With Bucky McMillan working the transfer portal to his advantage, there's tremendous excitement for Texas A&M basketball for the 2025-26 regular season.
With the additions of Mackenzie Mgbako, Pop Isaacs and Federico Federico, this Texas A&M basketball team has come from the ground up to an actual preseason AP top 25 team. With analytics showing us how great Bucky McMillan has done this offseason, it shows other SEC teams have a much different Texas A&M team to prepare for this season.
One Big 12 foe will get a chance to see what "Bucky Ball" is all about come this November, as sources have announced a chance for Texas A&M basketball to showcase their portal talent potentially on national TV.
Sources: Oklahoma State-Texas A&M to play in back-to-back years
Sources: Texas A&M will play at Oklahoma State as part of its 2025-26 non-conference schedule im year one under @BuckyBasketball . The date is set for November 9th, at Gallagher-Iba Arena. OSU will play a return game at Reed Arena in '26-'27.
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) June 2, 2025
With Oklahoma State still looking for an answer from their Cade Cunningham days, Texas A&M has had several key stars in the Buzz Williams era, and now in the Bucky McMillan era. This is a great shot for the Aggies to showcase their talent against the Cowboys. While Steve Lutz has been busy in the portal this offseason, McMillan has started from scratch, and the guys he's come up with are pretty impressive so far.
The series will go back to Reed Arena after 2025, and by then, we'll have a clear look on how "Bucky Ball" is working out, but until then, the non-conference matchups mean everything, and this is a banger before Texas A&M gets to SEC play.
Gallagher-Iba Arena is one of the loudest arenas in the country, and their crowd will be ready for whatever happens.