{"id":87236,"date":"2025-08-16T12:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/87236\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:47:07","slug":"cbb-insider-lists-texas-am-basketball-as-legit-contenders-after-monster-portal-add","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/87236\/","title":{"rendered":"CBB insider lists Texas A&#038;M basketball as legit contenders after monster portal add"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">Texas A&amp;M basketball fans might&#8217;ve just hit the jackpot here. In what should be another deep SEC for this upcoming college basketball season, <a href=\"https:\/\/gigemgazette.com\/bucky-mcmillan-continues-to-add-elite-recruiters-to-texas-a-m-basketball-staff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucky McMillan just picked another insane win in the portal. <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">Texas A&amp;M was able to snatch guard Ali Dibba from Southern Illinois. He averaged 17.6 points a game last season, and he looks to be another monster key addition to McMillan&#8217;s roster. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Jon Rothstein, one of college basketball&#8217;s most recognizable names, just put Texas A&amp;M in elite company as an NCAA Tournament contender. This might come a shock with McMillan&#8217;s first season not even starting yet, but one of CBB&#8217;s biggest names just gave some elite praise to the Aggies. <\/p>\n<p>Rothstein calls Texas A&amp;M basketball a serious contender <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Southern Illinois transfer Ali Dibba has committed to Texas A&amp;M, per his agent Rashaad Ubah.<\/p>\n<p>Averaged 17.2 PPG and 4.8 RPG last season.<\/p>\n<p>Bucky McMillan is building an NCAA Tournament contender in Year One in College Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonRothstein\/status\/1956436574347940165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Dibba stands at 6-foot-5 and 205 pounds. He&#8217;s confident on the dribble drive and can also light it up from deep. Fans might be confused when they look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DzOLF2-Os-k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dibba&#8217;s shooting form<\/a>, but he&#8217;s got it down cold. Dibba shoots a pretty decent clip from deep at around 34 to 35 percent. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">Dibba joins an elite guard group next to Pop Isaacs, and even though Isaacs has more of the big school D1 experience, Dibba is going to insert himself as a fan favorite in College Station right away. Dibba is a college basketball journeyman, and this is probably the greatest swan song that he could ask for if this is the final year of his college career. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">Texas A&amp;M basketball isn&#8217;t known for creating a lot of NBA talent, but Alex Caruso would probably have something to say about that. This could be the beginning of a new era of Bucky turning the page to put Texas A&amp;M basketball on the map as a legit school who churns out NBA talent consistently. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">Texas A&amp;M fans hope Rothstein&#8217;s words can come true, but even if they don&#8217;t, it&#8217;s McMillan&#8217;s first year in the SEC. The SEC media will probably give him a pass for anything that happens this season. McMillan has quickly turned Texas A&amp;M into a major attraction for portal players, but after this year, it&#8217;s up to him and his staff to put Texas A&amp;M on the map for the amateurs in high school. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas A&amp;M basketball fans might&#8217;ve just hit the jackpot here. 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