Texas A&M basketball fell to the Oklahoma Sooners late last night in a game where the Aggies were never really in it. A red-hot shooting OU squad stayed proficient from deep early on against Texas A&M, and as the second-chance opportunities kept piling up for Porter Moser's squad, the Aggies could really only stand by and watch.
This was a concern that Aggie fans had coming into the game— not only due to the fact that the Sooners were on a huge hot streak to end the year, but that they had, in the previous two matchups, been able to take advantage of the Aggies' biggest weakness: their lack of size.
As offensive rebound after offensive rebound came down for the Crimson and Cream, you could tell that Bucky McMillan was losing his patience, but there was not much he could do. He sounded off after the game about the composition of his team as they now look ahead to Selection Sunday.
Bucky McMillan "call[s] it what it is" with comments about Aggies' biggest issue ahead of March Madness
Here's what McMillan had to say about the Aggies' effort last night following the game:
Texas A&M head coach Bucky McMillan: "We've got to call it what it is. We're not loaded up with tremendous size. When we go out there and give up 22 percent from three, we're going to really have to do other things well, and we didn't do that. We are what we are. We need an A+…
— TexAgs (@TexAgs) March 13, 2026
"We're not loaded up with tremendous size" is a candidate for the understatement of the year. The Aggies have likely the shortest center in the league in Rashaun Agee— though he plays bigger than his likely 6'5" frame (yes, I know he's listed at 6'7", but just look at him out there)— and the shortest player in the conference in Jacari Lane.
Both of these guys are big contributors and should be recognized as such, but the fact remains that their deficiencies are clear. Had the Aggies been able to play this year with a healthy Mackenzie Mgbako, it would have allowed Agee in particular to not shoulder such a heavy load down low, but that wasn't in the cards.
Big men Federiko Federiko and Jamie Vinson have both shown flashes, but still don't get extended playing time (although some more Vinson minutes would have been welcome last night). We saw it against Florida and now against OU: if the Aggies match up against a dominant front court, things can go sideways in a hurry.
McMillan deserves a bit of slack here thanks to the circumstances under which he was made to put this team together, as well as the aforementioned Mgbako injury, but this is a definite concern when evaluating how the Aggies will fare in the opening round of the tournament. Hopefully, this is something that is remedied before the open of next season— Aggie fans have certainly had their fill of seeing A&M get dominated on the boards, and so has McMillan.