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Former Sooner guard Umoja Gibson reveals transfer destination

A former Oklahoma guard is heading out North.

Oklahoma’s basketball team will look very different next year as multiple guys left the program following their near miss of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in the 2021 season. Senior guard Elijah Harkless transferred to UNLV, freshman Alston Mason transferred to Missouri State, sophomore center Rick Issanza transferred to Loyola-Marymount, and junior forward Akol Mawein transferred to Sacramento State.

Umoja Gibson entered his name into the portal on April 27th. Gibson originally transferred to Oklahoma from North Texas in 2020. He will now head north where he will play his college ball in Chicago at DePaul.

Gibson will head to the Blue Demons with one year left of eligibility. The senior guard started 35 games for the Sooners and led Porter Moser’s squad in scoring this season.  He averaged 13.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game while shooting 43.5 percent overall, 87.1 percent from the free throw line, and 39 percent from beyond the arc.  Percentage-wise, he was the third-best 3-point shooter in the Big 12 conference.

 

Gibson’s departure will leave a sizable gap for the Sooners to overcome but the Sooners believe that the transfer of Joe Bamisile from George Wahington will help make for the loss of Gibson’s scoring. Bamisile averaged 16 points a game last year on 46 percent from the field.

Incoming freshmen Otega Oweh and Milos Uzan also could figure into the backcourt rotation as both have good size length and diverse skillsets that could help them stand out and earn early time for Porter Moser.

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Sooners land high-flying George Washington guard Joe Bamisile

The Oklahoma Sooners land a commitment from Atlantic 10 third-team guard Joe Basimile.

Just a few hours after guard Elijah Harkless entered the transfer portal, the Oklahoma Sooners land a possible replacement in former George Washington guard Joe Bamisile. According to Jon Rothstein of FanDuel, Bamisile committed to the Oklahoma Sooners for the 2022-2023 basketball season.

Bamisile had an excellent sophomore season in which he averaged 16.3 points per game and was an Atlantic 10 third-team All-Conference selection. He averaged five rebounds per game and shot 45.8% from the floor and 35.1% from beyond the arc while playing an average of 31 minutes per game.

Bamisile is just what the Sooners needed on all fronts as he adds elite athleticism, is a shot-maker, and is someone that can create for themselves and others. Harkless’s departure stung and rightfully so but Bamisile’s commitment is as good of a rebound as the Sooners could have gotten.

 

Bamisile will seek a waiver from the NCAA in order to be immediately eligible. Oklahoma is now his second transfer destination after flipping to George Washington after committing and signing with Virginia Tech out of high school.

When asked why Oklahoma, Bamisile told this to FanDuel, “It’s a good fit and a good situation. The location is a little better for me — playing in a college town versus in a big city. Coach Moser is also a proven coach. He’s led a team to the Final Four already when he was at Loyola Chicago.”

The Sooners will continue to attack the transfer portal as we know Moser feels highly comfortable and successful through this avenue earning the nickname “Portal Moser”. The work is not done yet as the Sooners could stand to bring in a few big men to possibly replace center Rick Issanza who entered the portal today, joining Elijah Harkless, Alston Mason, and Akol Mawein. Ethan Chargois, Marvin Johnson, and Jordan Goldwire all will be graduating after transferring in before last season.

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Oklahoma Sooners guard Elijah Harkless enters transfer portal

After averaging 10 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in 2021-2022, Oklahoma Sooners guard Elijah Harkless has entered the transfer portal.

It was an up and down year for the Oklahoma Sooners and guard Elijah Harkless. What started out strong became a bit of a struggle in the winter months of January and February. A season-ending injury derailed Harkless and the Sooners struggled at times without one of their emotional leaders.

According to Matt Zenitz of On3 Sports, Elijah Harkless has entered the transfer portal to continue his playing career. Just a couple of weeks ago, it was reported that Harkless was planning on returning for another season. It looks as if he will, but it may not be with the Oklahoma Sooners.

