OU Basketball: Oklahoma Forward Luke Northweather to Enter Transfer Portal

Three years after committing to the Sooners, Luke Northweather has decided to enter the transfer portal.

Oklahoma Forward Luke Northweather / Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

After spending the last three seasons in Norman, Sooner forward Luke Northweather is headed elsewhere.

The Jefferson City, MO, product entered the transfer portal Monday afternoon with two years of eligibility remaining.

The former Gatorade Missouri Player of the Year came to Norman with large expectations but he was never able to reach his full potential.

Forward Yaya Keita also will be entering the transfer portal. Keita came to Oklahoma after spending his freshman season at Missouri where he averaged nearly seven minutes per game. 

In his time in Norman, the 6-foot-8 Keita appeared in 13 games in his three seasons at Oklahoma and hasn't appeared in a game for the Sooners since March 13, 2024 against TCU. The Koutiala, Mali, native scored nine career points as a Sooner. 

Northweather provided an offensive spark early in the non-conference play during the Sooners' trip to the Bahamas for the Battle for Atlantis. Northweather contributed eight points against Providence and set his career high of 10 points against Arizona, but when SEC play began Northweather was relegated to a role at the end of the bench.

While he did find some valuable minutes towards the end of the season against Texas and throughout the postseason due to Sam Godwin's injury. He had found himself not gaining a ton of playing time in Norman.

Oklahoma's potential frontcourt depth now rests on potentially another portal addition, along with Mohamed Wague gaining an extra year of eligibility and incoming freshman signee Kai Rogers.

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