FAYETTEVILLE -- Buzz Williams, who led Marquette and Virginia Tech to eight NCAA Tournament appearances the previous 11 seasons, took over a massive rebuilding job at Texas A&M.
"Everything we've done has been ultra hard," said Williams, whose Aggies open SEC play at Arkansas tonight. "We finished in last place in Orlando and we were distinctly the worst team there."
Texas A&M (6-5) went 0-3 at a tournament in Orlando, Fla., over Thanksgiving weekend, losing to Harvard 62-57, Temple 65-42 and Fairfield 67-62.
The Aggies, who lost to Texas 60-50 in Fort Worth on Dec. 8 to extend their losing streak to four games, closed December with three consecutive victories at home against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 63-60, Oregon State 64-49 and Texas Southern 58-55.