Almost a bad loss by A&M who played South Carolina ranked 8th. A&M is ranked 25th and this was an upset win, but after South Carolina's poor play in the 1st half A&M had a 17 point lead. The reason IMHO it would have been a bad loss, is that SC didn't play outstanding defense to get back into the game, A&M made poor offensive decisions and missed wide open shots. Played a lot of one on one ball in the 2nd half, instead of passing to look for the open player. South Carolina played their normal game in the 2nd half making shots they missed in the 1st half and their bigs were able to play more minutes.
A&M has some athletic guards and if they're hitting their shots and making sound decisions could cause some higher ranked teams problems in the tournament. That's what they did in the 1st half tonight and then managed to hold on to beat South Carolina in OT. South Carolina probably wins this game if it was played on their home court.