Texas A&M Basketball: 3 reasons the Aggies can win the SEC in 2023-24

The Aggies return their entire rotation

The first reason I like Texas A&M’s chances of winning the SEC is because of their roster. In this day and age of musical rosters, the Aggies have every player who averaged double-digit minutes returning and that is led by Wade Taylor IV who did everything last season. The 6’0 guard led the team on scoring (16.3), assists (3.9), and steals (1.7) as a sophomore last year, and after testing the NBA draft process decided to return to the program.

With Taylor IV returning that means the only starter not returning is guard Dexter Dennis who started 34 games and was the team leader in blocks with 0.6 and averaged 9.5 points per game. The other returning starters are forward Julius Marble, Tyrece Radford, and Henry Coleman III who accounted for 31.4 of the team’s 73.2 points per game last season. In addition to the returning starters, some key reserves also return such as junior forward Andersson Garcia and Manny Obaseki, both of whom could be in line for bigger years this season after combing for 8.4 points and 5.8 rebounds in 2023.

Even though the roster returns pretty much intact, Williams hit the transfer portal and brought in three key transfers, one of which, Jace Carter from Illinois-Chicago should slot into the starting lineup replacing the departed Dennis. The 6’5 guard averaged 16.6 points and seven rebounds for the Flames last season. Joining him from the portal are shooting guard Eli Lawrence and power forward Wildens Leveque. Lawrence averaged 12 points and four rebounds for Middle Tennessee State and the 6’10 center from UMass, Leveque netted 5.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, and a team-leading 1.2 blocks in less than 20 minutes per game.

The Aggies had 10 players average double-digit minutes, with nine of those guys back and three transfers coming in, Williams has the ability to have his deepest team in years.