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Report: Oklahoma G Umoja Gibson to Enter Transfer Portal

Oklahoma basketball reportedly absorbed a massive sideswipe on Wednesday when Sooner senior Umoja Gibson entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. According to On3’s
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Report: Oklahoma G Umoja Gibson to Enter Transfer Portal
Report: Oklahoma G Umoja Gibson to Enter Transfer Portal

Oklahoma basketball reportedly absorbed a massive sideswipe on Wednesday when Sooner senior Umoja Gibson entered the NCAA Transfer Portal.

According to On3’s Matt Zenitz, Gibson entered the portal instead of pursuing avenues in professional basketball.

Gibson tweeted previously that he would begin the process for the NBA Draft but wouldn’t hire an agent and would keep his collegiate eligibility.

He led the Sooners in scoring last season at 13.3 points per game after one year playing for Lon Kruger following his transfer from North Texas.

Gibson, from Waco, TX, ranked third in the Big 12 Conference last season by shooting 39 percent from 3-point range. He finished in double-figure scoring in 26 of 35 games, including team-highs of 30, 29 and 28 points over the final five weeks of the season.

It’s the second big blow for Porter Moser’s 2022-23 Sooners on the heels of senior Elijah Harkless’ decision to enter the transfer portal. Harkless, formerly a transfer from Cal State Northridge, was coming off a knee injury and tweeted that he was eager to “be back next year and shock the world” but instead wound up at UNLV, where he’ll play for former Sooners assistant Kevin Kruger.

Gibson is the fifth Sooner to enter the transfer portal this offseason. OU also lost sophomore center Rick Issanza, junior forward Akol Mawein and freshman guard Alston Mason to the portal. 

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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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