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Oklahoma's Kur Kuath transfers to Marquette, will play for Shaka Smart

Former Sooners forward said he was ready to turn pro, but will instead transfer to Marquette, where he'll play for the former Texas Longhorns coach
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Oklahoma's Kur Kuath transfers to Marquette, will play for Shaka Smart
Oklahoma's Kur Kuath transfers to Marquette, will play for Shaka Smart

Kur Kuath said in February it was best for him and his family if he left Oklahoma after this season to prepare for a professional basketball career.

Kuath apparently has had a change of heart.

The Sooners’ 6-foot-10 junior forward announced via Twitter on Monday that he’s “110 percent committed” to transferring to Marquette.

At Marquette, Kuath will play for former Texas Longhorns coach Shaka Smart, who left Austin for Milwaukee shortly after the 2020-21 season ended.

Kuath did formally declare for the NBA Draft one week ago, and he intends to maintain his college eligibility, meaning he won’t sign with an agent and won’t pick up any professional endorsement deals.

Kuath 5.1 points and 3.8 rebounds last season, and gained the reputation as an elite rim protector, ranking third among Big 12 Conference players with 1.4 blocked shots per game. His blocks per 40 minutes average was among the leaders in all of college basketball.

Kuath grew up in Sudan and moved to Utah as as child. He was offered by four Utah schools, Robert Morris University and OU coming out of Salt Lake Community College.

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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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