Just days after Jamal Bieniemy entered the transfer portal, Oklahoma basketball is now home to former North Texas guard Umoja Gibson.
Gibson joins a deep backcourt which includes Austin Reaves, De’Vion Harmon, Jalen Hill, and Alondes Williams.
Averaging 14.5 points per game last season, Gibson can add another scoring option for the Sooners with Kristian Doolittle graduating. However, with the departure of Bieniemy, the Sooners’ biggest hole comes defensively. Gibson can do just that. as he’s averaged 45 steals over the past two seasons.
Gibson can become exactly what Oklahoma needs; a three and D guy. Gibson averaged 2.9 threes made on 7.3 attempts per game in his 66 games with the Mean Green.
On paper, Gibson pairs nicely with just about any of the Sooners’ guards currently on the roster. Lon Kruger can stretch the defense out onto the three-point line with Reaves and Gibson, allow Harmon to facilitate with Gibson floating around the arc opposite Brady Manek, the possibilities are endless.
Oklahoma was one of the NCAA Tournament’s greatest mysteries. They could have caught fire at any moment with a three-headed dog of Manek, Reaves, and Doolittle before COVID-19 ended the Sooners’ and everyone else’s season before the Big Dance could begin.
With Gibson now on the team, Oklahoma continues to build towards becoming a team opponents could fall victim to at the drop of a hat.
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