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Oklahoma Basketball Makes First Top 25 Appearance Under Porter Moser

After winning the Rady Children's Invitational on Friday, the Sooners found themselves in the top 25 for the first time since the new regime took over.
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Oklahoma Basketball Makes First Top 25 Appearance Under Porter Moser
Oklahoma Basketball Makes First Top 25 Appearance Under Porter Moser

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NORMAN — On Monday, the newest edition of the AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll was released, with Oklahoma making the cut.

The Sooners landed at No. 25 in the poll after taking down then-No. 23 USC in the Rady Children's Invitational championship game on Friday. 

OU comes in just behind No. 24 Illinois and No. 23 Alabama, who both have one loss.

Monday's edition of the Top 25 marks the first time that Oklahoma has been ranked since Porter Moser took over as the team's head coach. The former Loyola Chicago Rambler seemingly has a much more athletic team this season, with players like Jalon Moore, Javian McCollum and Otega Oweh all showcasing their skill sets early in the season. 

The Sooners' victory over USC moved Oklahoma to 6-0. Moser's team started out the year with a very light schedule, but have topped Iowa and USC in their previous two contests. 

The last AP Poll that saw OU earn a spot in the Top 25 came out on March 8, 2021, when Lon Kruger was still at the helm in Norman. 

The Sooners will return to action on Thursday when the team meets Arkansas-Pine Bluff at McCasland Field House for a "students-only" game. 

Oklahoma's meeting with the Golden Lions will mark the first men's basketball game at McCasland Field House since New Year's Eve in 2012.

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Randall Sweet
RANDALL SWEET

Randall is a recruiting analyst and staff writer at AllSooners focusing primarily on OU Football and the recruiting trail. Working as a journalist, Randall has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and high school sports across the state. A 2022 University of Oklahoma graduate, Randall hails from Lubbock, TX. While in college, Sweet wrote for the OU Daily in addition to working with Sooner Sports Pad and OU Nightly. Following his time at OU, Sweet served as the Communications Coordinator at Visit Oklahoma City before leaving to join the team at AllSooners. The West Texas native has bylines in the Norman Transcript and is a Staff Writer for Inside the Thunder. Randall holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. 

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