As we saw on the football side with Theo Wease and Brey Walker, entering the portal doesn’t mean a player is 100% out the door, but it does mean they are exploring opportunities. Harkless had become one of the better defensive guards in the Big 12 and his energy on the court helped Oklahoma earn an NCAA tournament berth in 2020-2021.

For the Sooners last season, Harkless averaged 29 minutes per game and was fourth on the team in scoring with 10 points per game. He also averaged 4.1 rebounds per game and 1.3 steals per game.

The senior guard will now look to the portal to see if there’s a better opportunity out there for the 2022-2023 season. The Sooners head into the offseason looking to bounce back from a disappointing end to the season at the hands of St. Bonaventure in the NIT.

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Oklahoma Sooners vs. St. Bonaventure in NIT: Stream, injury report and broadcast

Here’s how you can check out the action between the Oklahoma Sooners and St. Bonaventure in the NIT.

The Oklahoma Sooners responded to their NCAA Tournament snub in resounding fashion: an 89-72 win over the Missouri Tigers. They advance to host the St. Bonaventure Bonnies in the second round of the NIT.

The Bonnies are a well-rounded team. They have five players averaging double figures and four players averaging more than five rebounds a game. Defensively, they’ll create problems for the Oklahoma Sooners who want to work the ball around the perimeter and find players on cuts.

For Oklahoma, however, it all comes down to hitting shots. When they were efficient from the floor during the season, they were good enough to beat any team they faced. The problem was they’d have off nights shooting.

Umoja Gibson started the NIT hot with 28 points against Missouri State, including 5 of 10 shooting from three. If he can repeat that performance against St. Bonaventure, the Sooners should be in good shape to pull out the victory at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman.

Life will not be easy in the paint for the Oklahoma Sooners as Osu Osunniyi is a force in the middle of the defense. Averaging three blocks and 7.7 rebounds per game. Tanner Groves will have his work cut out to keep Osunniyi from getting easy buckets and offensive rebounds.

How to Watch

  • Date: March 20
  • Time: 7 p.m. CDT
  • TV Channel: ESPNU
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

Injury Report

Oklahoma

Elijah Harkless (out for the season)

St. Bonaventure

Linton Brown (out for season)

Anouar Mellouk (out indefinitely)

Players to watch

Oklahoma

Umoja Gibson: 12.9 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.4 steals per game.

Jordan Goldwire: 10.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.5 steals per game.

Tanner Groves: 11.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game.

St. Bonaventure

Jalen Adaway: 16.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal per game.

Jaren Holmes: 13.2 points, 5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals per game.

Osu Osunniyi: 11.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3 blocked shots, 1.5 assists per game.

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The future of Oklahoma basketball was on display in Kansas City

Sunday will decide Oklahoma’s NCAA Tournament fate, but how OU played in Kansas City already told us the future looks bright in Norman.

Soak it in Sooner Nation. It’s supposed to sting. And, really, regardless of whatever fate Oklahoma gets dealt as it pertains to an NCAA Tournament bid on Sunday, that’s a credit to what this OU team has accomplished in the past several weeks and it’s a statement about what lies in the future under first-year head coach Porter Moser.

Left for dead after a 21-point loss in Ames against Iowa State and a subsequent 24-point loss in Lubbock against Texas Tech three days later, the Sooners remarkably rallied. Even minus one of its best players in senior guard Elijah Harkless who was lost for the season following the Texas game.

That Texas game was the second of back-to-back heartbreaking losses against Kansas, 71-69, in Lawrence and Texas, 80-78, in overtime in Norman. It felt and looked like the dam had finally broken open on OU’s season.

After Oklahoma was thoroughly beaten in Lubbock versus Texas Tech on Feb. 22, the Sooners had lost 11 of their past 13 games and sunk to 14-14 (4-11 Big 12).

The OU team that defended home court against Florida, 74-67, and raced away from Arkansas, 88-66, inside the BOK Center in Tulsa to hand the Hogs their first loss of the season was a distant memory. So was that same Oklahoma team that erased a double-digit deficit in the second half against Iowa State to beat the Cyclones, 79-66. It just wasn’t the same team anymore and maybe that fast start was nothing but a mirage.

