Impact freshmen, a strong core group of seniors and experience in between make up what is expected to be Billy Kennedy's best team thus far at Texas A&M. Recently, the Aggies went behind the scenes and off the court to share their unique personalities.

The season's end was a final example of a myriad of disappointments down the stretch, several of which need to be figured out before looking toward next year. Yet, as to Monday's actual result, the reason is simple.

Texas A&M's March misery continued in another second-half disappointment, this one bringing the 2014-2015 season to a close. Aside from Alex Robinson's 21 points and five assists, all that's left for the Aggies is to look ahead.

The Aggies kicked off a hopeful run to New York with a plethora of encouraging signs. From the development of their freshmen to the key to winning without Danuel House, Tuesday produced a blueprint going forward.

The 2-seed Aggies hosted Montana to open the 2015 National Invitation Tournament, and they lived up to their billing. A&M's senior guard shared his perspective after an 81-64 win that kept his final season going.

Everyone from the announcers to the fans gave up on the Aggies ten minutes into Tuesday's game, but an incredible amount of fight brought them back. Still, it was a defeat more self-inflicted than anything.

A star shined in Columbia and A&M overcame a few mistakes to take another road SEC win. Nineteen victories into a season few saw coming, the Aggies have made clear what the key behind their success is.

Two games against the Tigers; twice the Aggies have shown what they're made of. Tuesday night's win was the fruit of labors in preparation, execution and effort. How does A&M carry it over from here?

Things that opened the year as weaknesses for the Aggies have become strengths. Team unity is high and development across the roster is as well. There's work to be done, but we're witnessing a new A&M team.

The team we saw in the second half of Wednesday night's game is the one that can make surprising noise throughout SEC play if the right progress continues. Players finding their roles add up to one solid product.

A rebound to 3-2 in SEC play is within the cards for the Aggies, provided they don't get in their own way against Missouri. Billy Kennedy and his players met with the media on Tuesday to discuss.

A win is a win is a win. Not only that, on Tuesday the Aggies won by overcoming some usual issues. But to carry momentum from their first SEC victory of the season into Baton Rouge, they'll have to fix a few more.

Any questions about the Aggies' ability to play at a high level were answered in Saturday's thriller. How to carry it over, however, is a different debate. The lessons from the near-upset of UK could turn A&M around.

Not a soul gave Texas A&M a chance to even keep it respectable against the nation's No. 1 team, but the Danuel House-led Aggies fought to come up just short of a monumental upset — by about fifteen feet.

Though the Tide is a good team, the Aggies' defeat to open conference play and what led to it are causes for concern and problems in need of immediate fixing. With Kentucky up next, where will A&M find its answers?

A win is a win, as the saying goes. Though it was sloppy, the Aggies did enough to end non-conference play undefeated at home — an improvement over the past three seasons. But there are a few fixes to be made.

Any number of opinions can be taken from the Aggies' finish to non-conference play, but ultimately A&M fended off a strong challenge to get to 9-3. Improvement remains ... but does potential also lie ahead?

The Aggies' final non-conference matchup will bring the Hawks to Reed Arena in a game that should present A&M a chance to work on its personnel heading into SEC play. A few players in particular are due up.