OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- Texas A&M will be making its ninth trip to the Big 12 Tournament in the league’s 11-year history. The nationally-ranked Aggies have missed the event the last two seasons.
The Aggies enter the tournament at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City with an overall record of 41-15 and finished fifth in the Big 12 Conference with a record of 13-13.
The tournament is divided into two pools. Each pool will play a round robin and the winners will advance to the championship game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
As the No. 5 seed, the Aggies will play fourth-seeded Nebraska on Wednesday at 10 a.m., first-seeded Texas on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. and eighth-seeded Kansas State on Saturday at 10 a.m.
The other pool features No. 2 seed Missouri, No. 3 seed Oklahoma State, No. 6 seed Baylor, and No. 7 seed Oklahoma.
The tournament will be played at Bricktown Ballpark for the ninth year. It has been held at another location only twice: 1997 at Oklahoma City All-Sports Stadium and 2001 at The Ballpark in Arlington.
The tournament will consist of 13 games in five days and FOX Sports Net will televise three of the 13 games.
The Aggies have advanced to the Championship game of the tournament twice, but have never won the championship.
Log on the AggieAthletics.com for complete tournament coverage.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 23
#5 Texas A&M vs. #4 Nebraska – 10 a.m.
Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City)
Thursday, May 24
#5 Texas A&M vs. #1 Texas – 4:30 p.m.
Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City)
Saturday, May 26
#5 Texas A&M vs. #8 K-State – 10 a.m.
Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City)
(Televised By FOX Sports Net)
Sunday, May 27
Championship Game – 1 p.m.
Bricktown Ballpark (Oklahoma City)
(Televised By FOX Sports Net)
TICKETS
Fans can purchase tickets to the Big 12 Tournament by calling the Oklahoma Redhawks Ticket Office at (405) 218-1000 or by logging onto www.Big12sports.com.
ALL-SESSION TICKET PRICES
Club Seats $225
Box Seats $120
Reserved Seats $85
WEEKEND PASSES (Fri-Sun)
Weekend Box $70
Weekend Reserved $50
Tickets for each individual session can be purchased the day of the game.
RADIO
All Texas A&M baseball games will be broadcast live on WTAW AM-1620. Dave South, The Voice of the Aggies, will call the action and will be assisted throughout the season by Tom Turbiville, Chuck Glenewinkel, Scott Clendenin, and Gabe Bock. The pre-game show will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of each game.
TEXAS A&M AT THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT
ALL-TIME RECORD: 11-15
VS. BAYLOR: 1-1
VS. KANSAS: N/A
VS. KANSAS STATE: N/A
VS. MISSOURI: N/A
VS. NEBRASKA: 0-2
VS. OKLAHOMA: 3-4
VS. OKLAHOMA STATE: 2-2
VS. TEXAS: 3-4
VS. TEXAS TECH: 2-2
1997: No. 3 Seed (1-2)
Texas A&M – 11, Oklahoma – 3
Oklahoma State – 16, Texas A&M – 10
Texas Tech – 9, Texas A&M – 6
All-Tournament Team
3B – Sean Heaney
P – Matt Blank
1998: No. 1 Seed (3-2)
Texas A&M – 4, Oklahoma State – 3
Oklahoma – 10, Texas A&M – 4
Texas A&M – 8, Baylor – 5
Texas A&M – 11, Texas Tech – 7
Texas Tech – 14, Texas A&M – 7
(Championship Game)
All-Tournament Team
3B – Craig Kuzmic
SS – Steve Scarborough
OF – Jason Tyner
OF – Daylan Holt
P – Ryan Rupe
P – Chris Scarcella
1999: No. 1 Seed (2-2)
Oklahoma – 10, Texas A&M – 5
Texas A&M – 4, Oklahoma State – 2
Texas A&M – 10, Oklahoma – 3
Nebraska – 8, Texas A&M – 7
All-Tournament Team
SS- Steve Scarborough
2000: No. 8 Seed (0-2)
Baylor – 12, Texas A&M – 3
Texas Tech – 8, Texas A&M – 6
2001: No. 6 Seed (3-1)
Texas A&M – 9, Texas – 8
Texas A&M – 8, Texas Tech – 6
Texas A&M – 10, Oklahoma – 1
Nebraska – 7, Texas A&M – 4
(Championship Game)
All-Tournament Team
DH – Ben Himes
P – Chris French
P – Chris Russ
2002: No. 8 Seed (1-2)
Texas A&M – 8, Texas – 4
Oklahoma – 9, Texas A&M – 1
Texas – 9, Texas A&M – 4
2003: No. 2 Seed (2-2)
Texas A&M – 11, Oklahoma – 2
Texas A&M – 3, Texas – 2
Texas – 9, Texas A&M – 7
Texas – 13, Texas A&M – 4
All-Tournament Team
UTL – Scott Beerer
2004: No. 5 Seed (0-2)
Oklahoma State – 6, Texas A&M – 5
Texas – 13, Texas A&M – 6
2005: Did not qualify
2006: Did not qualify
A&M vs. THE TOURNAMENT FIELD
BAYLOR
Games Played: 296
All-Time: 167-126-3
Since 1997 (Big 12): 13-21-0
Pre-Big 12 (pre-1997): 154-105-3
This Year: 2-1-0
KANSAS STATE
Games Played: 38
All-Time: 29-8-1
Since 1997 (Big 12): 25-7-1
Pre-Big 12 (pre-1997): 4-1-0
This Year: 2-1-0
MISSOURI
Games Played: 57
All-Time: 32-24-1
Since 1997 (Big 12): 14-18-0
Pre-Big 12 (pre-1997): 18-6-1
This Year: 2-1-0
NEBRASKA
Games Played: 36
All-Time: 18-18-0
Since 1997 (Big 12): 17-18-0
Pre-Big 12 (pre-1997): 1-0-0
This Year: 2-1-0
OKLAHOMA
Games Played: 56
All-Time: 26-30-0
Since 1997 (Big 12): 20-20-0
Pre-Big 12 (pre-1997): 6-10-0
This Year: 1-2-0
OKLAHOMA STATE
Games Played: 52
All-Time: 21-31-0
Since 1997 (Big 12): 16-21-0
Pre-Big 12 (pre-1997): 5-10-0
This Year: 1-2-0
TEXAS
Games Played: 342
All-Time: 116-221-5
Since 1997 (Big 12): 14-25-0
Pre-Big 12 (pre-1997): 102-198-5
This Year: 0-3-0
