The final week of the regular season served as a reminder why No. 14-ranked Texas A&M is a threat to do damage in March.After stopping then-No. 1 Auburn on March 4 to end a four-game losing streak, the Aggies finished with a 66-52 win Saturday at LSU to improve to 22-9 and earn the No. 5 seed for the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville.There, they’ll start their quest for a tourney title in the second round Thursday afternoon against 13th-seeded Texas (18-14), which needs every win it can get to steal an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament or even the automatic bid that goes to the SEC tournament champion.Texas A&M’s current path is a little reminiscent of last season, a late-year slump followed by better basketball. The only exception is that the team’s trajectory appears to be higher than last season, when the Aggies took top-seeded Houston to the limit in a second-round, overtime thriller in the NCAA Tournament before losing.”We know what we’re capable of,” guard Zhuric Phelps said. “We stick together through the wins and losses.”The Aggies are led by senior guard Wade Taylor IV, who averages 15.2 points per game and became the school’s all-time leading scorer on Saturday. His first point on Thursday will be the 2,000th of an excellent career. Phelps adds 14.3 ppg.Texas A&M doesn’t shoot well but wins via toughness and good defense. It’s ranked 11th in Division I at an average of 36.5 rebounds a game while hounding opponents into a high turnover rate and boasting excellent rim protection. Pharrel Payne and Solomon Washington block more than a shot per game.”We have to play incredibly physical, and I think we have to do a lot of the things that are not necessarily in the stat sheet for us to win,” coach Buzz Williams said.