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Oklahoma, Moser add basketball commitment

New coach Porter Moser only needed a few hours after his formal introduction to pick up his first verbal commitment
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Oklahoma, Moser add basketball commitment
Oklahoma, Moser add basketball commitment

That didn't take long.

New Oklahoma basketball coach Porter Moser, in office for less than a day, is already building his roster.

The Sooners picked up a pledge from Alston Mason, a 6-foot-1 point guard in the 2021 class from Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, KS on Wednesday night.

Mason is rated as a 3-star prospect by both Rivals and 247 Sports. He chose OU over offers from Kansas State and Kansas City (formerly UMKC). 

Before retiring two weeks ago, coach Lon Kruger received verbal commitments from guards Bijan Cortes and C.J. Noland in the 2021 class. Cortes has publicly affirmed his desire to remain at OU.

Per KCHighSchoolHoops.com, Mason averaged 22.4 points per game this season while also averaging 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game. His scoring totals include three 30-point games as he shot 53 percent from the floor and 44 percent from 3-point range. 

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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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