College basketball reacts to Oklahoma's Porter Moser hire

Saturday morning, the University of Oklahoma made things official.

Porter Moser will be the 14th head coach in program history.

Two-time Cinderella darling at Loyola Chicago, OU athletic director Joe Castiglione appears to have pulled off quite the coup in landing one of the hottest names on the market.

Oklahoma hires Porter Moser:

Castiglione had some fun with emojis on Twitter moments before the Sooners announced the hire officially.

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— Joe Castiglione (@soonerad) April 3, 2021

While Moser's hiring was a shock to locals around the Chicago area, there were nothing but glowing remarks about the job Moser could do in Norman.

Porter Moser didn’t just recruit players. He recruited students to games, giving out tickets on Loyola’s campus. He poured so much into this, taking a struggling program and building a winner.

Moser will be great at Oklahoma and Loyola can stay on top thanks to what he built. https://t.co/kITwioypdB
— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) April 2, 2021

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you @PorterMoser, and best of luck on your new position as head coach at @OU_MBBall! 🙏

🗞️➡️ https://t.co/QI5Z0bn9Rr #OnwardLU #MVCHoops pic.twitter.com/M7SPgG0q4l
— Loyola Men's Basketball (@RamblersMBB) April 3, 2021

The decision to leave the area he was so familiar with was reportedly a tough one, but Oklahoma checked all the right boxes to lure attract Moser.

So many things lined up for Porter Moser at Oklahoma to leave a place he not only built but loves. Heads to a program that historically has won and works in a Power 5 conference for one of the most respected ADs in the country in Joe Castiglione.
— Joe Henricksen (@joehoopsreport) April 2, 2021

By all accounts the Sooners are getting a head coach out of the Lon Kruger mold— a tireless worker, a great person on and off the court, and a coach who can build stability and a winning culture from the ground up.

Porter Moser is an elite coach.

Tireless worker, runs really good stuff on offense and defense, recruits the right guys and knows how to build a culture.

It has been a privilege to watch him work a few miles down Sheridan Road from me. He'll crush it at OU.
— Kevin Sweeney (@CBB_Central) April 2, 2021

Porter Moser on learning from setbacks during his coaching career.

"Get into a competitive re-invention."

"I've been on the ticker on ESPN saying Porter Moser was fired, but that may be essential to finding your best you."

[Via @NABC1927]https://t.co/rjXNoEw6Df
— OUHoops (@ouhoops) April 2, 2021