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===Basketball=== {{Main|Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball|Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball}} [[File:Lss 2008 bb damion james.jpg|thumb|right|A men's basketball game at Reed Arena in January 2008|alt=a crowd of people in mostly white T-shirts watch an indoor basketball game; a T with a start on it is upside down and featured prominently under the players]]<!--This image contains a trademarked symbol, Texas A&M "T-star", and is only being used to illustrate said symbols within context--> The Aggies men's basketball team, which was founded in 1912, has won eleven Southwest Conference championships and two Southwest Conference Tournament championships. The team has played in the [[National Invitation Tournament]] six times and in the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Tournament]] eleven times, of which three resulted in the team progressing to the regional semifinals round, dubbed Sweet Sixteen—the highest round to which the Aggies have advanced—most recently in the 2015–16 season.<ref name="AgBballHist">{{cite web |url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205238851 |title=Texas A&M Basketball's Championship History |publisher=Texas A&M Athletics |access-date=May 15, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504160002/http://www.aggieathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27300&ATCLID=205238851 |archive-date=May 4, 2012}}</ref> As of 2021, the men's basketball team is led by [[Buzz Williams]] in his tenth season as head coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26429544/virginia-tech-williams-taking-texas-job |title=Texas A&M hires Va. Tech's Williams as coach |first=Jeff |last=Borzello |date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908211915/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26429544/virginia-tech-williams-taking-texas-job |archive-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref> The women's basketball team has won one Southwest Conference Tournament championship, one regular season Big 12 Conference championship, two Big 12 Tournament championships, and two SEC Tournament championships—most recently in 2021. {{As of|2022}}, the Aggies women's team has advanced to sixteen NCAA Tournament appearances, including fourteen consecutive seasons, and won the National Championship in 2011. They have also twice competed in the [[Women's National Invitation Tournament]], which they won in 1995.<ref name="womenbb">{{cite web|title=Texas A&M Women's Basketball History|publisher=12th Man|year=2021|url=https://12thman.com/sports/2020/1/11/womens-basketball-history.aspx|access-date=August 10, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=August 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810205317/https://12thman.com/sports/2020/1/11/womens-basketball-history.aspx}}</ref> The women's team was coached by [[Gary Blair]] from 2003<ref name="dickpatrick">{{cite news|last=Patrick|first=Dick|title=On women's basketball: Texas A&M completes turnaround|work=[[USA Today]]|date=March 6, 2007|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/2007-03-06-women-basketball-notes_N.htm|access-date=April 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309140757/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/2007-03-06-women-basketball-notes_N.htm|archive-date=March 9, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> to his retirement in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Blair's impact felt on and off the court|work=[[KBTX]]|date=February 24, 2022|url=https://www.kbtx.com/2022/02/24/gary-blairs-impact-felt-off-court/|access-date=April 11, 2022|first=Morgan|last=Weaver}}</ref> Blair's replacement [[Joni Taylor]] began coaching the team in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joni Taylor leaves Georgia to Coach Texas A&M|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|date=March 23, 2022|url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-bulldogs/breaking-joni-taylor-to-leave-georgia-for-texas-am/LDETFVAF4RAOLJBGH2KFTU7YAI/|access-date=April 11, 2022|first=Chip|last=Towers}}</ref> Both the men's and women's basketball teams play in the 12,889-seat Reed Arena, which opened in 1998.<ref name="grollie">{{cite web|title=G. Rollie White Coliseum|publisher=Texas A&M Athletic Department|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities/grolliewhite.html|access-date=April 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106164814/http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities/grolliewhite.html|archive-date=January 6, 2009}}</ref><ref name="reedarena">{{cite web|title=Reed Arena|publisher=Texas A&M Athletic Department|url=http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities/reedarena.html|access-date=April 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210014801/http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities/reedarena.html|archive-date=February 10, 2009}}</ref>
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