Moser told anybody that would listen after OU lost that night in Lubbock that he and this team wouldn’t quit. They would go down swinging.

“We’ve got opportunities. We’ve got Oklahoma State at home, West Virginia at home, we’ve got Kansas State on the road, we’ve got the Big 12 Tournament. It would’ve been a great notch on our belt for the NCAA Tournament, but we’ve got a lot of ball left. Don’t count us out. We’ve got a lot of ball left. Every Big 12 game’s an opportunity. I get it. We’ve got to win some of these. We’ve got to win some of these starting with Saturday, so we’ve got opportunities. We’ve got great opponents. That’s the thing. We’ve got three regular season games and the conference tournament, so we’ve got some ball left. Don’t count us out,” Moser said after OU fell in Lubbock 66-42.

That might have drawn a snicker in some corners, but Moser was right. Oklahoma had plenty of basketball fight left in it. It started with an overtime home win in Bedlam, 66-62, over Oklahoma State. As a precursor for what would come next, Marvin Johnson had 10 points in that contest against the Cowboys. Then, OU followed it up with another home win over West Virginia, 72-59.

Before folks knew it, Oklahoma went and won at a place they hadn’t done so in a decade after they exorcised some of the program’s demons by topping Kansas State in Manhattan, 78-71. Then, of course, OU played arguably its best game in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals, stunning No. 4 Baylor, 72-67.

At times in the first half against Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals from Kansas City, Mo., it looked like Oklahoma had finally run out of gas. The Red Raiders already led by as many as 13 with 1:43 left in the first half. OU had mustered up just 24 points at that juncture.

Then, this team did what it’s done in each of its final five games before Sunday’s judgment day. They wouldn’t quit. After Tech’s Kevin Obanor made a 3-pointer at the 15:51 mark of the second half to put the Red Raiders in front 43-31, Tech didn’t make another field goal until there was 7:06 remaining. During that stretch, the Sooners also held the Red Raiders scoreless for more than seven minutes. In the meantime, OU scratched and clawed its way to a 47-44 lead.

From there, the game swayed back and forth. Oklahoma had every opportunity to win, but it didn’t. Instead, the Sooners lost 56-55 after a wild scramble off a missed Jacob Groves free throw saw guard Umoja Gibson drive into traffic, lose the handle and get whistled for traveling before he could attempt the game-winning shot.

In the current picture, that one sequence might have determined this Oklahoma team’s fate for the NCAA Tournament. If so, it’s a shame that OU’s finish to the season and particularly its win over Baylor wasn’t enough to merit the Sooners’ inclusion in March Madness.

It’s hard to argue that Oklahoma wouldn’t be dangerous right now and isn’t capable of piecing together an NCAA Tournament run, too. Exactly as he should do, Moser went to bat for his group and certainly made that case for his team.

“This league is like none other. There is no bottom. It’s every night and you’re playing against top, top level teams. And we have competed every night. We’ve won those games. I’ve been in the NCAA Tournament. I’ve advanced in the NCAA Tournament. I know what an NCAA Tournament team looks like,” Moser said.

Ultimately, the tournament selection committee might say Oklahoma’s 18-15 record holds one too many setbacks. Moser wants the committee to focus on his team’s wins and the schedule that it faced.

“Some might say a number of losses, but Kansas twice, Texas Tech twice, you’re competing against that, but we still have top line wins. Arkansas is competing for the top in the SEC, we beat them double figures. We just beat Texas Tech double figures. We just beat Baylor. We have some other really good wins. I know how we can compete against these top teams. When you look at the average net loss of our losses, it’s 31, that’s outrageous, some of these are very high,” Moser said.

