoast said:

Get to specifying, Olin.

No way anyone from TexAgs spills the details even if they know them without Buzz's consent.
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bobinator said:

He's just throwing in the bonus prediction that we get screwed by the committee again


Yep. There's a 1 or 2 seed. And there is the 2-5 seed downgrade for Texas A&M.
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frenchtoast
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Just taking his typo literally.
Know Your Enemy
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Same news worded slightly differently. Doesn't sound like grades. Haven't heard about any arrests. Wonder what it could be.
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Marble was our 4th leading scorer and 5th leading rebounder, shot at the highest clip from the field but by far worst from the stripe - we'll be ok.


Mostly joking, but I do believe even the worst case scenario some seem to be jumping to - which is very unlikely - wouldn't be the end of the world by any means.
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This was posted 6 days ago (no sure when it was filmed) but that's Marble in the back at the 1:24 mark.
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Marble is a big who shoots 53 pct from the field and averages 4 rebounds per game.
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I have more questions about the random, very serious diatribe Buzz gave at the very end about not talking about injuries at all. Completely unprompted. WTF was that about?

That seemed way more ominous than the Marble stuff.
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Also, Buzz said Marble "wasn't allowed" to be with the team, makes me think it's gotta be either some sort of eligibility issue or a Title IX issue.
Know Your Enemy
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nm
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I just need to see Manny live up to the hype. He has these flashes of greatness then long stretches where he looks like a role player off the bench. I expect him to a big step forward this year.

More of a hope than expectation I guess. Also this Marble business has me worried.
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Not being able to talk about it = eligibility issue to me. Probably a credit that didn't transfer over properly. He's a Jesuit grad so I doubt he is failing anything. Likely has to take care of his business to be eligible by the spring semester.
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Bocephus said:

Not being able to talk about it = eligibility issue to me. Probably a credit that didn't transfer over properly. He's a Jesuit grad so I doubt he is failing anything. Likely has to take care of his business to be eligible by the spring semester.


A transfer credit issue wouldn't pop up now. He's been here over a year.
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Overall regular season record (31 games): 24-7
Conference regular season record: 12-6
Postseason tournament? Which one? Seed: NCAA's, 5 seed
Conference champion: Tennessee
National champion: ????

The stat other than score, turnovers, and free throw and three-point percentage that you're watching early in the season is: Previously discussed DAWG metrics for our starting five plus first off the bench

Bold predictions: Marble plays, doesn't start game 1. Garcia finds a way to contribute without being able to draw 17 charges per 40. Buzz gets ejected from a conference game with two techs.
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bobinator
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Feels like we should have a separate Marble news/theories thread from the season predictions thread
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bobinator said:

Feels like we should have a separate Marble news/theories thread from the season predictions thread


That'll just draw hop off a premium so this is better to,stay here
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