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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 fall to St. Bonaventure 70-68 in the NIT

Umoja Gibson’s 26 points and 6-11 from three-point range weren’t enough as the Sooners fell to St. Bonaventure 70-68 in the NCAA tournament.

The Oklahoma Sooners season came to a close in the second round of the NIT after falling to St. Bonaventure 70-68 at the Lloyd Noble Center.

Umoja Gibson led the way for the Oklahoma Sooners with 26 points on 10 of 17 shooting and 6 of 11 from three. Despite a 47.3% shooting night from the floor, Jalen Hill (13 points) was the only other player to score in double figures.

Jaren Holmes led the way for St. Bonaventure with 23 points. He was 8 of 12 from the field and was perfect on all four three-point attempts.

The Sooners took a three-point lead into halftime, and the two sides traded buckets for the first 10 minutes of the second half. The Bonnies opened up an eight-point lead with 10:43 to go, and the Sooners had just one lead the rest of the way.

St. Bonaventure came up with the clutch stops down the stretch, including Oklahoma’s final possession of the season. After Umoja Gibson’s three closed the margin to one point, Dominic Welch made the second of two free throws to put the lead back to two.

The Sooners had a chance to tie the game at the end. After clearing out the right side of the frontcourt, Jordan Goldwire drove to the basket. With the Bonnies defense collapsing toward the Sooners’ point guard, he made a cross-court pass to Marvin Johnson standing in the left corner. Johnson corralled the ball and pump-faked, allowing his defender to go by before driving to the basket and putting up a floater that just missed. Oklahoma attempted to take the ball away, but St. Bonaventure was able to clear the ball up the court as time expired.

It’s a rough end to a season that provided a promising glimpse of the future of Oklahoma Sooners basketball under head coach Porter Moser.

Oklahoma advances in NIT, knocks off Missouri State 89-72

Oklahoma senior guard Umoja Gibson poured in 28 points as the Sooners knocked off Missouri State, 89-72, in the first round of the NIT.

How Oklahoma approached its NCAA Tournament snub was always going to be a big factor in how well the Sooners performed after earning a No. 1 seed in the NIT.

So far, so good. Oklahoma (19-15, 7-11 Big 12) looked engaged and motivated in dismantling Missouri State inside the Lloyd Noble Center, 89-72. Senior guard Umoja Gibson got it going early and finished 8-for-17 from the floor and 5-of-10 on 3-pointers as he scored 28 points.

Redshirt senior point guard Jordan Goldwire chipped in 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting and the Sooners shot 12-of-25 from 3-point range as a team. Redshirt senior forward Ethan Chargois, senior center Tanner Groves and junior forward Jalen Hill were all near double-figures for OU as well. Chargois and Groves each finished with nine points, while Hill added eight of his own.

Missouri State junior guard Isiaih Mosley enjoyed a big game as well, knocking down three 3-pointers and finishing 11-of-20 from the field to match Gibson’s 28 points. Senior forward Gaige Prim also added 14 points for the Bears, but Missouri State didn’t have enough outside of those two to hang with OU.

Oklahoma went on a 31-to-17 scoring run that began with Gibson’s layup just before halftime and culminated with Gibson canning a 3-pointer at the 10:05 mark of the second half to open up an 18-point advantage at 76-58. It was never in doubt for the Sooners from that point forward.

Oklahoma will now play the winner of Colorado (23-11) and Saint Bonaventure (20-9) on Sunday inside the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. On the opposite end of Oklahoma’s portion of the NIT bracket, Mississippi State (18-15) plays Virginia (19-13) and North Texas (24-6) takes on Texas State (21-7).

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Oklahoma vs. Missouri State: stream, injury report, broadcast info for Monday

Oklahoma opens up play tonight in the NIT as a No. 1 seed versus Missouri State. Here’s how to watch.

After falling to Texas Tech 56-55 in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament, Oklahoma (18-15, 7-11 Big 12) just missed out on making the NCAA Tournament. Now, the Sooners have to refocus and turn their attention on showing the tournament selection committee what it missed out on.

At least, that’s what Oklahoma head men’s basketball coach Porter Moser has imparted upon his team ahead of its opening-round matchup of the NIT against Missouri State (23-10, 13-5 Missouri Valley Conference) inside the Lloyd Noble Center.

