So much for a subpar strength of schedule
The SEC will play the first year of the SEC/ACC Challenge when the 2023-24 basketball season arrives. The Aggies – fresh off a 2nd place SEC finish in 2023, get one of the premiere matchups, playing on the road against the Virginia Cavaliers on Wednesday, Nov. 29.
Cavaliers are on the schedule
The Inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge
Nov. 29th @ Virginia 6:15 CThttps://t.co/rZmtDkLp1Q pic.twitter.com/zofriIdwSK
— Texas A&M Basketball (@aggiembk) June 28, 2023
The Cavaliers have won at least a share of the ACC title in four of the last five seasons, and won a national title in 2019. They should be a premiere opponent for a Texas A&M non-conference schedule that has been severely lacking in them over the past couple seasons.
According to CBS Sports’ John Rothstein, A&M also has agreements to pay at Ohio State (with a return to College Station the following year) and a neutral site game against the Houston Cougars. It seems Buzz Williams and company finally got the memo about beefing up their non-conference slate.