Bucky McMillan daringly poaches transfer from Longhorns to fill out Aggies frontcourt

Bucky McMillan is showing early on in his tenure with Texas A&M that he has no fear when it comes to the transfer portal and recruiting ranks. He has come to College Station and gotten the Aggies in the thick of some big time recruiting races with high-profile schools around the country, standing his ground in more than a few of them.

It's not often that you see a coach able to bring in a transfer player from a direct rival, but that notion clearly doesn't bother coach McMillan. This morning, it was announced that the Aggies had picked up a commit from a former Texas Longhorn, one that comes at a position of real need for A&M hoops.

Bucky McMillan steals C Jamie Vinson from rival Longhorns via transfer portal

According to Pete Nakos of On3, Jamie Vinson, a center out of Oak Hill Academy in Virginia by way of Texas, has signed with the Aggies.

Vinson fills a big time need for McMillan's first team in Aggieland: frontcourt players. The newest Aggie coach has been able to stockpile plenty of guards and small forwards, but outside of Mackenzie Mgbako (who admittedly was a big time pickup), there hasn't been a lot in the way of power forwards or centers.

Even though Vinson didn't get a lot of run down in Austin, his frame— standing at 6'11"— will be a boon for the Aggies. He's an athletic big who will be able to help protect the rim, even if he doesn't project as an offensive weapon like Pharell Payne was blossoming into in the last part of the previous season.

This is a needed pickup for A&M, and it helps that it's a bit of a thumb in the eye of their chief rivals. That's a pretty good double whammy for McMillan, who continues to impress early on in College Station.