No. 3 Florida, No. 12 Texas A&M to shake off losses | National

For No. 3 Florida and No. 12, Texas A&M, it is not whether the enemies of the South Heasters Conference will do the NCAA tournament. It's more about where they are sown. When the Gators (24-4, 11-4 seconds) compete against the Aggies (20-8, 9-6) on Saturday in Gainesville, Florida (20-8, 9-6), both teams have the chance to improve their CVs, which were damaged this week with losses against non-initiated teams. While Florida struck a defeat of 88-83 in Georgia in Georgia on Tuesday, Texas A&M staggered after his third defeat in a row, 86-84 at home against Vanderbilt on Wednesday. “We have to improve because if you do not improve this time of year, it is not a status quo, you get worse because other teams improve,” said Aggies trainer Buzz Williams. The last three losses for Texas A&M have worn the same ear marks. In each of the games, including a 77-69 defeat at home against back then. 6 Tennessee and a 70-54 defeat against then no. 21 Mississippi State, the Aggies won the battle of the boards by at least seven. But in each of the games they also committed more sales and shot worse than their enemies. The most meaningful difference was in the 3-point shooting. While the aggies met 20 of 75 (26.7 percent) of depths during the skid, they gave up 32 out of 76 (42.1 percent) shooting. “We have to be better finished on the edge,” said Williams. He cannot blame Pharel Payne's 6-foot 9-Minnesota broadcast, who did 13 out of 18 shots during defeat, scored 34 points and collected 18 rebounds. The aggies need better work from their two best goal scorers. Wade Taylor IV missed every nine of his 3-point attempts against Tennessee, and Zhuric Phelps only achieved 2 out of 13 (15.4 percent) from the depths and twice as many sales (12) as assists (six) during the strip. Texas A&M is now before a discouraging task and plays two of the three best teams in the ranking. According to Florida, the Aggies will compete against Auburn No. 1 on Tuesday. The Gators were caught in Georgia when the hosts made 67.9 percent of their shots in the first half, including 7 out of 9 from a distance when they built a lead of 26 points. Florida fought all the way back behind Will Richard, who scored 30 points. The Gators took the lead in the last few minutes, but could not maintain the dynamics. “We were caught early at the moment and probably didn't play offensive with enough hise,” said Florida coach Todd Golden. It was the first rivalry victory in seven experiments for the former coach of Florida, Mike White since he took over in Georgia in 2022. A positive note was the return of 6-foot 11-alex condon after missing an ankle injury for two weeks. He scored nine points from the bank. It was little warning of a disappointment of a gator. The loss came after they had conquered six episodes, and all victories came by at least nine points. The strip included the victory at No. 1 Auburn and then not. 22 State Mississippi. -Media on the Level field