aggies set for stanford

In the 29-year history of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, three Texas schools -- Baylor, Texas and Texas Tech -- have won national titles, which is more than any other state.

Now, Texas A&M is looking to become the fourth Texas school to win a championship. The Aggies are making their first Final Four appearance and will face Stanford in the semifinals on Sunday at Indianapolis.

"When we go to the Final four, what we're going to have to do is put our cell phones away, quit saying hello and goodbye to all our family," Texas A&M coach Gary Blair told the Texas A&M Battalion on Thursday. "We're honored to get to the Final Four, but it will not be worth it if we do not win it."

Texas A&M qualified for the Final Four by beating Baylor in the Dallas Regional finals on Tuesday. The Aggies beat the Bears for the first time this season after losing the first three contests.

Baylor won its first and only national title in 2005 in Indianapolis. Texas became the first Texas school to win a national title in 1986. Texas Tech, behind Sheryl Swoopes' 47 points in the national championship game, won it all in 1993.

Blair will make his second Final Four appearance. In 1998, he coached the Arkansas Razorbacks to their first and only Final Four trip in 1998 at Kansas City. But they lost to Tennessee in the national semifinals.

In order for the Aggies to clear the national semifinal hurdle on Sunday, they have to get past a Stanford team that is making its fourth straight Final Four apperance and is looking to win its first national title since 1992.

Texas A&M is also looking to become the first at-large team to win a national title since Maryland in 2006. The Aggies finished second to Baylor in the Big 12 regular season standings and lost to the Bears in the conference championship game.