Riding the OU basketball transfer portal wave

OU head coach Porter Moser and staff have done as well as ever in the transfer portal. The 30-day window has officially come to a close, although bound to still be some late entries.

OU has three transfer portal additions right now, and the Sooners are hitting a pretty good batting average. Bringing in elite targets and getting them locked up

OU transfer portal additions

Xzayvier Brown (St. Joseph’s, G, 2 seasons)

6-2, 175

17.6 points per game, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 42% FGs, 90% FT

Doesn’t matter that everybody knew this was coming for more than a week. There’s just a certain feeling of relief and excitement when it is actually announced. Brown was huge for St. Joe’s during his two seasons there, and he adds to what is already a pretty solid guard rotation. The belief remains his stepfather, Justin Scott, will be coming along, filling out the assistant coach spot vacancy. That has still not been announced by OU, but the dots keep connecting in the right direction. He was one of just five players nationally this past season to average at least 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

Nijel Pack (Miami, G, 1 season)

6-0, 185

13.9 points per game, 4.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds

Pack only played nine games last season for the Hurricanes. His departure from Kansas State to Miami was one of the benchmark moments in the portal/NIL. Pack was down to four schools with OU, KSU, Kansas and Indiana. He was leading the team in scoring averaging 13.9 points per game before injuring his foot Dec. 10 against Tennessee, and is expected to seek a medical hardship waiver to play his sixth season in college. In 122 games, he has knocked down 313 3-pointers while shooting just above 40 percent. Two in one day? That’s how you get on the transfer portal board. Pack and Davis committed the same day. And Pack did it without visiting.

Tae Davis (Notre Dame, PF, 1 season)

15.1 points per game, 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 48% FGs

6-9, 208

A Power 4 transfer? Check. A big man Power 4 transfer? Oh yea, there was no way OU wasn’t going to at least make its pitch. Davis showed up at OU early in the process, and the Sooners made him a massive priority right from the jump. He started his career at Seton Hall and is someone who has shown the steady development and improvement with every season. OU has plenty of spots to fill in the frontcourt, and Davis is a tremendous starting point.

Davis scored in double figures in 27 of 33 contests in 2024-25 (including in 14 straight games). He had eight performances of 20-plus points. That included a career-high 27 points against Buffalo (made 12 of 13 free throw attempts) and at Georgia Tech (was 9 for 10 at the line). He also scored 26 points against Boston College. Davis scored 22 against national runner-up Houston. And he, after all, earned a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Dartmouth.

Visited, signed elsewhere

Frankie Collins (Vanderbilt)

Right after Davis’ visit, Collins came to Norman the next day. Like Pack, Collins is coming off a season-ending injury. It really felt like it came down to Pack and Collins for OU at the point guard spot. Vanderbilt also wanted Collins, and he visited Nashville before Norman. OU gets Pack, and the Commodores got Collins.

On campus

Derrion Reid (Alabama)

This is the big one for Moser and company. Reid visited North Carolina State to begin the week, and he’s at OU on Wednesday. Right now? No other visits are planned. This would be one last massive victory for the Sooners to wrap up a strong portal. If not, OU will have to go back to the portal board and see who might be worth it.

Up next

TBD: No, seriously. If OU is able to land Reid, you might have a big goose egg here. Mission accomplished. If not, someone might be coming to Norman, but there are zero obvious choices. The staff would have to reconvene and figure out who to target and bring in.

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