“We got a lot to play for. It’s the postseason. There’s a lot of teams that are home. There’s 250 teams that are home, you know, and in our first year, yeah, I wanted to go. I want to go to the NCAA Tournament every year. But we’ve got a chance to play postseason. What’s our legacy? You can be mad at people for not being selected or you can prove them wrong. And I choose to prepare, to fight, to go into this tournament trying to prove people wrong. That’s how I’m choosing it. And I want the players to follow my lead, and we’re going to have this film session and practice and they’re going to follow our coaching staff’s lead,” Moser said.

OU earned a No. 1 seed in the NIT along with fellow No. 1 seeds Dayton, SMU and Texas A&M. If the Sooners beat Missouri State, they will host the winner of Colorado and Saint Bonaventure.

How to watch:

  • Date: March 15
  • Time: 6 p.m. CST
  • TV Channel: ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)
  • Radio: KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App

Missouri State at Oklahoma injury report:

Oklahoma:

  • Guard, Elijah Harkless: Harkless announced that he had suffered an unspecified season-ending injury on Feb. 18. Harkless averaged 10.0 points per game on 45.9 percent field goal shooting this season.

Missouri State:

  • Guard, Demarcus Sharp: According to the USA TODAY Sports injury database, Sharp has been out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a lower-leg injury. Sharp last played on Jan. 5 in Missouri State’s 71-69 win over Bradley.

Players to watch:

Oklahoma:

  • Guard, Umoja Gibson: 12.5 points per game, 2.1 rebounds per game, 1.3 steals per game, 37.7 percent 3-point field goal shooting
  • Forward, Tanner Groves: 11.8 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game, 53.9 percent field goal shooting, 37.9 percent 3-point field goal shooting
  • Point guard, Jordan Goldwire: 10.5 points per game, 3.4 assists per game, 1.5 steals per game, 44.5 percent field goal shooting
  • Forward, Jalen Hill: 9.1 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game, 58.3 percent field goal shooting

Missouri State:

  • Guard, Isiaih Mosley: 20.1 points per game, 6.1 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per game, 50.2 percent field goal shooting, 42.9 percent 3-point field goal shooting
  • Forward, Gaige Prim: 16.4 points per game, 8.0 rebounds per game, 1.2 blocks per game, 57.0 percent field goal shooting

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Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Texas Tech: injury report, broadcast info for Friday

Everything you need to know as the Oklahoma Sooners get set for their semifinal matchup with No. 14 Texas Tech in the Big 12 tournament.

Oklahoma added a jolt to its NCAA Tournament hopes by upsetting No. 3 Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament, 72-67. Junior forward Jacob Groves led the way with 15 points and nine rebounds, while redshirt senior guard Marvin Johnson added 12 points off the bench.

Senior guard Umoja Gibson finished with 14 points and it was his driving and-one finish that put the Sooners in front 68-62 with 49 seconds remaining. Redshirt senior point guard Jordan Goldwire and junior forward Jalen Hill each scored 10 points apiece to also help pace OU.

“Really happy for the guys to stick with this and be resilient. When we lost Elijah Harkless, we found out like the day before I think it was the Iowa State game and it kind of took us by surprise. Now, we’ve regrouped. We’ve regrouped and we’ve won four in a row and we’re confident, we’re hot.

“That was a huge win for us. People kind of counted us out and we started one at a time, beating Oklahoma State, then West Virginia, then had to go to Kansas State on their senior night and now this. But it’s a testament to this group on how close they’re becoming and how resilient they’re becoming of blocking out all the outside noise and just trying to focus in on what we need to do to win games,” Oklahoma head men’s basketball coach Porter Moser said following the win over Baylor.

Meanwhile, No. 14 Texas Tech dominated Iowa State from start to finish in its 72-41 win over the Cyclones. Texas Tech junior guard Terrence Shannon Jr. led all scorers with 15 points. It sets up a third meeting between Oklahoma and Texas Tech. The two teams split their season series with OU winning in Norman on Feb. 9, 70-55, and Texas Tech capturing the second tilt in Lubbock on Feb. 22, 66-42.

