Texas A&M gets fourth shot at Baylor

DALLAS -- If Baylor is going to get to the NCAA Final Four for the second year in a row, Brittney Griner and the top-seeded Lady Bears are going to have to figure out how to beat Texas A & M for the fourth time this season.

Though Baylor (34-2) has won eight games in a row against its Big 12 rival, the three wins this season have been by a combined 15 points.

So, Aggies coach Gary Blair, is it better to be the team trying to win for the fourth time or the one trying to break through for the first time when it matters the most?

"Shoot, what would some of the big-timers do with that question? I can just hear Bobby Knight. But I like my chances," Blair said. "We didn't struggle against Baylor, we had three damn good ballgames."

The much-anticipated matchup when the NCAA brackets came out three weeks ago is here. The Big 12's top two teams play in the Dallas Regional championship tonight.

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey cringed when her Big 12 champion Lady Bears and Texas A & M were made the top two seeds in the same bracket.

"It was a shock to me that they would do that to us. It was a shock. And Gary knows it was a shock to him," Mulkey said.

Baylor is trying to get to its third Final Four in seven seasons, and the Aggies (30-5) are trying to get there for the first time.

Since their 61-58 loss to Baylor in the Big 12 championship, the Aggies have won their three NCAA Tournament games by an average margin of 34 points.