Again, in the near picture, all of this matters. It matters for this group that feels they’ve played their way into the big dance. It matters that Marvin Johnson came alive late in the season. It matters that Umoja Gibson went off for 29 points in Manhattan. It matters that Jacob Groves scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help upset Baylor. It matters that Jalen Hill played one of his finest games against Texas Tech. Does it matter enough to get OU in the NCAA Tournament? We’ll see.

In the big picture, the resiliency of this team and what that says about the future is what fans should focus on. If this was the ending on the Sooners’ NCAA Tournament hopes, the ending could have and maybe should have been much uglier than this.

Instead, Moser helped will this team to play above its weight and to arrive right on the doorstep of a tournament bid and perhaps even earning an NCAA Tournament bid. Just when it seemed like Oklahoma might tap out, OU found and played some of its best basketball. And it stung because the Sooners made the games matter again. In the process, Moser and Oklahoma demonstrated that the future is bright in Norman during its stay in Kansas City.

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Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Texas Tech: Prediction, point spread, odds, best bet

Game prediction, betting lines, and best bet in Oklahoma’s semifinal matchup with Texas Tech in the Big 12 tourney.

The Oklahoma Sooners take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament, and if you’re looking to do some last-minute betting research, you’re in luck! We’ll give you the latest point spread, money line odds and over/under number, as well as the information you’ll need to make the smartest bet at Tipico Sportsbook.

The game starts at 8:30 p.m. Central Time and can be seen on ESPN2.

The Oklahoma Sooners and No. 14 Texas Tech Red Raiders spilt their regular season matchups, each earning the victory on their home floor. The last time the two teams met, Texas Tech won by 24 points. That February 22 matchup was also the last time Oklahoma lost a basketball game.  Since then, OU has rattled off four straight including an OT win over Oklahoma State,  a win at Kansas State, and their quarterfinal win over the No. 3 Baylor Bears.

Since their drubbing of OU in Lubbock, the Red Raiders dropped games to TCU and Oklahoma State. They were firing on all cylinders in their 31 point win over Iowa State in Tech’s quarterfinals matchup.

According to Joe Lunardi of ESPN, this is a must-win game for Oklahoma’s hopes of making the NCAA tournament, despite Porter Moser’s confidence that the win over Baylor has secured OU a tourney berth.

The mission remains the same regardless of the projections. Each game can make a difference at this point in the season. If Oklahoma can recreate the performance they had in Norman they’ll have a shot to earn another top 15 win and move on to play the winner of Kansas and TCU in the other semifinal of the Big 12 tournament.

What’s next for OU Men’s Basketball in the wake of Elijah Harkless’ season ending injury?

In the wake of Elijah Harkless’ season-ending injury, who’s likely to see an uptick in minutes for the Oklahoma Sooners.

In the midst of a month-long run that’s seen the Oklahoma Sooners lose nine of their last 11, they were dealt another blow. It was announced Friday that Elijah Harkless would miss the rest of the 2021-2022 basketball season with an undisclosed injury.

Harkless is one of the Sooners’ best defenders and his streaky shooting has provided lifts in games where other players weren’t finding buckets. The Sooners will miss him on the floor, but who will head coach Porter Moser turn to after losing the veteran Harkless.

On the surface, it would appear that Jacob Groves will get the first opportunity to take the minutes left by Harkless. When Moser sat Harkless down a couple of weeks ago, Jacob Groves was the immediate beneficiary, entering the starting lineup and it paid off for the Sooners.

While the experienced Groves will get more run, the expectation is that C.J. Noland and Ethan Chargois will see an uptick in minutes as well. Noland is averaging 4.3 points, shooting 57% from the field.

The Oklahoma Sooners have some work to do to get back on track as they head to Ames for a Saturday showdown with Iowa State. Their NCAA Tournament hopes hang in the balance and they need to start rattling off some wins over the final couple of weeks of Big 12 play.

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‘I definitely think it’s time for a new arena’: Oklahoma’s Porter Moser endorses idea of new arena

Oklahoma head men’s basketball coach Porter Moser said, “I definitely think it’s time for a new arena for a lot of reasons.”