How to watch

Date: Friday, March 11

Time: 8:30 p.m. CST

TV: ESPN2

Radio: 107.7 FM The Franchise

Stat leaders

Oklahoma:

  • Umoja Gibson: 12.4 points per game, 37.4 percent 3-point field goal shooting
  • Tanner Groves: 12.1 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, 38.2 percent 3-point field goal shooting
  • Jordan Goldwire: 10.3 points per game, 3.5 assists per game
  • Jalen Hill: 8.9 points per game, 5.9 rebounds per game

Texas Tech:

  • Bryson Williams: 13.8 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game, 42.1 percent 3-point field goal shooting
  • Terrence Shannon Jr.: 10.6 points per game, 2.9 rebounds per game
  • Davion Warren: 10.1 points per game, 3.1 rebounds per game
  • Kevin McCullar: 10.0 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game
  • Kevin Obanor: 9.8 points per game, 5.0 rebounds per game

Injury report

Oklahoma:

  • Elijah Harkless: Harkless suffered a season-ending injury during the Texas game on Feb. 15.

Texas Tech:

  • Ethan Duncan: Duncan’s status is listed as questionable with an undisclosed injury according to oddschecker.com.

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Oklahoma Sooners advance in Big 12 Tournament with 72-67 win over the No. 3 Baylor Bears

Led by Jacob Groves’ 15 points and 9 rebounds, the Sooners knocked off the No. 3 Bears 72-67 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament.

The Oklahoma Sooners continued their winning ways to keep their NCAA tournament hopes alive with a 72-67 win over the No. 3 team in the country, the Baylor Bears. The Sooners move on to face the winner of the Texas Tech vs. Iowa State quarterfinal game.

Led by Jacob Groves’ 15 points and nine rebounds, Oklahoma was able to overcome a turnover-filled first half that led to a six-point halftime deficit.

After Oklahoma tied the game at 35 with just over 17 minutes to play, the two teams went back and forth for the next five minutes of game action. Jalen Hill’s bucket put the Sooners ahead 48-46 and they never looked back. Though they had to keep battling, OU held the lead for the final 11:51 of the game to move on to the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament.

Oklahoma was fantastic shooting the ball in the win, shooting 51% from the field and 52.4% from three-point range. Despite 16 turnovers on the game, Oklahoma held the Bears to 13.6% from three, which was the difference in the game.

Including Jacob Groves’ 15, the Sooners had five players in double-figures and had a narrow edge on the boards. Umoja Gibson had 14 points, including a three-point play on a drive to the bucket that put Oklahoma up six points with 49 seconds to play.

Marvin Johnson had 12 points off the bench and Jordan Goldwire and Jalen Hill chipped in 10 apiece for the Sooners who were a bubble team heading into the Big 12 tournament.

The win over the defending national champion is a huge feather in the cap of the Sooners, who will look to keep their winning streak alive on Friday night in the Big 12 tournament semifinals.

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Men’s Basketball: How to watch, listen as the Sooners get set to host West Virginia

Find out how to watch, listen to Oklahoma men’s basketball as they get set to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers.

In the final week of the regular season, the Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball team is in crunch time. They aren’t a surefire lock for the NCAA Tournament and their postseason aspirations depend on finishing the season strong.

Next, they host the West Virginia Mountaineers (14-15, 3-11 Big 12) after winning in Morgantown 72-62 the last week of January. Tanner Groves led the way shooting a blistering 9 of 11 from the field and finishing with 21 points. His brother Jacob Groves pitched in 12 and the Sooners walked out with a modest victory.

The Sooners (15-14, 5-11 Big 12) will look to build off their 66-62 overtime win against rival Oklahoma State and continue stacking wins as they look to fill out their tournament resume.

The Mountaineers slumber into the game on a six-game losing streak and are looking to play spoiler for bubble teams like the Sooners and whoever else might line up across them. If the Sooners don’t allow West Virginia to speed them up, they should come up with another win in this one in front of their home crowd on Senior Night.

How to Watch

Date: Tuesday, March 1

Time: 6 p.m. CST

TV: ESPN2

Line: Oklahoma -5.5*

Money Line: Oklahoma -260, West Virginia +205

Over/Under: 134.5*

*lines courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook.

Stream

How to Listen

Sooner Sports Radio Network

The radio broadcast of Toby Rowland and Kevin Henry can be heard on Sooner Sports radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City, KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App)

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11 things Oklahoma Sooners fans can be thankful for in 2021

It’s the season for giving thanks and the Oklahoma Sooners have a lot to be thankful for as they approach the traditional Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. It may not have all gone as planned, but it’s been an eventful year for the University of …

It’s the season for giving thanks and the Oklahoma Sooners have a lot to be thankful for as they approach the traditional Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. It may not have all gone as planned, but it’s been an eventful year for the University of Oklahoma.

