Mark Turgeon returned for his fourth year as coach of the Aggies after renegotiating his contract to stay in College Station.

[2] The team played its home games in Reed Arena and are members of the Big 12 Conference.

They received an at-large berth in the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they lost in the second round to Florida State.

[3] The Aggies will be without guard Donald Sloan and forward Bryan Davis, both of whom graduated as members of the winningest class in Texas A&M history, with 100 victories over four years.

Guard Derrick Roland broke his tibia and fibula in a game on December 22, 2009, and missed the rest of the season.