A surprising but successful offseason has made Texas A&M basketball fans almost forget about Buzz Williams. The addition of Pop Isaacs officially put Texas A&M basketball as a serious preseason AP top 25 team, and the analytics show just that.
Evan Miyakawa, a college basketball statistician, puts into perspective exactly the impact that McMillan has already had on Texas A&M basketball. The Aggies might just be the unofficial winner of the portal this offseason, thanks to one statistic that puts McMillan's work into perspective.
A&M basketball has brought in the most top 100 transfers in the country
Texas A&M is the only team to sign 5 players in the transfer portal all inside the top 100 at https://t.co/cegyfz8ykZ. Miami and Michigan are the only other teams with 4+.
— Evan Miyakawa (@EvanMiya) May 30, 2025
Mackenzie Mgbako, Pop Isaacs, Rashaun Agee, Federiko Federiko, and Rylan Griffen are all top 100: pic.twitter.com/eEiRkrhgEM
The most impressive name on the list: former five-star player Mackenzie Mgbako from Indiana. While Aggie fans might point at Solomon Washington and Pharrel Payne, those two will be following Buzz to Maryland. Outside of the list, three more Aggies: Zach Clemence, Josh Holloway and Marcus Hill.
McMillan is building his team, but it's the attractive names that's he's getting that puts Texas A&M on a relevant map. With Miami and Michigan having four of the top 100 players, this shouldn't be much of a threat to A&M at all with both schools being from different conferences.
There are plenty of questions as to how the rest of the SEC can regroup after such a strong year, but also, many SEC teams had veteran rosters. This puts a new, fresh Texas A&M basketball team in the spotlight in a different way after the Buzz Williams era ending.
On paper, this looks like a great roster, but of course, the players have to take this and execute on the court. If they do, the rest of the SEC needs to watch out immediately.