The Norman Transcript’s Mindy Ragan Wood reported last week that Cleveland County commissioners are pursuing a partnership with the University of Oklahoma’s athletic department and the OU Foundation to build a sports arena and “mixed-use development” in University North Park.

It’s the resurfacing of a development project proposal that was ultimately withdrawn from council consideration in July 2018 by the OU Foundation.

With a potential new arena once again a topic of conversation, The Oklahoman’s Berry Tramel asked Oklahoma head men’s basketball coach Porter Moser today how he felt about a new arena and if he supported the idea.

“Well, just to give a broad, general statement right now and I’ll probably go into more detail later, yeah, I definitely think it’s time for a new arena for a lot of reasons. And definitely been talking, you know, since I was hired with Joe [Castiglione]. He’s very much in those conversations and very aggressive with those conversations of what we want and done, but definitely. Lloyd Noble is I don’t know what it…is it 50 years old? It’s 50 years old. I mean, there’s people that’s had two arenas since then. Definitely it’s a huge part of what we want and the direction we want to go,” Moser said.

In the meantime, Moser’s focus remains on attracting and selling the fan base and students to come out to the Lloyd Noble Center to support this 2021-22 Oklahoma men’s basketball team.

“I’m doing what I can control right now and that’s trying to get those students in there and people in there and put a product on the floor where we’re playing our tails off that people want to root for us. And I’m going to keep doing that to connect with the students. I love our student body. I think they’re awesome. We all know it. We definitely need a new one,” Moser said.

As Moser indicated, this will be a topic he will readdress in the future once the season concludes.

“You know, like I said, I’ll dive into that more when the season’s over where I can really see the pros and cons of everything. I just know what we need,” Moser said.

Oklahoma men’s basketball is scratching and clawing late in the regular season to position itself for an NCAA Tournament berth. In Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology projection, he still has the Sooners in the “last four byes” section of his bracket.

After the 80-78 loss in overtime to Texas at home earlier this week, OU is now 14-12 overall and just 4-9 in Big 12 play. Despite leading a majority of the game and then putting together a valiant late-game comeback, OU lost at Kansas, 71-69, the game before Texas after Jordan Goldwire’s jumper to tie was just short to close regulation.

“It takes a lot. I mean, these guys mentally toughness. We’re right there. You’ve got to make some plays, some winning plays at the end. We made a bunch. We were down six or seven to get it to overtime. We had a chance to win it in regulation, didn’t get it done. Same thing at Kansas. We were down and found a way to have the ball to tie it or go [ahead], didn’t make the play. It takes a lot to get to that point. These guys are preparing like crazy. I think our staff, I think we’re game planning, we’re prepping, we’re scouting. The guys are really, really locked in. Just got to get over the hump, make some plays, some really winning plays down the stretch,” Oklahoma head men’s basketball coach Porter Moser said of the Sooners’ back-to-back close losses against Kansas and Texas.

The Sooners have lost nine of their past 11 games and head to Iowa State on Saturday at 1 p.m. for a massive bubble tilt.

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Oklahoma Sooners bounce back with pivotal 72-62 win over West Virginia Mountaineer

The Oklahoma Sooners ended their four-game losing streak by beating West Virginia 72-62. Tanner Groves led the way with 21 points.

Coming into the pivotal road matchup with the West Virginia Mountaineers, the Oklahoma Sooners were desperate for a win. Losers of four straight, Porter Moser and crew needed to shake things up to get an edge heading into Morgantown.

The shakeup came in a lineup change that saw Jacob Groves join brother Tanner in the starting lineup in favor of Elijah Harkless, who’d been a starter for the Oklahoma Sooners for much of the last two seasons. For at least one game, the change helped spark the Sooners to a big 72-62 road win over the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Tanner Groves led the way with 21 points on 9 of 11 shooting and added six rebounds as well. Jacob Groves rewarded Porter Moser’s faith with 12 points and four rebounds. He shot 4 of 6 from the field, including 2 of 4 from three-point range. Umoja Gibson also added 12 points and five steals in the win.

