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Former Oklahoma Point Guard Finds New Home

Bijan Cortes entered the transfers portal shortly after the season began, and according to reports Sunday, he has made a decision where he'll play next.
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Former Oklahoma Point Guard Finds New Home
Former Oklahoma Point Guard Finds New Home

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Former Oklahoma point guard Bijan Cortes has chosen his new home.

Cortes, a sophomore who played two seasons at OU, entered the NCAA Transfer Portal last month shortly after the Sooners’ season ended.

He announced his new school Sunday on Instagram: he’ll play next season at Wichita State.

Cortes, from Kingfisher, OK, played in 59 games for head coach Porter Moser after originally signing with Lon Kruger. The Sooners never made it to the NCAA Tournament during his two seasons.

Cortes averaged 11.6 and 17.2 minutes per game in 2021-22 and 2022-23, scored 2.6 points per game, grabbed 1.5 rebounds and shot 47.5 percent from the field.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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