As Thanksgiving approaches and we reflect on what we have to be thankful for, we here at the Sooners Wire wanted to provide for you some of the things we’re thankful for as well.

This certainly isn’t an exhaustive list as that could go on and on, especially if we listed each individual player. It also isn’t in any particular order or ranking. The numerical value isn’t representative of a pecking order of things we’re thankful for.

So as you get ready to spend some quality time with your loved ones, we hope you enjoy our list of 11 things we think Sooners fans should be thankful for this year, and would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

ESPN Basketball Power Index Win Probabilities of Oklahoma Men’s First 10 Games

With the Oklahoma Sooners Men’s Basketball season tipping off tonight at Lloyd Noble Arena, how does ESPN’s BPI project their first 10 games?

The Oklahoma Men’s Basketball team will tip off their season opener tonight at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Arena vs. the Northwestern State University Demons.

Oklahoma will debut a new head coach and a bevy of players, ushering in a new era of Oklahoma basketball after Porter Moser took the helm for the retired Lon Kruger.

Leading the way into the 2021-2022 season, Moser will have to help returning starters Elijah Harkless and Umoja Gibson mesh with the incoming transfers that look to make up the Sooners’ corps. Tanner Groves joins the Sooners after a tremendous 2020-2021 season with Eastern Washington. He averaged 17.2 points and eight rebounds per game, leading the Eagles to a Big Sky tournament championship and the NCAA tournament where they fell in a hard-fought game against the Kansas Jayhawks.

He’s joined by his brother Jacob Groves, who averaged 9.3 points and four rebounds per game. But that’s not where all the Oklahoma Sooners received via the transfer portal.

Jordan Goldwire is coming over from the Duke Blue Devils, where he averaged 5.8 points, four assists, 2.9 assists, and 2.2 steals per game last season. He’ll help Elijah Harkless and Umoja Gibson from a formidable defensive trio at the guard position for Porter Moser.

Ethan Chargois provides depth at forward after spending four seasons with SMU. In 2020-2021, he averaged 8.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game for the Mustangs. Marvin Johnson comes over from Eastern Illinois, where he averaged 15.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game last season.

In Porter Moser’s first season with the Sooners, he looks to have collected a very well-rounded group of players. How quickly they’re able to mesh together will determine how they perform to start the season.

Looking ahead to start the season, let’s check out how the Sooners are expected to perform in their first 10 games using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.

Where does Joe Lunardi project OU Men’s Basketball in his preseason Bracketology?

With the start of the season tonight, where does ESPN’s Joe Lunardi have the Sooners finishing in his preseason Bracketology projections?

A new era of Oklahoma Sooners basketball begins tonight at Lloyd Noble Arena as the Oklahoma Sooners get set to take on the Northwestern State Demons.

Porter Moser takes over for Lon Kruger, who helped the Sooners reach the NCAA Tournament seven times in his 10 seasons at the helm. In 2015-2016, Kruger helped lead the Buddy Hield Oklahoma Sooners to as high as No. 1 in the AP Top 25 and a Final Four appearance.

Moser is coming off an impressive season himself, taking the Loyola (Chicago) to a regular season and tournament conference championship and an elite eight run in the NCAA Tournament.

As the Sooners get set to tip-off, all of the changes have ESPN’s Joe Lunardi skeptical that Oklahoma can return to the NCAA Tournament in the 2021-2022 season. In Lunardi’s first Bracketology of the college basketball season, he has Oklahoma on the outside looking in as one of his first four out.

Of course, these are just the initial tournament projections. The Oklahoma Sooners have a talented team to open the season with a really good coach. Navigating a deep Big 12 conference will be challenging, but Oklahoma made noise last year.

Despite the losses of Austin Reaves (NBA) and Brady Manek (transfer portal), the Sooners restocked with experienced players who should be able to step right in and help lead this team back to the NCAA Tournament. Tanner and Jacob Groves, Jordan Goldwire, Marvin Johnson, and Ethan Chargois have played a lot of minutes in NCAA basketball. Add that group to Umoja Gibson and Elijah Harkless, who were big-time contributors for the Sooners last season, and this team has the makeup to make some noise in the Big 12 and the nation.

It’s an exciting time for Oklahoma Sooners basketball, and it all gets started tonight at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Arena.

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