On the night, Oklahoma shot 51% from the field and 35% from three-point range. They were 21 of 22 from the free throw line.

On the evening, Oklahoma continued their careless way with the basketball, with 17 turnovers, but because they were hitting their shots it didn’t seem to matter as much. Of course, it helps that they forced 15 West Virginia turnovers to keep the Mountaineers’ offense from ever really threatening for much of this game.

The last time the game was tied was with 12 minutes left in the first half. Once Oklahoma went up 14-12, they went up for good. A 15-4 run in the first gave the Sooners an 11-point lead and Tanner Groves’ three-pointer at the buzzer gave Oklahoma an eight-point lead going into halftime.

The Sooners opened it up to a 17-point lead midway through the second half and six points with about a minute remaining was as close as the Mountaineers would get to making a comeback.

With the win, the Oklahoma Sooners improve to 13-7 and 3-5 in the Big 12 ahead of a critical matchup with the No. 1 team in the country the Auburn Tigers. The Sooners and Tigers tip off at 12:00 p.m. central on ESPN.

West Virginia falls to 13-6 and 2-5 in the Big 12 and will next face Arkansas. Both games are a part of the Big 12-SEC challenge.

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Oklahoma Sooners unable to hold on, fall to No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks 67-64

Despite overcoming a 12-point second-half deficit, the Oklahoma Sooners were unable to pull out the win vs. the No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks.

The Oklahoma Sooners and the Kansas Jayhawks battled to a closely contested contest at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman on Saturday night.

Coming off of a tough loss in Fort Worth against the TCU Horned Frogs, the Sooners were hoping to bounce back with a win against one of the best teams in the Big 12. The Sooners solved some of the turnover issues that cost them a shot at a win against the Horned Frogs when they had 20 on Saturday.

Against Kansas, the Sooners had just 11 turnovers to the Jayhawks 12. Unfortunately, it wouldn’t be enough as the Sooners could not get the final stop to hold onto the victory.

The Sooners and Jayhawks played to a 34-32 lead before the Jayhawks pulled away early in the second half. The Sooners would not be thwarted, battling hard in the second half to get themselves back into the game.

With about 17 minutes left in the second half, the Sooners trailed by 12 points. At 44-32, the Oklahoma Sooners went on a 20-2 run to take a six-point lead with nine minutes left to play in the game.

During the run, Umoja Gibson lost his defender with a beautiful crossover step-back three-pointer to give the Sooners a 47-46 lead.

 

The Sooners lead or were tied with Jayhawks from the 12:42 mark of the second half until the Jayhawks took the lead 60-58 with 1:18 left on the clock.

With 11 seconds left in the game, the Kansas Jayhawks were able to get the game-winning three-pointer from Christian Braun, who had 15 points, four rebounds, and an assist for Kansas.

Oklahoma answered each Jayhawks score in the final minute with one of their own until Braun hit the three to take the lead for good. Jordan Goldwire made two free throws with under 10 seconds to play, but two more free throws from Braun with four seconds left, and a missed three-quarter court attempt from Elijah Harkless was long, and the Sooners lost for the third straight game.

Goldwire led the way for the Oklahoma Sooners with 15 points on 4 of 9 shooting. While not a great shooting night, he was 7 of 9 from the free throw line. Goldwire added four rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Umoja Gibson added 11 points on 4 of 10 shooting, including 2 of 5 from three-point range.

Though the Oklahoma Sooners shot 42% from the field, they were just 23% from the three-point line. The offense was helped by their ability to get to the free throw line. They had 19 attempts from the free throw line but only shot 67%.

The Oklahoma Sooners fall to 12-6 overall and 2-4 in the Big 12 conference with the loss. On Saturday, the Sooners have another tough matchup against the No. 6 Baylor Bears. Kansas improves to 15-2 and 4-1 in Big 12 play. Kansas takes their three-game win streak on the road to Manhattan, Kan., to face their in-state rival Kansas State Wildcats.

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