Texas A&M is taking its offseason work overseas.
The Aggies will head to the Bahamas for the Baha Mar Hoops Summer League, where they’ll play three exhibition games against international opponents from Aug. 3 through Aug. 5 at the Baha Mar resort. The trip comes ahead of the second season under head coach Bucky McMillan, who guided Texas A&M to the NCAA Tournament in his first year and helped deliver a fourth-place finish in the SEC while introducing “Bucky Ball” to Aggieland.
Texas A&M’s schedule in the Bahamas is set: it opens against the University of Victoria on Monday, Aug. 3, at 11 a.m. CT, meets Toros del Valle on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 1:30 p.m.
CT, and closes against Carleton University on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 11 a.m. CT.
The Aggies are one of four teams invited to face international competition in the 2026 Baha Mar Hoops Summer League, alongside Arkansas, Cincinnati and South Carolina.
The timing matters, too. Under the NCAA’s current rule, teams can now take one foreign tour every year after previously being limited to one every four academic years.
Last season’s Texas A&M group made its mark in a hurry, finishing in the top 15 nationally in scoring offense, assists, 3-pointers made and bench points. That production helped fuel McMillan’s first-year run, and the roster now has another layer of talent coming in.
Texas A&M hauled in the No. 18 transfer portal class in the country, highlighted by the nation’s third-leading scorer PJ Haggerty. The Aggies also bring back former McDonald’s All-American and Big Ten co-Freshman of the Year Mackenzie Mgbako, along with veteran guard Zach Clemence.
For a team trying to build on a strong debut under McMillan, the Bahamas trip offers a chance to sharpen chemistry and get live reps against quality international competition before the regular season arrives in the fall.
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