At the start of the season, B12H.com ran a "Five Questions For..." segment asking the five most pressing questions of each team. In our continuing review of the season, here are the answers to those questions.

Five Questions For...Texas A&M basketball

1)       How can the Aggies replace Josh Carter?

Easy, with Donald Sloan. Sloan was the Aggies go-to guy this year and lit up the league with 17.8 ppg and earned second team conference honors on the Big 12 Hoops All Big 12 Team.

2)       Some publications think the Aggies will finish in the top 4 in the conference.  Can this team meet those expectations?

I should subscribe to these publications as I didn't have them in the upper tier. But to the enjoyment of said publications, the Aggies, in fact, fished tied for second, but placed fourth after all the tie breakers were figured out. Good prognostication.

3)       Mark Turgeon is in his third year in College Station.  Now that he has a roster made up of mostly his guys, can the Aggies crack the upper 1/3 of the conference?

Same answer as the previous question. When your team is watching the first round of the Big 12 tournament from a hotel, and not playing in it, you have done a good job throughout the regular season.

4)       Will the four freshman have the impact Turgeon is hoping for?

As a whole, no. Though Khris Middleton did get himself 7.2 ppg and 3.7 apg in his rookie campaign.

5)       The Aggies have made a school record 4 consecutive NCAA tournaments.  Will the streak continue this year?

It will, and it did.

As an aside, the question you readers selected as the most pressing at the start of the season was question 4 about the freshman impact. Goes to show you that the Aggies were looking to see who would step up for them this season.

Now that the college basketball season is officially over, we're going to take a look back at each Big 12 school to discuss their season. The rundown will go in order of conference standing. See the complete schedule after The Jump.

What Went Right:I'd say a lot went right for Texas A&M this season, although if you were to ask an Aggie around New Year's how their season would wind up, I doubt they'd figure they would finish in a 3-way tie for second in the conference. See on December 22, Derrick Roland, a senior leader for the Aggies went down with a gruesome leg injury that cost him the second half of his final season. To that point Roland was having a good, albeit not great, senior campaign, averaging just over 10 ppg. But instead of letting go, the Aggies mounted up and started playing some great basketball, going 11-5 in conference.  Led by 1st team all Big 12er, Donald Sloan and his 17.8 ppg, the Aggies tore through the conference, losing only one home game ( to Kansas by 5) and stopping the second longest active win streak (to that point) in the nation with a win in Columbia. BJ Holmes and Bryan Davis each also stepped up and each put in almost 10 points a game.

What Went Wrong:Well the Aggies seemed to have difficulty beating teams better than them. On the season the Aggies played 17 games against team who made the big dance. And of their 10 losses, all 10 were against those tourney teams.

Team MVP:Donald Sloan. Anyone beg to differ? Didn't think so... next topic.

Key Losses:Sloan graduates, as do Davis and Roland.

Outlook Next Year:It might not be as pretty in College Station as it was this year. It won't be as bad as some of those late 90, early 00 teams, but I foresee them finishing in the middle of the pack. Holmes and David Loubeau will try and fill the scoring column, but they can't replace Sloan's game.

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In a recurring piece leading up to the start of the basketball season, we will examine the top 5 questions surrounding each Big 12 basketball team.

Today, the top 5 questions for the Texas A&M Aggies.

1)       How can the Aggies replace Josh Carter?

2)       Some publications think the Aggies will finish in the top 4 in the conference.  Can this team meet those expectations?

3)       Mark Turgeon is in his third year in College Station.  Now that he has a roster made up of mostly his guys, can the Aggies crack the upper 1/3 of the conference?

4)       Will the four freshman have the impact Turgeon is hoping for?

5)       The Aggies have made a school record 4 consecutive NCAA tournaments.  Will the streak continue this year?

Check back tomorrow when we will ask Five Question For... Baylor basketball.

Also check out Five Questions For...
Big 12 North: Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Nebraska
Big 12 South: Oklahoma, Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech

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